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This is a really unfortunate but also quite common pattern in Sweden, where there's a veneer of internationality which tricks foreigners instead of helping them
by lancebeet 3y ago
This is a really unfortunate but also quite common pattern in Sweden, where there's a veneer of internationality which tricks foreigners instead of helping them. Swedes will generally understand that Jönköping university isn't formally a university and wouldn't compare it to the more prestigious schools, but for international students it's not at all obvious. They might pay a lot of money and discover too late that the education and/or credentials they get in return don't match at all what they paid for. As usual, the Swedish authorities seem unwilling or impotent to take action on this type of issue.
- geon 3y agoIt doesn’t help that the terms don’t translate 1:1.
- marginalia_nu 3y agoSweden was a real pioneer with progressive social change and looking out for the little guy, but as with most of these things, the institutions set up to drive this change ossified, and are today more like a ceremonial roleplay of a process that concluded half a century ago. These are the checks and balances that are in place, and unfortunately looking up from the faded old daguerreotypes of Ådalen 1931 and addressing issues from this century does not seem to be at all a priority. You can get some action if you manage to dress the problem up as as a J.P. Morgan type industrialist opressing the workers (as happened with the Tesla blockade), but if it doesn't fit that narrative you're generally SOL.