Study environment and safety

These pages contain information regarding the study environment and safety at the University of Borås.

Safe rooms

The university has safe rooms available to employees, students, and the general public.

Boards and committees with student representatives

Here you can read more about the different boards and committees with student representatives.

She emphasises synergies between science, technology, and art

2023-04-13

Ever since she became involved in the European network ArcInTexETN, textile artist Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė has played an important role in the university's internationalisation in the field of

This is how we make the change to a sustainable textile industry

2023-04-12

We must move away from the mentality of seeing clothes as disposable and we must increase the skills within the textile industry – that is what the recently appointed honorary doctor Anne

Ski poles, lightweight battery boxes for electric cars, and recycled textiles as reinforcement are the focus of new research projects

2023-02-13

Could polymer composites be the solution to a lighter and more environmentally friendly battery box for electric cars, or replace aluminium and carbon fibre in ski poles? Can textile waste be used

Expert assignment to reduce unnecessary food waste in Brazilian street markets

2023-02-09

Much of the food waste generated at street markets in Brazil is thrown away unnecessarily. Through a collaboration between Sweden and Brazil, projects have been ongoing since 2019 to develop

Waste from beer brewing valuable raw material for new products

2023-06-26

Beer is the most consumed beverage in the world after water and tea, and beer brewing generates large amounts of grain waste, which today has a low value. But now a research project shows how it

The Language lab expands

2023-04-25

The Language lab has had a new employee for some time now. The new language lecturer is Anna Ekman who comes from her latest job as a teacher at Hulebäcksgymnasiet where she was part of a team

Improvements in systematic quality assurance procedures underway

2023-04-12

This is the second year of follow-up for our quality assurance procedures for education and research. Two monitoring groups have been set up for this purpose for education and research,