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Record Number of Applicants for Summer Courses Amid Tough Job Market

Interest in summer courses at universities and colleges has been record-high this year. The reason is believed to be a tough labor market that makes students want to study to improve their CVs and receive student financial aid.

Record Number of Applicants for Summer Courses Amid Tough Job Market

Record Number of High School Students Lose Grants Due to Absence

During the last autumn and spring semester, 39,100 students lost their grant due to invalid absence, which corresponds to almost eleven percent and is 1,000 more than the previous academic year. This is the highest percentage of high school students ever to have their study grant withdrawn, CSN announces in a press release.

Record Number of High School Students Lose Grants Due to Absence

Thousands Face CSN Repayment for Exceeding Income Limits

Earned a lot of money despite getting student aid? Then you may be one of the approximately 17,000 people who are now receiving repayment claims from CSN. .

Thousands Face CSN Repayment for Exceeding Income Limits

Swedish Government Urged to Protect Students Amid Harvard Visa Threat

Harvard may lose the right to accept foreign students. Two thousand Swedes study at American colleges, including Harvard.

Swedish Government Urged to Protect Students Amid Harvard Visa Threat

Half of Retrained Workers Shift to New Industries, CSN Reports

Half of all individuals who completed their studies after being granted retraining study support have since changed industries. This is shown by a compilation made by CSN after the study support was introduced in 2023.

Half of Retrained Workers Shift to New Industries, CSN Reports

79,000 Swedes Face Student Debt with Enforcement Authority in 2024

The proportion of CSN borrowers who ended up with the Enforcement Authority was unchanged in 2024. At the turn of the year, 79,000 borrowers had a student debt with the Enforcement Authority, 4,200 more than the previous year.

79,000 Swedes Face Student Debt with Enforcement Authority in 2024

Changed Start Time for Retraining Study Support

End of night shifts for those who want to apply for retraining support for studies. From and including this year, the start time is 20:00, announces CSN.

Changed Start Time for Retraining Study Support

CSN: More students opt out of student loans

A smaller proportion of those who receive student aid choose to borrow money, shows data from CSN. .

CSN: More students opt out of student loans

This is the new interest rate on the CSN loan

Interest rates on household loans are falling. However, there is one exception.

This is the new interest rate on the CSN loan

Two authorities warned about suspected benefit fraud

The new Payment Authority, which is to detect and warn about incorrect benefit payments and suspected benefit fraud, has now sent its first notifications to the relevant authorities. This concerns approximately 300 notifications, primarily to the Social Insurance Agency and the Central Student Finance Committee (CSN).

Two authorities warned about suspected benefit fraud

Demands on CSN: Lower the Fee for Reminders

More and more debts to the Central Student Finance Committee (CSN) are being sent to the Enforcement Authority for collection, and now the organization Sveriges konsumenter is demanding that the government review the authority's reminder fees, reports [SVT News. ](https://www.

Demands on CSN: Lower the Fee for Reminders

Report: New Study Support Wastes Taxpayer Money

The Transition Study Support has gone awry. The current design is a waste of tax funds, write two professors of economics on DN Debatt.

Report: New Study Support Wastes Taxpayer Money