Do you have an idea worth spreading? Do you want to Inspire.Change.Impact through your actions? Challenge:Future is offering two speaking opportunities at the TEDxBled event on 18 March 2012 in Bled, Slovenia. The deadline for applications is 6 February 2012.

Curious to find out more about life as an exchange student? Read our student interviews with Johannes Soila, who came to the School of Business from Glasgow University, and Emma Skjulstad, who travelled to across the world for an exchange at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Every other Wednesday, starting 25 January, recruitment consultants from Amendo Bemanning & Rekrytering will be on hand in Ljusgården between 11.00-14.00 to help you write your CV and cover letter.

Building 8, also known as "Smedjan" or "The Smithy", has been renovated to offer students additional study areas and now offers a total of 202 seats divided into seven rooms.

Want to learn a new language? This spring, Stockholm University and the Confucius Institute offer, for the first time, a Chinese for Beginners course for foreign students. The course will run on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, from January until May. Enrolment and the first lecture takes place on 17 January at 6pm.