Swedish universities appreciate initiative and encourage students to actively contribute to collective learning efforts through lectures, seminars and group discussions. This approach gives students an opportunity to develop independent thinking and strengthens their academic abilities. Studies and practical work often go hand-in-hand in Swedish universities enabling their students to have some real-world experience when they graduate and enter the industry. Some notable successful innovations by Swedish universities and industries that are a result of this culture are computer mouse, the pacemaker, the dialysis machine, Bluetooth, Spotify & Skype.