{"id":43444,"date":"2017-01-26T14:53:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T13:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/dekan-jeg-er-hverken-arrogant-eller-ignorant\/"},"modified":"2017-02-07T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T11:00:17","slug":"dean-im-not-arrogant-or-ignorant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/dean-im-not-arrogant-or-ignorant\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean: I’m not arrogant or ignorant"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Read the original post here]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Dear academic council and anyone else who is interested in this issue<\/p>\n

I am neither ignorant nor arrogant. I do not question your great efforts and I have not turned the halt to admissions into an argument for closure.<\/p>\n

Let me start by correcting your starting point. In the notice given to Rector and the Board last spring it was made clear that admissions and dropout numbers on the two study programmes (Polish and Balkan Studies) were such that they had to be closed down as independent programmes. The situation only gets worse when UCPH in 2018 introduces a 6-grade as entry requirement \u2013 then Polish will, with a high probability, not be able to admit any students at all.<\/p>\n

This decision cannot be touched.<\/p>\n

Then we should subsequently examine whether we could remedy the situation by merging the programmes. We asked the department to make a proposal, and this we have recently taken under consideration.<\/p>\n

You would think that a large and important country like Poland would be able to attract more students than the programme does, but we must take stock of the situation as it actually exists now.<\/p>\n

Ulf Hedetoft, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

LACK OF ADMISSIONS AND HIGH DROP-OUT RATE<\/h3>\n

The result is that we can see a point in a merger at the MA level (where we preferably should be able to negotiate for more study places), while the Department\u2019s proposal of a BA level merger is maintaining the status quo, with three separate courses, but with more joint classes. We do not believe this is a sustainable model, either formally (because if this happens it is not a closure, which was what we presupposed last year) or real (as there will be a huge imbalance in the composition of the interdisciplinary classes and the two separate language dimensions will suffer for the two smaller languages – if we are able to call ‘Balkan’ a language).<\/p>\n

We therefore choose to opt for the optional course with a reduced language dimension \u2013 but other suggestions are very welcome. I regret this development and the decisions we have had to make. But they are primarily due to the lack of admissions and the large, high drop-out rate in the BA. You would think that a large and important country like Poland would be able to attract more students than the programme does, but we must take stock of the situation as it actually exists now.<\/p>\n

