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Law: No mess here

The description of the Faculty of Law in The University Post's article ‘All rise! This court finds Law guilty of a study programme mess’ has no basis in reality, writes Professor Peter Blume

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Comment: International students are a benefit to Denmark

The government's wish to protect the student grant system from international students contradicts the ambition of internationalizing Danish educational institutions. Students from abroad are an important resource and they should be helped to transition to the Danish labor market - not discouraged from coming here.

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We don’t want Sunday evening exams

Exams at Medicine and Health Sciences are being set to weekends and late in the evening, but the Faculty does not believe it can be done better, writes Morten Jørgensen. He calls instead for a model, where students do not have to cancel wedding parties and birthdays, because their faculty has them doing their exams on a Sunday

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Complaint is based on a falsity

”Uniavisen’s article about my case against Kristian Heegard should not stand alone," writes former lecturer Michael Bjørn Hansen in this featured comment. He sued law student Kristian Hegaard for not adhering to the facts in a complaint about his teaching

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Comment: We are examination factories, killing creativity

The current academic system should be a place for sparking creativity and increasing intellectual development. But it has become an examination factory

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Comment: In reflection on the citizenship test I took

Despite exhaustive studying, I probably just failed the exam, writes academic consultant Rebecca in this featured comment

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Comment: Policies do not live up to 'international' rhetoric

Danish universities brag about their internationalisation, but if they are to attract the brightest global minds, their government should address the realities of the student experience

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Comment: Laptops are not the prime cause of distraction

If you remove laptops, tablets, and smartphones from lectures, distractions will be found elsewhere. Laptops are a tool and they should be used. They can improve the learning experience

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Comment: Quotas for women now abolished in Danish universities

End to the illegal affirmative action programmes for women at Danish universities. Now we should identify better ways to get more women to qualify, argues University of Copenhagen professor Hans Bonde

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Comment: Don’t forget Modern Greek Studies

Modern Greek Studies is not just a small study programme. It is important for Denmark’s prestige and influence on the international stage, argues Trine Willert

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