Support

Blekinge student union is here to support and help our members and the students at BTH.

Have you found yourself with BTH, do you need support in some other matter or do you have criticism on aspects of your education? Read more below.

Blekinge student union is here to support and help our members and the students at BTH.

Have you found yourself with BTH, do you need support in some other matter or do you have criticism on aspects of your education? Read more below.

Contact us!

What do you need help with?

Flaws in your education
Student support at BTH
Your rights as a student
Flaws in your environment
Discriminated or wronged

Flaws in your education

Student support at BTH

Your rights as a student

Flaws in your environment

Discriminated or wronged

Flaws in your education

Work upwards in the hierarchy

You should always start with talking to your teacher, course or programme director. They are often open to criticism. BTH has en utmärkt översikt a great structure over what channels to use to exercise your student influence.

If you feel that your attempts are futile or that you want help having a conversation with BTH, then the student union is your friend in need. If your matter is a general problem with a course or a program that affects more than just you it's often best to talk with your Education or service association. They are specialists on your education and might be working to solve the problem already, without you even knowing.

Need personal help?

If the problem you need solved is a bit more personal then you should contact our student agent who is also the vice chairman by calling or sending an email to studentombud@bthstudent.se. This person works full-time at the student union and is an expert on student rights. You can still contact the student agent if you are unsure where your matter stands, we will help you get in contact with the right person. Examiners and teachers are not allowed to let personal feelings and opinions affect grading, but if you as a student feel subjected then the student union can drive your matter anonymously. In other words, this is a person that has, or with simple means acquire, an extra eye open on what matters in your case.

Student support

De är till för dig som studerar vid Blekinge Tekniska Högskola. Att besöka någon av dem som jobbar inom studentstödet är kostnadsfritt för dig. Deras mål är att du skall må bra både till kropp och själ under din studietid vid Blekinge Tekniska Högskola. Att må bra är en god grund för lyckade studier. Om balansen i vardagen rubbas och din studieförmåga försämras kontakta studentstödet. De arbetar förebyggande med livsstilsfrågor samt erbjuder samtalsstöd och rådgivning för dig som student. Läs mer here.

Good to know about student support!

  • obligation to observe silence
  • free of charge
  • Available for all students
  • You can do a health test anonymously

Know your rights as a student

Here you can read about what you as a student have the right to before the start of a course, during and after the course has ended. If you can't find answers to any questions then Blekinge student union has a student agent that works full-time with helping and support students with legal issues.

Five quick facts

  • Obligatory moments inserted after course start is not allowed
  • Your exam should be corrected within 15 workdays
  • You have the right to write your exam anonymously
  • Questions can and are allowed to come during all moments in a course
  • You have the right to be offered at least two occasions for reexamination

What should I think about before the course?

A syllabus should always exist for your course. In it you can find rules about how it's designed and how the examination is going too take place. The syllabus must be followed by you as a student as well by the staff of the institute.

A course memorandum where you can see the following points should be available on the course management system at least three weeks before the start of the course:

  • A link to the syllabus with topical bibliography.
  • A link to the schedule.
  • A welcome and a few lines about the course and how students can prepare themselves, name and contacts to course coordinator and examiner.
  • Content and reading instructions to scheduled moments in the course.
  • Date for examination and other examination moments (at least three opportunities)

 

Report this to the course coordinator immediately! You can find out who is the course coordinator on Canvas. The documents aren't posted despite contacting the course coordinator? Contact Blekinge student union's student agent!

What should I think about during the course?

A course part can be a lecture, seminar or something similar, is only obligatory if it's defined in the syllabus from the start. A course part can't be suddenly obligatory just because the teacher or course coordinator decides it.

When you write an exam either at home or campus you always have the right to turn it in anonymously. During the marking of the exam the exam should be coded, this is to protect you as as student from biased marks.

The examination should follow the courses syllabus. Questions will be based on what was taught during the moments of the course. That means questions on an exam can be based on what the professor taught during lectures, otherwise its in the course litterateur.

Your teacher will correct your exam or examination assignment within 15 workdays. In special cases the teacher may get more time to correct an exam, but only if there is a prefect decision allowing it. If your exam is not corrected in time, contact the examiner immediately. Prolonged correction can lead to complications with CSN-payments for you.

What should I think about after the course?

If you fail an examination you will be offered at least two opportunitets for reexamination. These shall take place within 12 months after regular examination opportunity.

This applies to all examination moment that´s given during a course. It may thus be an essay, a home examination or a written test.

If you failed two times you have the right to switch examiner. Take contact with the person who's responsible for the course or your programme manager.

You have the right to tutorial and teaching during the time of the course. After the course has ended you no longer have the right to this.

Five quick facts

  • Obligatory moments inserted after course start is not allowed
  • Your exam should be corrected within 15 workdays
  • You have the right to write your exam anonymously
  • Questions can and are allowed to come during all moments in a course
  • You have the right to be offered at least two occasions for reexamination

Here you can read about what you as a student have the right to before the start of a course, during and after the course has ended. If you can't find answers to any questions then Blekinge student union has a student agent that works full-time with helping and support students with legal issues.

What should I think about before the course?

A syllabus should always exist for your course. In it you can find rules about how it's designed and how the examination is going too take place. The syllabus must be followed by you as a student as well by the staff of the institute.

