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Doing so, however, must be done on a case-by-case basis, and be approved by the academic study board, he adds.<\/p>\n<h2>Central to whole university<\/h2>\n<p>He is aware that this is already done within the faculty, though it lacks oversight and is done on an ad-hoc basis; therefore a common policy for the humanities must be instituted so that students are aware of what the procedure is. <\/p>\n<p>The treatment that students receive shouldn\u2019t be a matter of who their teacher is, Jens Erik Mogensen points out.<\/p>\n<p>He adds that this isn\u2019t simply a question concerning the Faculty of Humanities, and it can thus be brought up centrally to the University of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<h2>Solve language problems<\/h2>\n<p>Mogensen does not expect it to be an easy task to formulate a common language policy of the faculty or the university as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe must look at the learning objectives for each individual subject, and acknowledge their differences. 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Certain lecturers, however, are unable to properly guide and evaluate students who cannot speak flawless Danish, and struggle to express themselves in English.<\/p>\n<p>Those are the conclusions of associate dean Jens Erik Mogensen, after he was familiarized with the case of Svetlana Mikkelsen \u2014 <a href=\"node\/18121\">a Russian student, who claimed written exams in Danish are often evaluated arbitrarily<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Svetlana has felt it necessary to hire proofreaders, or write her exams in English, which the associate dean finds unacceptable.<\/p>\n<h2>Case-by-case basis<\/h2>\n<p>\u00bbIt\u2019s an unacceptable solution, and implies that lecturers are not properly equipped to tackle this problem\u00ab, Jens Erik Mogensen stated to Uniavisen.<\/p>\n<p>He added, that judicially speaking an institution should not encourage students to have their work proofread, as any examination or assignment is implicitly assumed to be the student\u2019s own and independent labor.<\/p>\n<p>According to the associate dean, university guidelines allow for a similar treatment of students who do not speak Danish as a primary language, and students with dyslexia. Doing so, however, must be done on a case-by-case basis, and be approved by the academic study board, he adds.<\/p>\n<h2>Central to whole university<\/h2>\n<p>He is aware that this is already done within the faculty, though it lacks oversight and is done on an ad-hoc basis; therefore a common policy for the humanities must be instituted so that students are aware of what the procedure is. <\/p>\n<p>The treatment that students receive shouldn\u2019t be a matter of who their teacher is, Jens Erik Mogensen points out.<\/p>\n<p>He adds that this isn\u2019t simply a question concerning the Faculty of Humanities, and it can thus be brought up centrally to the University of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<h2>Solve language problems<\/h2>\n<p>Mogensen does not expect it to be an easy task to formulate a common language policy of the faculty or the university as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe must look at the learning objectives for each individual subject, and acknowledge their differences. 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