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  • Combining work with study is common

    It is common for students at universities and higher vocational education to work during their studies. In the second half of 2022, 45 percent of students at university and 50 percent of students at higher vocational education were working while studying. Most of them had a low income.

  • Students with finance for transition and retraining choose programmes over courses

    Four out of five applicants for finance for transition and retraining applied for studies in higher vocational education or higher education. Many come from jobs in healthcare and social care and already have a post-secondary education. The majority of applicants for finance for transition and retraining apply for long-term education, with programme studies being the most common in both higher vocational education and higher education.

  • Higher absences among compulsory school teachers during the pandemic

    The total absences among compulsory school teachers increased with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020. The absences peaked in autumn 2021, 34 per cent higher than the average for the last two autumn semesters prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In number of days, this means around 10 days of absence per teacher during the spring semester 2020 and spring semester 2022.

  • Remote teaching decreased substantially in the latter part of the covid-19 pandemic

    In contrast to the first three terms during the pandemic, few upper secondary school students received remote teaching during the 2021/22 academic year, when the omicron wave was ongoing. In upper-level compulsory school (grades 7–9), even fewer students received remote teaching then, and in the lower age groups there was hardly any.

  • One out of eight nurses have returned

    Six years ago, 4 200 nurses that had left the nursing profession, were asked if they could consider returning to nursing and health and social care sector. In 2020, the first year of the pandemic, one out of eight of those who participated in the survey had returned to the nursing profession. Among those who could consider returning, the percentage that did return were higher.