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There is rebellion in the air at the country's higher education institutions. Students want to fight student despair and stop the cuts. And they want new university legislation.
More than 200 psychology students huddled together for a general meeting and called for a wider academic focus in their study programmes. They voted, and passed a resolution setting out 11 demands. If the students are not heard, they will blockade the department.
The University of Copenhagen is about to cut admissions to the Faculty of Humanities by a quarter as a result of the government's relocation plan. But this is just the latest jaw-dropping development in a decade of bad news for the humanities. See the timeline here.
In only a few years, Troels C. Petersen's course in statistics at the Niels Bohr Institute has become the most popular on North Campus. His dedication and teaching-style attracts students from throughout the university, and he has now been elected Lecturer of the Year at the Faculty of Science.
With the university in a state of emergency, Wendy Meng saw her task as improving her students' well-being
Competition still high for popular subjects like psychology and molecular biomedicine.
When students complain about an exam grade, the faculty does not assess the grade academically, but bases its decision on the examiner’s own statements. An economics student compares it to getting a second opinion from the same doctor who you suspect has given you the wrong diagnosis.
Three experts offer their take on how new graduates can get a job faster, even after the corona crisis. »We are dealing with some young people who can have their careers permanently scarred unless we do something,« they say.
Plan will mean that the University of Copenhagen will have to cut, or relocate, approximately 3,500 student places. It is necessary, according to Minister of Higher Education and Science Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (Social Democrat) Even though this will intensify the race for grades.
Danish government plan has the University of Copenhagen either cutting, or relocating, up to 3,500 student places.
