Education news
Here we present news items about SLU's education.
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Plant cell wall research opens up new opportunities for bioengineering
Secondary cell walls provide the plant with stability and protection against damage and pathogens. PhD student Félix Barbut from Ewa Mellerowicz’s group at UPSC and SLU has been studying the role of
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Filling an educational gap – delivering expert knowledge on gender equality, diversity and inclusion in forestry to everyone
The world’s first Massive Open Online Course on Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) in forest-related sectors – ForGEDI MOOC - will premiere on 8 April on FutureLearn platform. ForGEDI
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Global collaboration for animal welfare
Since the start of 2023, SLU has been one of the EU partners in a project called SuLAWe, led by Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HGU) in Germany. The project, which focuses on Sustainable Livestock
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What does future education look like
SLU collaborates with higher education institutions around the world and actively participates in international networks and projects. SLU constantly enhances the international dimension and
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International Student Barometer
The International Student Barometer (ISB) surveys approximately 120 000 students around the world. The latest results see the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) ranking first for
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EU expertise in animal welfare
Elina Åsbjer and Galia Zamaratskaia from SLU participated in the steering committee meeting of the Erasmus+ capacity-building project "SuLAWe - Sustainable Livestock Production and Animal Welfare."
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Nobalis
On December 13th the student teams from 5 Nordic and Baltic universities pitched their food and biotechnology related business ideas to an international jury at the NOBALIS Demo Day. The teams have
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Curiosity and interest was high on the annual meeting of SLU Forest Damage Centre’s Research school
Lots of curios questions and high interest was expressed when the PhD-students of the research school met together with representatives from the forest sector for the first annual meeting on 15th and
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Matlab Workshop at ET - a success!
A workshop about MATLAB was successfully conducted on September as one of the activities provided by the research school of Sustainable systems for food, energy and biomaterials (SSFEB)- SLU. The
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International collaboration advances science and education
International collaboration brings the benefits to science and education of working across borders, cultures and disciplines. Joint efforts are essential to accelerate scientific advances and
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SLU is a Partner in the New Erasmus Plus Project
Since the beginning of the year 2023, SLU is one of the EU partners in an Erasmus+ capacity building project in higher education coordinated by Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HGU) in Germany. The
Syv-konf
Counsellors from universities in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden will meet in Uppsala 13-15 June. This conference, Discover Together Conference 2023, is arranged within the NUAS network,