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Equip yourself with knowledge

Statistics from UNESCO reveal that there were approximately 100 million people with a higher education in 2000. Ten years later, the figure was 178 million, and it is estimated that more than 400 million will have a degree by 2030.

Published: 23 March 2014 19:21 CET
Equip yourself with knowledge
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A new world is taking shape, a world in which there will be more people who can – and want to – do the same things as you. Borders are opening up and mobility is increasing, along with competition for jobs.

A bachelor's degree will no longer be sufficient to guarantee you a good position. For those who want to be equipped for the future, it is more important than ever to be armed with knowledge.

However, the demand for high quality education is beginning to exceed supply. Technology is alleviating the situation, for example, through the development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) offered by prestigious universities.

But experts predict that rapid expansion in provision may result in lower quality, and the gap between the top tier of education and the mid- and low tiers will increase.For those aiming for the top, the choice of school is more important than ever.

As competition for jobs increases, moreand more people see it as essential to continue studying throughout their lives. And, as the rate at which knowledge is accumulated increases, a close relationship between research and teaching becomes critical for the quality of education.

At the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) this is ensured since the teaching faculty are researchers who lead in their fields. SSE offers a rigorous business education for those who do not want to compromise on quality.

The school is ranked as the best Nordic business school by the Financial Times, and is amongst the top 35 in the world in Executive Education.

SSE is EQUIS-accredited, and Sweden's representative in The Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS), through which the world's foremost business schools, along with around 70 multinational companies, form a global alliance.

Learning with, and from, one another is a central feature of the educational programs at SSE, so it is important that all participants are highly motivated.

The formal admission requirements for the Executive MBA program are high, and all applicants are interviewed to ensure that their level of ambition and their expectations are correspondingly high.

Within the program participants are provided with a personal coach and peer-to-peer coaching to enable everyone to develop to their full potential.

To find out more about the MBA Executive Format and other executive education at SSE visit hhs.se/mba or ifl.se

Article by Stockholm School of Economics IFL Executive Education

EDUCATION

Sweden’s Social Democrats call for ban on new free schools

Sweden's opposition Social Democrats have called for a total ban on the establishment of new profit-making free schools, in a sign the party may be toughening its policies on profit-making in the welfare sector.

Published: 18 April 2024 16:09 CEST
Sweden's Social Democrats call for ban on new free schools

“We want the state to slam on the emergency brakes and bring in a ban on establishing [new schools],” the party’s leader, Magdalena Andersson, said at a press conference.

“We think the Swedish people should be making the decisions on the Swedish school system, and not big school corporations whose main driver is making a profit.” 

Almost a fifth of pupils in Sweden attend one of the country’s 3,900 primary and secondary “free schools”, first introduced in the country in the early 1990s. 

Even though three quarters of the schools are run by private companies on a for-profit basis, they are 100 percent state funded, with schools given money for each pupil. 

This system has come in for criticism in recent years, with profit-making schools blamed for increasing segregation, contributing to declining educational standards and for grade inflation. 

In the run-up to the 2022 election, Andersson called for a ban on the companies being able to distribute profits to their owners in the form of dividends, calling for all profits to be reinvested in the school system.  

READ ALSO: Sweden’s pioneering for-profit ‘free schools’ under fire 

Andersson said that the new ban on establishing free schools could be achieved by extending a law banning the establishment of religious free schools, brought in while they were in power, to cover all free schools. 

“It’s possible to use that legislation as a base and so develop this new law quite rapidly,” Andersson said, adding that this law would be the first step along the way to a total ban on profit-making schools in Sweden. 

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