SFS chairman Jacob Färnert writes a debate article in the Althingi about higher education pedagogy and the importance of higher education taking responsibility for the quality of education.
In Sweden, we often throw around nice words about “excellence” and “knowledge nation.” I wish we would ask ourselves whether that is really realistic, given that higher education is constantly being downgraded in favor of research and the condescending term “teaching burden” is frequently used in the corridors of higher education.
With freedom comes responsibility. If Sweden's higher education institutions are to gain greater autonomy and the government wants Swedish education to be world-leading, it is necessary to move from words to action.
Read the full article at Altinget.se.