Fika with us

What is plagiarism and how do you avoid it? Mikael Rosell from the University Library and students Rebecca and Maria give their insights on what you can and cannot do to ensure your academic writing is your own.

Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator

Guests: Mikael Rosell, Rebecca Fonseca Pilzecker and Maria Kousoula

Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell

In this episode of Fika with us, we are joined by Maria, Nadia, and Simona who talk about dealing with the pandemic while studying at LiU. The topics being discussed highlight the policy in Sweden in general from last year until recently. Also, how does the pandemic impact the daily life as students, to what extent they are facing anxiety, and how to deal with it. Lastly, some final tips are given to combat the difficult situation we are all currently dealing with. 

Host: Maria Kousoula 

Guests: Nadia Dwiyani and Simona Bisiani 

Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell 

An obligation, a choice or a hobby - cooking can be all of these! Making your own meals is a great way to save money in Sweden, but where to start? Rebecca gives us some insight about how it was for her, as well as some tips and tricks on how to cook in a corridor. Don't forget to bring your favourite pastries to this fika!

Living in a corridor with other people during a pandemic might seem a bit scary – but it does not need to be! In this episode you will hear from Akhil and Iris, who both live in corridor rooms, about how it is to live with other people in times like these. Come enjoy a warm cup of fika while we talk about the good, the bad and what has changed.

Host: Rebecca Fonseca Pilzecker

Guests: Akhil Rajendran and Iris Potakowskyj

Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell

The richness of student life at Linköping University is well-known and the university has won the “Årets svenska studentstad” (Student City of the Year) award three times. This is a lot thanks to the hard work of the student unions, sections and various associations at the university.  In this episode we get to know more about student life at LiU from Sara Hamrefors, international responsible at the Mechanical Engineering section at LiU.

Host: Therese Lindkvist, International Coordinator

Guest: Sara Hamrefors, international responsible at the Mechanical Engineering section

Recording and editing: Per Wistbo Nibell

Besides a very rich student life, Linköping, Norrköping and the region of Östergötland has so much more to offer. In this episode you can hear about all the interesting activities you can do and places you don´t want to miss when coming to Linköping University as an international student! 

First year students Xiaou Xue, Lingyu and Kang walk us through the typical Swedish way of studying and how to prepare for the Linköping University study experience.

• What we expected about studying in Sweden and what we’ve gained since the start 

This episode’s three students are studying: International and European relations, Communication Systems and Science for sustainable development.

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Podcasts from Linkoping University:

https://liu.se/en/podcast

In 2019, more than 30 students with previous studies in China were admitted to degree programmes at Linköping University. In addition, there are exchange students, doctoral students and researchers from China currently at LiU. Today, Lingyu talks with other Chinese first year students about Sweden and daily life for Chinese students at Linköping University. Participants in today’s episode are first year student Xia0 Xue, and second year student Charlie.

Here are some highlights:

• English in daily life 

This episode’s three students are studying: International and European relations, Ethnic and migration studies and Science for sustainable development.

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Podcasts from Linkoping University:

https://liu.se/en/podcast

In this episode of Fika with Us, first year students Lingyu and Simona and Julia talks about the purely academic side.

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Our students are studying:

BSc Experimental and Industrial Biomedicine

MSc International and European Relations

MSc Computational Social Science

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Podcasts from Linkoping University:

https://liu.se/en/podcast