http://www.his.se/ News - University of Skövde en http://www.his.se/english/news/all-you-need-is-love-/ Valentine’s Day is coming up! Declare your love for someone and take the chance to win movie tickets for an enjoyable evening of love. http://www.his.se/english/news/all-you-need-is-love-/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:52:38 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/mandatory-sign-up-for-written-examinations-/ Beginning spring term 2012 it is mandatory to sign up for written examinations. Students who have failed to sign up for written examination will not be allowed to participate in the examination. http://www.his.se/english/news/mandatory-sign-up-for-written-examinations-/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:01:53 GMT Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/mandatory-sign-up-for-written-examinations/ Beginning spring term 2012 it is mandatory to sign up for written examinations. Students who have failed to sign up for written examination will not be allowed to participate in the examination. http://www.his.se/english/news/mandatory-sign-up-for-written-examinations/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:00:04 GMT News-Update, Messages - students http://www.his.se/english/news/students-from-the-university-of-skovde-get-jobs-quickly/ University of Skövde students find it easy to find work after their studies. Eight out of ten students are established in the labor market one and a half year after graduation, according to a new report from the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (Högskoleverket). Read more about Högskoleverket's report (in Swedish). http://www.his.se/english/news/students-from-the-university-of-skovde-get-jobs-quickly/ Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:12:31 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/international-dinner-november-24th-is-cancelled/ International dinner on November 24th is cancelled http://www.his.se/english/news/international-dinner-november-24th-is-cancelled/ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:21:43 GMT Messages - students http://www.his.se/english/news/all-saints-day/ The opening hours differ around the swedish All saints day holiday http://www.his.se/english/news/all-saints-day/ Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:51:10 GMT News-Update, Messages - students, Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/ukraine-visit-provides-teacher-development/ For two weeks, three teachers from University of Skövde along with three students will visit Ukraine and the city Zaporizhzhia. The aim is to build on the cooperation that exists between the University in Sweden and Zaporizhzhia'sTeachers Training College http://www.his.se/english/news/ukraine-visit-provides-teacher-development/ Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:37:55 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/a-welcome-ceremony-that-rocked/ -This was mind blowing! We didn’t know what to expect. But you brought a band, cheer leaders and rock n’ roll. What can top that?, says Master’s student John Bosco Tayebwa from Uganda. Sofia Maier http://www.his.se/english/news/a-welcome-ceremony-that-rocked/ Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:50:17 GMT News-Update, Messages - students, Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/continued-research-success-for-the-university/ The University of Skövde gains further ground. The latest in a series of good news is that the http://www.his.se/english/news/continued-research-success-for-the-university/ Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:10:09 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/quality-stamp-for-top-class-research/ The University of Skövde reached a historically successful and strategically important http://www.his.se/english/news/quality-stamp-for-top-class-research/ Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:03:56 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/skovde-students-won-swedish-game-awards/ The computer game “Room and breakfast” were awarded "Best Serious Game” at Swedish Game Awards, which recently took place. The game is developed by students who are studying at the University of Skövde. http://www.his.se/english/news/skovde-students-won-swedish-game-awards/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:22:18 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/visit-from-ukraine-/ Recently a delegation from Ukraine came to visit the University of Skövde. There were representatives from Zaporizhzhya National University, Classic Private University in Zaporizhzhya and Zaporizhzhya's Teachers Training College. http://www.his.se/english/news/visit-from-ukraine-/ Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:26:11 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/quality-marking-for-first-class-research/ The University of Skövde achieved historic success and a strategic milestone this week when we were described by the Foundation for Knowledge (Knowledge Foundation) to become a so-called Knowledge Environment. Sofia Henningsson http://www.his.se/english/news/quality-marking-for-first-class-research/ Wed, 25 May 2011 08:12:55 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/folder-gemensam/ During the system maintenance, Friday May 13, the folder Gemensam will get a new name. http://www.his.se/english/news/folder-gemensam/ Thu, 12 May 2011 07:14:17 GMT Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/university-of-skovde-top-rated-by-international-students/ International Student Barometer (ISB) last week released survey data from more than two hundred universities in eleven countries and the University of Skövde was given the best possible score in several key areas. http://www.his.se/english/news/university-of-skovde-top-rated-by-international-students/ Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:46:54 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/libhub/ New version and new name http://www.his.se/english/news/libhub/ Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:58:17 GMT News-Update, Messages - students, Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/greedy-algorithms-best-for-multiple-targets/ What algorithms should an air defense system work with? Particle swarm algorithms if there are ten targets to be hit. If there are more than ten targets, greedy algorithms work best. These findings are presented by researcher Fredrik Johansson. Ulf Nylén http://www.his.se/english/news/greedy-algorithms-best-for-multiple-targets/ Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:26:27 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/time-table-for-transfer-of-accounts/ During some weeks some staff have been testing the new system. http://www.his.se/english/news/time-table-for-transfer-of-accounts/ Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:03:16 GMT Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/tuition-fees-set-at-the-university-of-skovde/ From 85 000 to 120 000 SEK: That's what a student from a country outside the EU or EEA will have to pay to participate in one year of programme studies at the University of Skövde. The tuitions are introduced by the autumn term of 2011. Ulf Nylen http://www.his.se/english/news/tuition-fees-set-at-the-university-of-skovde/ Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:48:51 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/never-reply-to-an-e-mail-that-wants-your-password/ Once again we get reports that students get mail about their account. We want to exhort everyone not to leave any passwords in a mail. If you get a mail like this, delete it at once and do not answer it! These two mails have been seen here at Högskolan i Skövde: Kära e-postkonto Ägare, Detta meddelande från webmail-centralen för alla webbmailkonto ägare. Vi håller för närvarande uppgradera vår databas och e-postkonton centrum. Vi avslutande alla oanvända e-postkonton för att skapa utrymme för nya konton. För att förhindra att ditt konto från att ha sagts upp, måste du uppdatera den genom att tillhandahålla den information som efterfrågas nedan: Bekräfta din e-identiteten nu E-post Användarnamn: ............... E-post Lösenord: ............... Varning! Ett konto ägare som vägrar att uppdatera sitt konto inom sju dagar efter mottagandet av denna varning kommer att förlora hans eller hennes konto permanent. Varning Kod: VX2G99AAJ Tack, Webmail Administrator. ------------ Dear University of Skövde E-mail User, We write to let you know that We are currently upgrading our database,to complete your account activation with us, you are required to reply to this message and enter your password in the spaces provided (********) you are required to do this before the next 48 hours of receipt of this email or your email account will be erased and de-activated from our database. Full Name: Username: Password: Thank you for using :webmail.his.se University of Skövde Web Admin http://www.his.se/english/news/never-reply-to-an-e-mail-that-wants-your-password/ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:11:03 GMT News-Update, Messages - students, Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/testnyhet/ yadda yadda http://www.his.se/english/news/testnyhet/ Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:28:38 GMT Mechmat http://www.his.se/english/news/genes-behind-arsenic-in-food-identified/ In many countries arsenic in food is a major problem. But researchers at the University of Skövde in Sweden have now identified two genes that may play a crucial role in how arsenic is stored in plants. Ulf Nylén http://www.his.se/english/news/genes-behind-arsenic-in-food-identified/ Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:14:41 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/adobe-cs4---new-important-update/ Adobe has released a new update (CS4 11.0.2) that resolves security vulnerabilities in the software Photoshop. http://www.his.se/english/news/adobe-cs4---new-important-update/ Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:48:51 GMT News-Update, Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/university-of-skovdes-website-one-of-the-most-accessible/ University of Skövde's website is ranked number one among Swedish universities websites for accessibility. http://www.his.se/english/news/university-of-skovdes-website-one-of-the-most-accessible/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:20:36 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/customized-course-catalogue/ Now you can order your own customized course or programme catalogue http://www.his.se/english/news/customized-course-catalogue/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:22:29 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/gothenburg-life-science-conference-xi/ Industrial Systems Biology, Sustainable production of fuels and chemicals http://www.his.se/english/news/gothenburg-life-science-conference-xi/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:05:05 GMT Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/update-for-antivirus-software-at-iki/ Staff at IKI using F-Secure antivirus software will get an update for the client to version 9.0. This requires a reboot. Users can choose when they want to do the reboot. This new client will require less resources from your computer, be faster, simpler and safer - all according to F-secure,. The update will be pushed out, starting on March 16. http://www.his.se/english/news/update-for-antivirus-software-at-iki/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:45:34 GMT Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/fiber-maintenance/ March 15  at 00.01 TDC will perform maintenance work in Sunets network. The maintenance will be finished approximately 05.00 March 15. Sunets backbone in western Sweden is affected and HiS has no redundancy to Sunet/Internet during this maintenance. http://www.his.se/english/news/fiber-maintenance/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:19:17 GMT Messages - students, Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/lack-of-preparation-can-explain-ineffective-aid/ 40 billion US dollars went to the Central and East European countries in the form of technical assistance between 1990 and 2004. A recently published study argues that much of this technical assistance was ineffective. Ulf Nylén http://www.his.se/english/news/lack-of-preparation-can-explain-ineffective-aid/ Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:52:16 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/network-maintenance-january14/ Thursday evening, January 14, starting at 18.00, maintenance work to be performed on all network devices. All the computers at the school will at one or more occasions during the evening be affected. The work should be completed before midnight. http://www.his.se/english/news/network-maintenance-january14/ Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:01:48 GMT Messages - students, Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/new-research-project-develops-simulation-based-methods-for-profitable-vehicle-manufacturing/ The University of Skövde has received 950 000 euros in research grants. The money will help finance a research project that aims to increase profitability and sustainability of the Swedish automotive industry. Ulf Nylén http://www.his.se/english/news/new-research-project-develops-simulation-based-methods-for-profitable-vehicle-manufacturing/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:47:24 GMT News-Update, Messages - students, Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/course-planning-for-spring-term-2010/ New this term is that the ground sheet for the schedule (Schemaunderlag) shall be