Support
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.
What do you need help with?
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?
Student support
They are there for those who study at Blekinge Institute of Technology. Visiting one of those who work in student support is free of charge for you.
Their goal is to make sure that you are well both physically and mentally during your time here at Blekinge Institute of Technology.
Feeling good is a good basis for successful studies. If the balance in everyday life is disturbed and your ability to study deteriorates, contact student support. They work preventively with lifestyle issues and offer conversational support and counseling for you as a student.
Read more at BTH
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.
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)
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.
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
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
Did you know that you're insured as a student? If you have hurt yourself during school-days, or been close to hurting yourself, report this.
If you hurt yourself to or from the institute, when you are on campus or at your internship as an example, then you can file an occupational injury report. You can find more information about this on the student portal
discrimination, harassment or abusive behaviour
No student should be subjected
Blekinge student union has zero-tolerance against all forms of discrimination, harassment and abusive behavior. At Blekinge Institute of Technology, everyone has the right to a safe study environment.
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.
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.
Reoccurring culpable or negative actions that's directed towards individual coworkers, that can lead to the coworker is outside of the work community. The concept also include occurrences that's also known as bullying psychological violence, social exclusion and harassment.
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.
- If a teacher treats you differently due to gender for instance.
- If someone calls you "slut", "bitch", "whore", "cunt", "faggot", "moron", "wog", or some other derogatory term that has to do with the discrimination criteria.
- If someone puts up pictures, brands or symbols with racist, homophobic or sexist implication or message.
- If someone devalues you who has a disability.
- If someone subjects you with unwanted approaches or sexual allusions.
- If someone writes something degrading about you as a student on social media, for example facebook, instagram and twitter.
- 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.