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University West is in the early stages of developing a virtual influencer with the mission of getting young people to take an interest in technology. "We are using technology to inspire about technology," says Vice-Chancellor Martin Hellström.

Alexandre Minvielle from France has just completed a project course in automation at University West. He recently met TYRI, a Gothenburg-based company that develops work lights for off highway applications, and presented his ideas on how they could automate the mounting...

More than a hundred researchers and research students from 25 countries come to the Uddevalla Symposium on 27-29 June. This year’s theme is “Utilize the potential of regions through entrepreneurship and innovation”.

A new study further strengthens previous results on the positive effect of yoga on prison inmates. In this study inmates’ character maturity increased after 10 weeks of yoga. Those who participated in yoga classes reported an increased sense of responsibility, self-acce...

Right now students from San Jose State University are following a Summer School at University West. – We have a student exchange agreement dating back a few years. Many of our students take the opportunity to study in California, and with our Summer School we’d like to...

During two days postgraduate students met at University West to share their professional experiences and to meet PhD-students. It’s the first alumni meeting for postgraduate students who have received a doctor or licentiate degree from the research environment Productio...

Christer Fuglesang, Sweden’s first and only astronaut, was greeted with loud cheers and applause as he took the stage at University West. The audience consisted of five hundred secondary school students who eagerly awaited hearing about his two trips to space.

Sweets from Brasil, churrus – which reminds the baker of a sunny Sunday in Spain, baklava and Persian cookies from Iran, Indian spicy potatoes fried in oil, Swedish “äggost” with jam. And even more treats from China, Sudan, Germany, Sri Lanka and  Poland – what a fantas...

I met two of the approximately 75 new international students at University West for a quick chat about their first days here at University West. One of them is Michelle Steinke, 20 years old from Germany, who appreciates the similarities with her own country, and she se...

Electric car maker NEVS in Sweden wants to map people's transport behavior. Can the citizens in Trollhättan where NEVS is situated, think of sharing cars with others, if it´s done smoothly and the transportation costs are significant reduced? This is the question to be...

How can we better take advantage of refugees’ competence and motivation? Some 70 persons from ten countries gathered at Restad Gård in Vänersborg to listen, learn, and share knowledge and experience of integration work. The main focus was how universities, together with...

Duplex stainless steels are excellent choices in designs with high demands in terms of strength, corrosion-resistance and low weight. Despite their advantages these steels are only used to a limited extent because they are more complicated to weld than traditional stain...

Her motivation of conducting research on pain and mental ill-health is based on the fact that she wants to help reduce people's suffering and affect their health to the better. After many years of academic work and extensive research, Nóra Kerekes is now being promoted ...

Successful struggle against corrosion can add effectively to both climate change and public economy. This is shown by Esmaeil Sadeghimeresht in his thesis for a doctorate on ’Ni-based coatings for high temperature corrosion protection’. Real-life studies are already goi...

The co-location of an entire department of specialists from GKN Aerospace Sweden in Machining is one of the industry's most common manufacturing processes. Industrial doctoral student Ana Bonilla has investigated how the cutting tools can be programmed and used optimall...