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Flavio Saleh is part of the reason why UCPH management has banned a controversial intro week tradition at the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen. This is how he experienced the subsequent debate and the consequences of saying no.
The monumental Black Lives Matter movement has reached the University of Copenhagen. But serious anti-racism efforts in the university's privileged bubble are yet to be seen, writes Maria Heines, who contradicts Danish ideals of equality with the help of anecdotal evidence from two minority students.
While universities worldwide were closed due to corona, the number of students on exchange reached an all-time low. Now that the world is beginning to open again, more students are applying to study abroad.
Despite the corona restrictions, some students were able to study abroad. The University Post asked three of them what it was like.
It keeps on happening: Stories of sexism and crazy initiation rituals, the global #metoo movement, and guidelines on offensive behaviour keep the University of Copenhagen at the centre of a stormy debate.
Personally, I take copious amounts of notes. One of the reasons: just taking them is beneficial
Why take notes? To remember, to understand or to become one with the subject matter? All three, in fact, according to a professor of educational sciences. And according to a handwriting expert, your note-taking techniques have their roots in Antiquity
After a tumultuous process, master's degree student Bingzhi Zhu has now been sent out of Denmark. Up until the last minute, she tried to get her residence permit extended, without success. »Don't feel sorry for me, feel sorry for the Danish system,« she says.
Try to enjoy the procrastinating and the delaying. And do a marathon reading session with your study group on FaceTime — advice from an expert in digital communication.
Many students never turn on the camera for their online courses. But this can be detrimental to students' social relations and well-being, and it negatively affects instructors' motivation.
