The Council of Higher Education (CoHE) is launching new projects to enable doctoral students and researchers to conduct research at international standards. With the "International Researcher Projects", research will be encouraged in universities that have ranked in the top 700 of the world university rankings in the last 3 years.
There are no current reforms as of mid-2023. Upcoming reforms within this year will be presented here.
There are no current reforms as of mid-2023. Upcoming reforms within this year will be presented here.
The Ministry of National Education launched the "10 Thousand Schools in Basic Education Project" to reduce achievement and opportunity differences between schools, strengthen equality of opportunity in education and expand early childhood education.
This chapter provides a thematic and chronological overview of national reforms and policy developments since 2021.
The introduction of the chapter describes the overall education strategy and the key objectives across the whole education system. It also looks at how the education reform process is organized and who are the main actors in the decision-making process.
Almost half of the Swedish population is involved in some forms of organised education. All education, from preschool class to higher education, is free of charge. Sweden has among the highest public spending on education relative to GDP in the EU.
There is a great and growing need for mobility between universities and other sectors to increase the supply of skills in society. For example, it needs to be easier to combine work as a researcher and teacher at a university with work in healthcare or industry.
In order to broaden the range of vocational training for adults at upper secondary level, the Vocational Development Inquiry proposes, among other things, that a new form of education be established within the public education system. The form of education shall be called a vocational school. The vocational school must have its starting point in the higher vocational education model and not be part of the school system.
Today's student health is not enough. Relevant support efforts are often introduced far too late and access to today's student health is often deficient and varies greatly between schools. Therefore, the government is now appointing a new investigation that will be tasked with developing proposals that will strengthen student health and the school's support efforts.
