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2022-04-27

The professor who is happiest after a long ambulance shift

When Christer Axelsson signed up to become a firefighter, he didn't know that half the job involved driving an ambulance. It turned out to be a happy surprise – 40 years later he is still workin...

2022-03-11

Silver Label certification key to continued success for Smart Textiles

The success story of Smart Textiles continues. An approved ECEI SILVER Label “Dedicated to Cluster Excellence” audit under the European Clusters Labelling Excellence Structure is the...

2022-03-10

The 2021 Annual Report shows a strong and attractive university

What happened at the University of Borås in 2021? We had a large number of applicants in relation to the number of spots available; the students were satisfied; and the volume of education...

2022-02-08

Kathleen Galvin is named new honorary doctor: "International pioneer"

Kathleen Galvin, Professor of Nursing Practice at the University of Brighton, UK, will be honoured for her efforts to strengthen and develop research and education in the field of...

2022-01-28

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Lindex invests in Spacerpad

Lindex is investing in Spacerpad, the sustainable menstrual sanitary pad developed by researchers at the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås. This innovation is now leaving the world of academia and moving...

2022-01-13

University of Borås successful in obtaining EU funding of research and innovation

The University of Borås won significant amounts of funding from the EU framework programme known as Horizon 2020.

2021-12-06

Juice industry waste to become biodegradable filters and fungal fibre membranes

New research in Resource Recovery will explore how fungi made from juice industry waste, among other food waste, can become filters and membranes. These can be used in...

2021-10-28

Historical investment in a national infrastructure in the humanities

It will now be easier to conduct modern, digitised, and interdisciplinary research in the humanities. The Swedish School of Library and Information Science is one of twelve partners in...

2021-10-20

The university leads the European research network for zero waste

The University of Borås is the node in a new EU project within Resource Recovery. The purpose of the project is to create and promote collaboration and the exchange of knowledge among...

2021-10-18

International summit to challenge companies to explore new perspectives and work approaches

The textile and fashion industry faces a large number of significant challenges. Opportunities for global collaborations in which innovations, different ways of...

2021-10-05

Smart textiles to help older people deal with long-term pain

Long-term pain is perhaps the single most important factor that reduces quality of life for older people. New technology based on therapeutic smart textiles can make it easier to manage pain....

Portrait om Lamprini Xiarchi and illustrated statistics: 75 percent of NHS staff are women. 33 percent in senior positions are women. A woman is looking at a sign with the text "nursing" , thinking it's a female occupation.

2021-06-01