{"id":19158,"date":"2011-12-08T10:38:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T09:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=19158\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T02:18:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T02:18:24","slug":"debate-rages-over-abolished-freshers-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/debate-rages-over-abolished-freshers-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate rages over abolished freshers’ event"},"content":{"rendered":"
This year, one in five physics students didn\u2019t show for their first exam at the University of Copenhagen. Last year, it was only four per cent. Students think that this is because freshers’ week was dropped this year. <\/p>\n
Previous evaluations of course introductions show that students consider freshers’ week, the so-called rustur<\/em> to be one of the best things on the introduction programme.<\/p>\n
The debate now rages between the Student Council and the Vice-dean of the Faculty of Science:<\/p>\n
Combine social and academic aspects<\/h2>\n
\u00bbIn the course introduction discussion, the academic and the social have become two opposing sides, and that is the wrong way to go about it,\u00ab says Mads Wilmann from the Student Council to our Danish section Universitetsavisen<\/em>. <\/p>\n
\u00bbWhy not try to incorporate some of the obligatory, academic elements that the university focuses on, into freshers’ week? That way, the social and academic aspects would be combined,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n
Not the be-all and end-all<\/h2>\n
Vice-dean Henrik Busch replies to their criticism in the comments section of the Universitetsavisen.dk<\/em> site.<\/p>\n
\u00bbIt doesn\u2019t seem as if a direct correlation between freshers’ week and dropping out\/completing a degree can be documented; there are many other things to be considered,\u00ab he writes.<\/p>\n
\u00bbFour out of five courses, that have had freshers’ week stripped from the intro programme, have had a higher percentage of students completing their course, than the average at the faculty,\u00ab he writes. <\/p>\n
\u00bbIt is important for me to convey to the [physics, ed.] students that they are a part of a course that has extraordinary qualities. Freshers’ week or no\u00ab.<\/p>\n