On January 20, the Finnish alumni conference took place at the Lappeenranta University of Technology (- 26 degrees Celsius in the morning, brr…). I was invited as a speaker. The title of my presentation was “Alumni relations as part of External relations of Higher Education”. I gave some examples of how alumni relates to fundraising, career services, student recruitment, etc. … Read More
New client: School of Business at Stockholm University
Marina Mourad, Head of the career center at The School of Economics, Stockholm University Stockholm Universitity is already a client of Miras when it comes to managing the Universitys alumni relations, but now we have started a collaboration with their School of Business. This year they will start building a new career center for their students. This work is lead … Read More
Svenskt Näringsliv bakom ny sajt för att jämföra utbildningar
Svenskt Näringsliv lanserar idag sajten http://www.hogskolekvalitet.se/ som jämför utbildningar vid svenska universitet och högskolor. Målgruppen är blivande studenter och det kan väl närmast beskrivas som en konsumentupplysning. Fokus ligger dels på hur duktiga lärosäten är på samverkan, dels på en etableringsstudien som bygger på intervjuer med 2549 nyexaminerade akademiker. Just nu pågår en presskonferens där Svenskt Näringsliv presenterar sin årliga … Read More
Swedish ranking
While we are on the subject on rankings, Sydsvenska Industri och Handelskammaren, has published a national Swedish ranking of higher education. In contrast with the global rankings that are dominated by the large universities, this ranking seems to favour specialized universities. Their top list is:1. Karolinska Institutet2. SLU – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences3. Stockholm School of Economics4. KTH5. Chalmers … Read More