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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">To all PhD students at Stockholm University,</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">We, in the Central PhD council (CDR), write to inform about what we have been working on this year and how you, as a PhD
student, can influence your situation regarding the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">The CDR is a central council that exists to be the voice of the PhD students at SU. The members of the council are representatives
from all three faculties (Faculty of Law, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Social Science).
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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">Since the spring, our main focus has been to make sure that the PhD students get the support that they need from a central
level. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">CDR wrote a statement in May about the situation that the PhD students were experiencing. </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">The statement declared that we wanted the senior management at SU to acknowledge the difficult situation, to take action
and guide the PhD students in how they could manage in these difficult times. </span>
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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">This led to a decision from the President of the University, Astrid Söderbergh Widding, which stated that “special consideration
of the effects of the pandemic on the studies shall be given during the annual revision of the individual study plans.” </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">However, we received feedback from many PhD students that they did not know where in the ISP this should be written. It
was also unclear if it could lead to any compensation and who was responsible for making these decisions.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">Therefore, we asked for clarification regarding this and received a reply stating that <u>a template</u> (used as an appendix
to the ISP) can be used in order to write down how you have been affected by the pandemic.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">The Board of Human Science and the Board of science are responsible for judging if and how the PhD students should be compensated,
to have contact with the departments and to report what actions are taken to the President. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">So, attached you will find a template written by CDR in order to facilitate you in this process.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">As you will see in the template, we propose issues that you could include. </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">These are mainly <u>suggestions</u>, feel free to add/remove/change the template to better suit your individual situation.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">After you complete the template, it should be sent to the Head of Studies for PhD students (studierektor för doktorander)
at your department.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">That person should then make sure that the Board of Human Science or the Board of Science receives this information (depending
on which board your department belongs to).</span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">This template does not have the same deadline as the ISP, so if you already have sent in your ISP, <u>you can still send
in the template</u>. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A">If you already stated how you had been affected in the ISP, but you feel like you want to add something, you can also fill
in the template and send it to the Head of Studies at your department. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#0E101A"><a href="https://www.su.se/staff/personnel/words-from-the-university-s-senior-management-team/being-a-doctoral-student-during-the-pandemic-1.525665" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#4A6EE0">Here
you can also read a text</span></a> from the Deputy Vice Presidents Henrik Cederquist, Astri Muren, Elisabeth Wåghäll Nivre published on the SU-website commenting the PhD student’s situation. </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">All the best,</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">From the members of CDR,</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Rebecca Fältén</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Pascal Meier</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Clàudia Figueras Julián</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Allison Geerts </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Hari Nair </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Conrad Bakka</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Maryann Su Lin Tan</span></p>
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Milena Podolsak</p>
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Julia Dahlqvist</p>
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Tove Lindgren</p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Jenny Wirén</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Central PhD Council (</span><a href="mailto:cdr@sus.su.se" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-GB">cdr@sus.su.se</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">)</span></p>
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