2009-12-15 Ruotsi: Ulkomaalaisten tutkijoiden kohtelu epäreilua

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http://www.thelocal.se/23840/20091214/

'Sweden treats foreign researchers unfairly'

Sweden isn't doing enough to ensure equal working conditions for foreign researchers pursuing doctoral studies at Swedish universities, students and teachers rights groups claim.

"The universities have proven themselves unable to manage the situation, so we think it's time for the government to step in," Lars Abrahamsson, chair of the doctoral candidates committee with the Swedish Association of University Teachers (SULF) told The Local.

Both SULF – a union which represents university researchers and lecturers – and Sweden's association of student unions (Sveriges förenade studentkårer - SFS) are intensifying their demands for foreign researchers' equality following a report on the Sveriges Television (SVT) investigative news programme Uppdrag Granskning.

"We're seeking a national debate on these issues and we are asking that institutes of higher learning actually fulfill their responsibilities and guarantee that doctoral candidates receive reasonable financing," said Martin Dackling of SFS in a statement.

According to SVT, Swedish universities offer much more favourable employment conditions to most Swedish PhD candidates in comparison to those offered many researchers from other countries.
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"What sort of picture of Sweden do we want to present to foreign researchers about our country?"

Abrahamsson explained that the workplace disparities facing foreign doctoral candidates have been known for a long time, but that the problem has become worse in recent years in tandem with an increase in the number of foreign researchers following the signing of bilateral exchange agreements with China and Pakistan.

The agreements call upon the PhD students' home countries to provide stipends to support them for their time in Sweden, but the level of financing is often below expectations – and below the compensation offered to the foreign researchers' Swedish counterparts.
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Kohtelu ei ole samanlaista kaikille, ei edes ruotsissa. Ruotsin yliopistot tarjoavat ruotsalaisille tutkijoille parempia työehtoja kuin ulkomaalaisille. Kun ruotsalaiset saattavat saada täyspäiväisen palkan ja täydet sosiaaliedut on ulkomaalaisten elettävä stipendeillä jotka ovat ruotsalaistutkijoiden palkkaa puolet pienempiä.


Localin kommenteista kerättyä:

Seems to me that the question should be what is best for Sweden not what a student union or teachers union want. Students are not the same as residents. Students are temporary residents by definition.