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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...
-The visit of Vina Adriany, PhD from Universitas Pendidikan, Indonesia is part of our strategy of strengthening the internationalization here at University West, says professor Kerstin von Brömssen.
The Swedish Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences has decided to award the 2018 Thulin medal in silver to Professor Per Nylén at University West for his crucial contributions in production technology.
The co-location of an entire department of specialists from GKN Aerospace Sweden in Trollhättan, to a joint arena with University West, is unique to Sweden. GKN sees high values in staying close to the academic research environment. An example is the laser welding techn...
Tooltec in Trollhättan uses strategic recruiting to grow on the market. 24 year old Sourabh Bhoje from India adds new thinking and knowledge through his fresh master degree from University West. At the same time, the company makes considerable in-service training effort...
Brogren Industries well illustrates how a midsized company can develop its competence and grow by engaging in cooperative research. – University West is a valuable partner to us. Cooperation opens doors to new competence, new contacts and new business opportunities. We ...
Research by Andreas Segerstark presents new possibilities for more effective use of Laser Metal Powder Deposition (LMPD) in the aerospace industry. Manufacturing becomes more flexible and waste of expensive aerospace materials can be reduced by up to 90 percent. – I’ve...
The art of being a parent in a foreign culture. The challenge to navigate among unknown rules for child support. This was the theme for an interesting seminar at Restad Gård, arranged by the Support Group and University West on December 11.
Professor Stephen Billet has during two days held a seminar in how we can integrate practice -based experiences. There has been a lot of discussion in how we can arrange pedagogic practices that can promote the integration of experiences before, during and after student...
During an intense week in November, participants from University West, Aalborg University and University of Gothenburg had the unique possibility to participate in a competence development activity in Change Laboratory (CL) with guest professors Yrjö Engeström and Annal...
The academic year 2018/2019 University West offers one first cycle programme, The international programme in politics and economics, IPPE, and eight programmes on the second cycle level: