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Forced to stay put in Denmark, international academics have made compromises on travelling, home life and jobs. And learned some life lessons.
7 ideas for student-budget-COVID-19-friendly things to do in Denmark in the summer of a coronavirus-restricted 2020
While Duncan, in Copenhagen, is willing to go anywhere to pursue a career and a life, his partner Pete in Edinburgh has, so far, preferred to stay put
Now Javiera Aravena-Calvo is, like her husband, a scientist in Copenhagen. This is after career twists that included volunteering in a lab in Israel.
She was an only child and felt the need to return to China after finishing her PhD in Barcelona. But her family urged her to focus on her science.
Ricardo now has a job as an engineer after following his wife to Copenhagen for her academic career
Copenhagen’s student café Studenterhuset grapples with an uncertain financial future as the Covid-19 closures and restrictions continue. There are still online events, and the cafés director hopes for financial support from foundations.
After economist Roberta Distante has found the good life with her husband and child, she can look back at the hard times.
Following a partner to a new country as a spouse is tough. Yet it can also be an opportunity: for the spouse, and for the Danish company that hires them, say two university consultants who help the partners of international academics in Copenhagen
More than half of international students at the University of Copenhagen have gone back to their home countries due to the coronavirus pandemic. For those that have opted to stay, student life is tough.
