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Conference on Collaborations between Universities in Sweden and Africa

”Breaking down barriers”

Harriet Wallberg, University Chancellor

Breaking down barriers

Importance of International Collaboration

Swedish Higher Education System

Internationalization and mobility

Examples of fruitful collaborations

HE Helene Hellmark Knutsson,

Minister for Higher Education and Research:

Emphasis on Internationalization of Universities

Swedish Government

HE Helene Hellmark Knutsson,

Minister for Higher Education and Research:

Emphasis on Internationalization of Universities

Sweden has a population of 9.5 million – we are

totally dependent on global knowledge exchange

and mobility

Swedish Government

Importance of International Collaboration• Science and research are global phenomenon

• Developing and sharing knowledge between different countries will be beneficial for Society

• Students receive a broader education

• The labor market is global

• Increases the understanding of differences in cultures and ways of living

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What are the Barriers:

• Lack of funding

• Incentives for all parts

• Differences in higher education system

• Differences in legal system

• Habitual pattern of cooperation

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University Chancellor

The national official for the University Sector

First used at Uppsala University 1477 (Jakob Ulvsson)

Uppsala and Lund University had one each untill 1859

One University Chancellor for Sweden from 1859 – until present time

The Swedish Higher Education Authority

Quality Assurance of all HE

Legal oversight of the HE institutions

Responsible for the official statistics

Perform investigations for the Government

and the Parlament

Higher Education Institutions

Gothenburg, Linköping, Lund,Stockholm, Umeå, Uppsala,Linneaus, Karlstad, Midsweden,

Örebro

Comprehensive Universities


Specialized Universities

Chalmers,Stockholm School of Economics,

SLU, Luleå,

KarolinskaKTH,



University Colleges

Blekinge, Jönköping, Borås,Dalarna, Gävle, Halmstad,Kristianstad, Skövde, Väst,Malmö, Mälardalen, Södertörn



University Colleges

Specialized University Colleges

Nat. Defence College,

RoyalCollege of Music,Swed. School of Sport and Health Sci.,

Royal Inst of Art,Univ. College of Arts, Craft & Design

Stockholm Univ. of the Arts



University Colleges




University Colleges


In total there are 48 institutions of higher education in Sweden, including universities, university collages and other institutions both private and public.

Higher education in Sweden

A large investment

65 billion SEK in 2014

80% Governmental funded

• 40% of the total expenditure for higher education (first and second)• 60 % for research and PhD training

National qualifications framework

Investments in R&D in 2013 as a proportion of each EU member

state’s GDP and their national targets (indicating differences)

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140

5000

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15000

20000

25000

30000

50%51%

54% 55%57%

58%60%

60%

61%

63%

1,4% 1,4% 1,6% 1,8% 2,1% 2,4% 2,8% 3,0% 3,0% 3,2%

Swedish international copublication 2005-2014

Swedish publications Co-author outside Sweden Co-author in Africa

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The analyses were made 20151022 on Articles and Reviews 2005-2014 in the Web of Science® with a Swedish address.

Certain data included herein are derived from the Web of Science ® prepared by THOMSON REUTERS ®, Inc. (Thomson®), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: © Copyright THOMSON REUTERS ® 2015. All rights reserved.

International student mobility

Incoming students per continentNumbers, thousands

Exchange students

Africa Asia EU/EES Switzerland

Europe, others

North America Oceania South America

Unknown country

Third-cycle programmes – PhD education

• Between 18,000 and 20,000 third-cycle students during the last ten-year period

Third-cycle programmes – PhD education

• Between 18,000 and 20,000 third-cycle students during the last ten-year period

• International third-cycle students accounted for 35 % of the total

Examples from the medical and health care sector

Karolinska Institutet• One of the largest Medical Universities in Europe• Accounts for over 40 percent of medical research in Sweden• Awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Makerere Universitetet i KampalaMakerere University, Kampala Uganda 2004 -

Cooperation between Karolinska Institutet

and Makerere University

• Built around a Joint degree PhD program

• Faculty exchange to teach the different PhD courses

• Research collaboration focusing on excisting research

programs on both sides (win-win situation)

Cooperation between Karolinska Institutet

and Makerere University

• Built around a Joint degree PhD program

• Faculty exchange to teach the different PhD courses

• Research collaboration focusing on excisting research

programs on both sides (win-win situation)

• Today: Involves several departements at both sides

Iganga

Demografic Surveillance Site

Three hours east of Kampala

Professor Stefan Pettersson responsible from Karolinska Institutets side

Responsible midwife

144 newborns 2008All survivied

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Global Health Research

Hans Rosling, Professor in Global Health, Karolinska Institutet inventor of Gapminder

Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.

Malaria research

Mats Wahlgren, professor of Infectious disease, Karolinska Institutet


Going forward:

• A clear potential for increased research collaborations

• Joint PhD programmes – efficient way of building

strong ties

• Increase undergraduate student exchange

• Take advantage of MOOCs and the digital

development

• Funding agencies must join

Conference on Collaborations between Universities in Sweden and Africa

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conference on collaborations between universities in sweden and africa ”breaking down barriers”...

Documents

broader education

research training

frontlines of research

society students

graduate students

international cooperation

share of female students

token training