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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.
University employees will be travelling far less by airplane in the post-Covid-19 future, says team leader at the University of Copenhagen sustainability initiative Green Campus.
In the future, your master's diploma will turn up electronically in your electronic e-Boks. Not even your mail box. Professor understands why students want a more ceremonial end to things.
Educators make online teaching work, »but I would much rather return to the classroom with my students,« says associate professor of linguistics Martha Sif Karrebæk.
Rector of the University of Copenhagen Henrik C. Wegener misses the feeling of being surrounded by the university. A university which he believes has been changed for good by the coronavirus shutdown.
Public sector employees in Eastern Denmark are now allowed to return to their offices this coming Monday, and the University of Copenhagen - in Denmark a public employer - calls it a »fantastic announcement«.
In a series of open letters, Ole Wæver and his colleague Barry Buzan are said to be behind »an orchestrated attack« and »a form of violence« after defending their academic work against racism charges. Wæver himself says that the criticism is full of misunderstandings and wild claims.
International students who stayed in Copenhagen during the shutdown had lots of worries, a survey shows. Their well-being should be a joint responsibility, says the head of the Department of Anthropology.
