
{"id":11802,"date":"2013-08-27T00:09:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T22:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=11802\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T00:01:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T00:01:26","slug":"more-spare-rooms-at-student-councils-couch-surfing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/more-spare-rooms-at-student-councils-couch-surfing\/","title":{"rendered":"More spare rooms at Student Council&#8217;s couch surfing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Last year, we hooked 70 home-seekers up with sofas in Copenhagen, and 100 throughout the country. This year we are branching out,&#8221; says Karl Kristiansen, deputy head of the University of Copenhagen&#8217;s (UCPH) Student Council, about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofaformidling.dk\/en\" target=\"blank\">student couch surfing initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Student Council at UCPH and other student organisations <a href=\"node\/15860\/\" target=\"blank\">launched their couch surfing service in 2012<\/a> to draw attention to the vast problems students face trying to find a place to live in the city.<\/p>\n<p>They have acted as middle-men, helping facilitate contact between owners of (long-ish) sofas and students needing a place to stay. First and foremost, it has been a huge PR success.<\/p>\n<h2>Help sealing the deal<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Anyone can help provide a space to crash,&#8221; says Karl Kristiansen. This can be anyone from people with temporarily empty allotment pavilions to someone willing to share their room. &#8220;We have created a marketplace where anything can happen, instead of limiting the concept to sofas only.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>So if anyone can provide a space, and students contact people offering a space directly, how do you help ensure that students don&#8217;t fall into the claws of all sorts of weirdos?<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We screen all of the submissions on our site,&#8221; says Karl Kristiansen. &#8220;And when a deal is made between home-owners and students, we get involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Asking around<\/h2>\n<p>The Student Council is also contacting different groups that might be able to help. Theology students, for example, are talking to Copenhagen&#8217;s Parish Church Council because there might be a possibility for students to stay in rooms that belong to the church.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the University Post would like anyone to crash at their office, let us know! Haven&#8217;t you got a sofa-bed tucked away somewhere?&#8221; says Karl Kristiansen.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofaformidling.dk\/en\" target=\"blank\">The site<\/a> is currently only partly in English &#8211; the ads themselves are most often in Danish, but are simple and short enough to make sense of using <a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\" target=\"blank\">Google Translate<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>chz@adm.ku.dk<br \/>\nuniversitypost@adm.ku.dk <\/p>\n<p><em>Like us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniversityPost\" target=\"_blank\"> Facebook <\/a> for features, guides and tips on upcoming events. 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This year we are branching out,&#8221; says Karl Kristiansen, deputy head of the University of Copenhagen&#8217;s (UCPH) Student Council, about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofaformidling.dk\/en\" target=\"blank\">student couch surfing initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Student Council at UCPH and other student organisations <a href=\"node\/15860\/\" target=\"blank\">launched their couch surfing service in 2012<\/a> to draw attention to the vast problems students face trying to find a place to live in the city.<\/p>\n<p>They have acted as middle-men, helping facilitate contact between owners of (long-ish) sofas and students needing a place to stay. First and foremost, it has been a huge PR success.<\/p>\n<h2>Help sealing the deal<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Anyone can help provide a space to crash,&#8221; says Karl Kristiansen. This can be anyone from people with temporarily empty allotment pavilions to someone willing to share their room. &#8220;We have created a marketplace where anything can happen, instead of limiting the concept to sofas only.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>So if anyone can provide a space, and students contact people offering a space directly, how do you help ensure that students don&#8217;t fall into the claws of all sorts of weirdos?<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We screen all of the submissions on our site,&#8221; says Karl Kristiansen. &#8220;And when a deal is made between home-owners and students, we get involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Asking around<\/h2>\n<p>The Student Council is also contacting different groups that might be able to help. Theology students, for example, are talking to Copenhagen&#8217;s Parish Church Council because there might be a possibility for students to stay in rooms that belong to the church.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the University Post would like anyone to crash at their office, let us know! Haven&#8217;t you got a sofa-bed tucked away somewhere?&#8221; says Karl Kristiansen.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofaformidling.dk\/en\" target=\"blank\">The site<\/a> is currently only partly in English &#8211; the ads themselves are most often in Danish, but are simple and short enough to make sense of using <a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\" target=\"blank\">Google Translate<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>chz@adm.ku.dk<br \/>\nuniversitypost@adm.ku.dk <\/p>\n<p><em>Like us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniversityPost\" target=\"_blank\"> Facebook <\/a> for features, guides and tips on upcoming events. 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