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Do you have comments or complaints about something related to your courses or study program? It is important for us to take note of the students' views in order to be able to remedy any shortcomings. Before you leave comments, it is important that you know what applies in different situations, and what rights and obligations you have as a student. Read more below.
Here on the website you can respont to an open survey about your experience of your study environment from an equal treatment perspecitve. The survey investigates various types of violations related to the Discrimation Legislation Act.
The aim is to get a comprehensive picture of the situation in order to put in place proactive and preventive measures.
The survey is anonymous and takes about 10 minutes to answer. Keep in mind that the survey is not for handling specific cases.
The results will form the basis for future development and quality work.
Here you find the survey
If you feel that you have been discriminated against or harassed, follow University West's routines for discrimination. You can find the routines here.
Via the Student Union, you get in touch with the "Studentombud". You can turn here to get help with questions about your education or if you feel that something is problematic.
Read more about "Studentombud" on the Student Union website.
According to the Higher Education Ordinance (1993: 100), you have the right to appeal certain decisions made by the university. These include admission, credit transfer, diplomas, study breaks and withdrawal of the doctoral student's educational resources. The decisions include information on how to appeal.
The university has local rules for examinations, course pm, course plans, course evaluations etc. Links to rules and guidelines for education at basic and advanced level. Guidelines for doctoral education can be found in the Staff Portal. Take a look at them to see what rights and obligations you have as a student.
If you want to give opinions or make complaints, you should first contact the teacher concerned. If you do not receive an answer or do not want to accept the answer, you can turn to other responsible parties according to this order:
To find the right person, see the university's organization (click on each department's page on management). You can also ask in the Service Center.
If for some reason you cannot or do not want to turn to those responsible at the department, you have the opportunity to receive support from the Student Union at University West. If you are a doctoral student, you can also turn to the director of studies for postgraduate education, or to the subject council.
Do you have comments or complaints regarding the university's premises, IT, equipment, study administration, student support / library and the like? Contact servicecenter@hv.se.