(Studying "abroad"/Academia Thread)

[Defiance]

Scandinavian countries have some of the highest suicide rates in the world, I wonder what those stats look like at their universities.

Now that's an interesting question! I actually think they'd be lower than in the US, but what do I know. Anyone has any info on this?

 

[Full Spectrum]

France Telecom is quite interesting too:
* 22 000 sacked employees
* 34 suicides / 2 years

[Taiwanese Foxconn employs exorcists...]


// Both: Electronics/Telecommunication/Information Technologies

 

[Shankao]

Now that's an interesting question! I actually think they'd be lower than in the US, but what do I know. Anyone has any info on this?

Found on wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate

 

[Full Spectrum]

Found on wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate

economical reasons at the top?

 

[Defiance]

France Telecom is quite interesting too:
* 22 000 sacked employees
* 34 suicides / 2 years

[Taiwanese Foxconn employs exorcists...]


// Both: Electronics/Telecommunication/Information Technologies

Even more than at Apple's factories.

Found on wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate

I wonder if that chart is OK (i.e. hasn't been edited by a nincompoop), I've seen different ones and Japan and Finland are always in the top 10. I'm surprised that Finland is 14.

 

[Full Spectrum]

I'm surprised that Finland is 14.

Strange indeed. Nokia Disconnecting People.

 

[Defiance]

Strange indeed. Nokia Disconnecting People.

 

[Full Spectrum]

 

[NovembersDirge]

Scandinavian countries have some of the highest suicide rates in the world, I wonder what those stats look like at their universities.

Actually, this is a myth. Time for some fun facts:

The reason that Sweden in the 1950s had one of the highest suicide rates in the world is largely due to over-reporting of suicide compared to other countries. See, in Lutheran, bureaucratic Sweden, suicide wasn't nearly as shameful as in Catholic countries. It was largely considered "a private matter" by people and therefore families weren't publicly shamed with uncomfortable publications in newspapers, but the acts were reported to the authorities as it had happened. This lead to suicide being actually reported at real rates in Sweden.

One of the things that you see when you look at new lists is that it's basically all post-Soviet states that are really high. Sweden is actually higher than the United States on the list, but only by 5 or 10 spots.

American conservatives have picked up on the suicide meme to try to somehow say that socialism kills the soul and therefore, people kill themselves. Of course, people in the Scandinavian countries are actually quite happy, do very well on all the world indexes and so forth. So, don't propagate this myth any further.

 

[Defiance]

Actually, this is a myth. Time for some fun facts:

The reason that Sweden in the 1950s had one of the highest suicide rates in the world is largely due to over-reporting of suicide compared to other countries. See, in Lutheran, bureaucratic Sweden, suicide wasn't nearly as shameful as in Catholic countries. It was largely considered "a private matter" by people and therefore families weren't publicly shamed with uncomfortable publications in newspapers, but the acts were reported to the authorities as it had happened. This lead to suicide being actually reported at real rates in Sweden.

One of the things that you see when you look at new lists is that it's basically all post-Soviet states that are really high. Sweden is actually higher than the United States on the list, but only by 5 or 10 spots.

American conservatives have picked up on the suicide meme to try to somehow say that socialism kills the soul and therefore, people kill themselves. Of course, people in the Scandinavian countries are actually quite happy, do very well on all the world indexes and so forth. So, don't propagate this myth any further.

'Nuff said! Thanks for the historical bit!

 

[Defiance]

Kind of disappointed that I haven't found any Translation programmes in Sweden, at least not in Lund . Plus, Stockholm Uni's site is awful; apparently they have a "Translation and Interpretation Institute", but it doesn't really have its own web-page.

Anyone has any pointers concerning translation PhDs in Sweden?