More investigations are not enough – listen to the students

In a reply in the Althingi, SFS chairman Hampus Haugland and vice chairman Victor Holmström respond to the debate about the higher education inquiry.

Among other things, they write that students need better information for choosing education, not more guidance towards the needs of the labor market.

An analysis function at Statistics Sweden can provide students and higher education institutions with forecasts to make decisions based on. At the same time, higher education is severely underfunded, and Swedish students receive the second least teacher-led time in Europe. The government needs to increase the compensation amounts and reduce the productivity deduction.

Read the full response at the Altinget