A course memorandum where you can see the following points should be available on the course management system at least three weeks before the start of the course:

  • A link to the syllabus with topical bibliography.
  • A link to the schedule.
  • A welcome and a few lines about the course and how students can prepare themselves, name and contacts to course coordinator and examiner.
  • Content and reading instructions to scheduled moments in the course.
  • Date for examination and other examination moments (at least three opportunities)

Anmäl detta direkt till kursansvarig! Du hittar vem som är kursansvarig på Canvas. Dyker dokumenten inte upp trots att du pratat med kursansvarig? Kontakta Blekinge studentkårs student agent!

What should I think about during the course?

A course part can be a lecture, seminar or something similar, is only obligatory if it's defined in the syllabus from the start. A course part can't be suddenly obligatory just because the teacher or course coordinator decides it.

When you write an exam either at home or campus you always have the right to turn it in anonymously. During the marking of the exam the exam should be coded, this is to protect you as as student from biased marks.

The examination should follow the courses syllabus. Questions will be based on what was taught during the moments of the course. That means questions on an exam can be based on what the professor taught during lectures, otherwise its in the course litterateur.

Your teacher will correct your exam or examination assignment within 15 workdays. In special cases the teacher may get more time to correct an exam, but only if there is a prefect decision allowing it. If your exam is not corrected in time, contact the examiner immediately. Prolonged correction can lead to complications with CSN-payments for you.

What should I think about after the course?

If you fail an examination you will be offered at least two opportunitets for reexamination. These shall take place within 12 months after regular examination opportunity.

This applies to all examination moment that´s given during a course. It may thus be an essay, a home examination or a written test.

If you failed two times you have the right to switch examiner. Take contact with the person who's responsible for the course or your programme manager.

You have the right to tutorial and teaching during the time of the course. After the course has ended you no longer have the right to this.

Do you see flaws in your study environment?

Report damages and incidents

Om du varit nära att skada dig, men lyckades undvika att en olycka skedde, ska du göra en tillbudsanmälan. Det är viktigt att anmäla risker i studie- och arbetsmiljön även om en olycka ännu inte skett för att högskolan ska kunna förebygga olyckor.

If you discover that something is broken on campus or is out of order, then this should be reported to the institute. It can be a lamp that is broken, tattered furniture, microwave oven or computers that doesn't work.

If something is lacking with the study and working environment or if something is broken. Report this to servicesupport@bth.se

If the fault report is about computers or something technical, please contact ithelpdesk@bth.se

Service advice

Visste du att du som student är försäkrad? Har du skadat dig under skoltid, eller varit nära att skada dig, så ska det anmälas. Om du skadar dig på väg till eller ifrån högskolan, när du vistas på campusområdet, eller under praktik exempelvis, så ska du göra en arbetsskadeanmälan. Mer information om detta finns på här.

discrimination, harassment or abusive behaviour

No student should be subjected

Blekinge studentkår har nolltolerans mot alla former av diskriminering, trakasserier och kränkande beteende. Det hör inte hemma på en högskola eller någon annanstans! Alla studenter har rätt till en god lärandemiljö.

A good study environment means stimulating, respectful and including space where no forms of harassment, discrimination or abusive behavior occurs. Students, employees and collaborators at BTH have equal rights, opportunities and obligations to a respectful treatment no matter gender, identity, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation and age.

Read more here.

Have you been subjected

If you as a student feel you have been subjected to harassment, discrimination or abusive behavior, you always have a right to support and guidance. You, yourself decide what kind of support you want and from who.
Speak to someone you feel you can trust, it can be a teacher, the person responsible for your program, the department of student health, the student union and so on.

Don't wait to seek help

If you feel that you are exposed to harassment, discrimination or abusive behavior, don't wait with seeking help. You have a right to being treated with respect. BTH are obliged to investigate at take action. Write down what happened, with time, location and eventual witness.

Do you know anyone who has been subjected

If you know anyone that has been subjected to harassment, discrimination or abusive behavior, contact us at the student union or the department of student health.

know the discrimination criteria

  • Gender
  • Gender transcending identity or expression
  • Ethnic inherency
  • Disabilities
  • Sexual orientation
  • Religion or other beliefs
  • Age

Different types of discrimination

That someone's being discriminated by being treated worse than anyone else, been treated or would be treated in a comparable situation.

That any individual or group is discriminated through application of a provision, a criterion or a procedure, that seems neutral.

That some rules, norms, routines, attitude and behaviour that occurs in organisations and other social structures systematically discriminate some groups.

Återkommande klandervärda eller negativt präglade handlingar som riktas mot enskilda medarbetare och som kan leda till att medarbetaren ställs utanför arbetaplatsens gemenskap. Till begreppet hör bland annat de företeelser som även kallas för mobbning, psykisk våld, social utstötning och trakasserier.

To behave in a way that infringe on the dignity of the person and has a connection to the statutory discrimination criteria. Unlike victimization, harassment can be restricted to a single event

Unwanted behaviour based on gender or by sexual nature that infringe on the dignity of the person.

  • Om en lärare behandlar dig annorlunda på grund av exempelvis kön.
  • Om någon kallar dig för något nedsättande som har att göra med diskrimineringsgrunderna.
  • Om någon sätter upp bilder, märken eller symboler med rasistisk, homofobisk eller sexistisk innebörd eller budskap.
  • If someone devalues you who has a disability.
  • If someone subjects you with unwanted approaches or sexual allusions.
  • Om någon skriver nedvärderande om dig som student på sociala medier, till exempel Facebook eller Instagram.
  • If someone systematically ridicule or makes a student fell invisible.

Ahum

The student union has developed a collaboration with Ahum where you can get access to a digital tool to deal with stress, self-doubt and more. Enter the code Ahum<3BTH to get a year free to Ahum. With the code, you also get access to cheaper therapy calls.

Navigate your way to ahum.se/student to read more.