printed out by the course coordinator from the system Kursinfo (please note that you can only access Kursinfo from within campus). This is one part of the simplification of the scheduling process and as a result no ground sheets will be printed out or sent out by the central schedulers. Instructions on how print the ground sheet can be found on our web site Schemaläggning under the headline Inför våren, www.his.se/schemalaggning/varen On our site you can find a page called Bra att veta (linked) which contains information about the scheduling process. Please note our new guidelines that came in to effect on July 1st (also linked from our site) Remember that it is important to hand in the ground sheet and planner (planeringsmall) on time. This is especially important if your course is prioritized by us and should be one of the first in line. Courses we prioritize are those who Have a large group of students (≥100, ≥80, ≥60), Have students from 3 or more programmes  that follow the course as a mandatory course, Have practical laboratory’s with specific time intervals and such. Complete ground sheet and planner shall be handed in directly to the central scheduling by the course coordinator by e-mail or internal mail. Deadline for courses starting in study period 1 is October 30th and for courses starting in study period 2 the deadline is November 14th. If you have any questions please contact the central scheduling, schema@his.se Maria Carlstedt http://www.his.se/english/news/course-planning-for-spring-term-2010/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:06:31 GMT Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/network-maintenance-october-27/ Due to maintenance work all switches and routers will be down on one or more occasions tuesday 27 October. The maintenance work starts at 7 pm. IKI computers will get their routing and gateway changed. If you have an IKI computer you should shut it down before 7 pm and not start it up with network cabel inserted until the day after.  If you have questions, please contact netadmin@his.se http://www.his.se/english/news/network-maintenance-october-27/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:43:39 GMT Messages - students, Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/new-management-at-the-school-of-school-of-life-sciences/ The efforts to develop education and research at the university’s School of Life Sciences are in an intensive stage. In view of this the management of the school is strengthened. Information department http://www.his.se/english/news/new-management-at-the-school-of-school-of-life-sciences/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:10:58 GMT Messages - students, Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/mission-24-at-the-university-of-skovde/ On the 16th and 17th of September the first round of Mission 24 is held at the University of Skövde. This year student who participates in the event will receive credits. Ulf Nylén http://www.his.se/english/news/mission-24-at-the-university-of-skovde/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:17:30 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/first-case-of-new-flu-confirmed-at-the-university-of-skovde/ A student at the university has been taken ill with the new flu. The school is now preparing for a situation where many students and staff could be away from studies and work due to the disease. http://www.his.se/english/news/first-case-of-new-flu-confirmed-at-the-university-of-skovde/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:16:07 GMT News-Update, Messages - students, Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/the-new-influenza--this-is-how-to-avoid-the-spread-of-contagion----/ As of next week, alcohol hand gel will be available in all restrooms of the university. This should be used to avoid the new flu from spreading among students and staff. http://www.his.se/english/news/the-new-influenza--this-is-how-to-avoid-the-spread-of-contagion----/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:00:55 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/demining-in-lebanon---skovde-student-summer-jobs-/ This summer Emmily and Hanna are working with mine clearance in Lebanon. The way there has gone through the University of Skövde's Development Assistance Engineering programme. http://www.his.se/english/news/demining-in-lebanon---skovde-student-summer-jobs-/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:02:31 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/maintenance-work-in-wireless-network-june-29/ You may experience disturbances in the network on Friday July 10 because of software updates in the wireless network. http://www.his.se/english/news/maintenance-work-in-wireless-network-june-29/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:49:36 GMT Messages - students, Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/maintenance-work-in-wireless-network-june-291/ You may experience disturbances in the wireless network on Tuesday June 30 because of software updates in the wireless network. http://www.his.se/english/news/maintenance-work-in-wireless-network-june-291/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:36:01 GMT Messages - students, Messages - staff http://www.his.se/english/news/student-from-skovde-recieved-price-for-best-poster-at-american-university/ Fabian Firanescu studies biomedicine at the University of Skövde has recieved a price for best poster and been appointed http://www.his.se/english/news/student-from-skovde-recieved-price-for-best-poster-at-american-university/ Fri, 15 May 2009 09:54:12 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/birgitta-lindstrom-dissertates-in-computer-science/ Birgitta Lindström has now recieved her PhD with the dissertation Testability of Dynamic Real-Time systems. http://www.his.se/english/news/birgitta-lindstrom-dissertates-in-computer-science/ Fri, 15 May 2009 09:05:16 GMT News-Update http://www.his.se/english/news/international-party-in-gotasalen/ This springs international dinner is now ended, with tastebuds tickled and bellies filled. Main courses and deserts from more than 15 nations were presented at the tables, everyting from german applecake to cantoneese fried nudles. http://www.his.se/english/news/international-party-in-gotasalen/ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:22:00 GMT Messages - students http://www.his.se/english/news/new-research-at-the-university-of-skovde-may-allow-for-faster-diagnosis-of-uterine-cancer/ Uterine cancer is the most common gynecological malignity with women in the western hemisphere. The researchers have now identified a gene that may simplify future diagnosises. http://www.his.se/english/news/new-research-at-the-university-of-skovde-may-allow-for-faster-diagnosis-of-uterine-cancer/ Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:50:15 GMT News-Update