Sincerely Ulf Hedetoft
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I do not question your great efforts and I have not turned the halt to admissions into an argument for closure.<\/p>\n<p>Let me start by correcting your starting point. In the notice given to Rector and the Board last spring it was made clear that admissions and dropout numbers on the two study programmes (Polish and Balkan Studies) were such that they had to be closed down as independent programmes. The situation only gets worse when UCPH in 2018 introduces a 6-grade as entry requirement \u2013 then Polish will, with a high probability, not be able to admit any students at all.<\/p>\n<p>This decision cannot be touched.<\/p>\n<p>Then we should subsequently examine whether we could remedy the situation by merging the programmes. We asked the department to make a proposal, and this we have recently taken under consideration.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You would think that a large and important country like Poland would be able to attract more students than the programme does, but we must take stock of the situation as it actually exists now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Ulf Hedetoft, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>LACK OF ADMISSIONS AND HIGH DROP-OUT RATE<\/h3>\n<p>The result is that we can see a point in a merger at the MA level (where we preferably should be able to negotiate for more study places), while the Department\u2019s proposal of a BA level merger is maintaining the status quo, with three separate courses, but with more joint classes. We do not believe this is a sustainable model, either formally (because if this happens it is not a closure, which was what we presupposed last year) or real (as there will be a huge imbalance in the composition of the interdisciplinary classes and the two separate language dimensions will suffer for the two smaller languages – if we are able to call ‘Balkan’ a language).<\/p>\n<p>We therefore choose to opt for the optional course with a reduced language dimension \u2013 but other suggestions are very welcome. I regret this development and the decisions we have had to make. But they are primarily due to the lack of admissions and the large, high drop-out rate in the BA. You would think that a large and important country like Poland would be able to attract more students than the programme does, but we must take stock of the situation as it actually exists now.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely Ulf Hedetoft<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Banner","img":false,"url":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":true,"references":[{"reference":{"ID":42898,"post_author":"5","post_date":"2017-01-26 12:42:10","post_date_gmt":"2017-01-26 11:42:10","post_content":"K\u00e6re Ulf Hedetoft\r\n\r\nOven p\u00e5 den seneste tids debat om din indstilling til lukning af Polsk og Balkanstudier, f\u00f8ler vi et behov for at fort\u00e6lle dig, hvad et \u2018fornuftigt\u2019 studiemilj\u00f8 hos os egentlig er. Studiemilj\u00f8et p\u00e5 Polsk og Balkanstudier er ikke afgr\u00e6nsede, lukkede studiemilj\u00f8er, derimod har de i mange \u00e5r indg\u00e5et som to dele af en st\u00f8rre helhed, hvor Russisk og Gr\u00e6kenlandsstudier udg\u00f8r de sidste to dele i \u00e9t samlet studiemilj\u00f8 p\u00e5 \u00d8st- og Syd\u00f8steuropastudier.\r\n\r\nTilbage i sommeren 2015 konstituerede vi samarbejdet i en stiftende generalforsamling for foreningen Fagbaren, som er ansvarlig for det <em>f\u00e6lles<\/em> studiemilj\u00f8 p\u00e5 \u00d8S\u00d8. Foreningens erkl\u00e6rede form\u00e5l er igennem sociale og faglige arrangementer at styrke det <em>f\u00e6lles<\/em> studiemilj\u00f8 p\u00e5 tv\u00e6rs af de tre fag.\r\n<h3>Vi skabte et godt, f\u00e6lles studiemilj\u00f8<\/h3>\r\nDet har v\u00e6ret en stor succes: fagligt relevante opl\u00e6g fra undervisere og g\u00e6steforel\u00e6sere, l\u00f8bende sammenkomster, hvor s\u00e5vel undervisere som studerende deltager, teaterekskursioner og museumsbes\u00f8g, studenterworkshop med medstuderende og undervisere fra Aarhus Universitet, og ikke mindst har vi opretholdt en ugentlig Fagcaf\u00e9, hvor overbygningsstuderende hj\u00e6lper nyere studerende med l\u00e6sningen. Dette har v\u00e6ret muligt, fordi vi som fagmilj\u00f8 har s\u00f8gt en masse fonde, heriblandt HUMr\u00e5dspuljen.\r\n<blockquote>Vi t\u00e6nker, at du i l\u00f8bet af et par \u00e5r ogs\u00e5 beslutter dig for at lukke Russisk med henvisning til det \u2018d\u00e5rlige\u2019 studiemilj\u00f8<\/blockquote>\r\nInternt p\u00e5 ToRS har man l\u00e6nge st\u00f8ttet op om og gl\u00e6det sig over vores indsats, og n\u00e5r Studenterr\u00e5det afholder workshops for, hvordan man opbygger et godt studiemilj\u00f8, er vi igennem l\u00e6ngere tid blevet fremh\u00e6vet som et skoleeksempel. Alt dette er sket p\u00e5 trods af de urimelige foruds\u00e6tninger:\r\n\r\nFlytningen til det nye KUA har mildt sagt v\u00e6ret en udfordring, ikke bare for vores eget studiemilj\u00f8, men for det samlede studiemilj\u00f8 p\u00e5 ToRS. De lokaler, vi har f\u00e5et tildelt til at afholde fredagscaf\u00e9er er p\u00e5 ingen m\u00e5de egnede til form\u00e5let. Vi bliver gang p\u00e5 gang fra centralt h\u00e5nd lovet noget, som ikke bliver overholdt.\r\n\r\nLukningen af optag for nye studerende er selvsagt \u00f8del\u00e6ggende for studiemilj\u00f8ets \u2018\u00f8kosystem\u2019: ingen nye studerende ind betyder d\u00e5rligere integration p\u00e5 kryds og tv\u00e6rs af \u00e5rgange. Din beslutning om at lukke for optaget for dern\u00e6st at inddrage studiemilj\u00f8et som argument for at indstille til lukning er derfor decideret hyklerisk.\r\n\r\nVi er vrede og frustrerede over, at du vil lukke vores fag uden at have hverken h\u00f8rt vores \u00f8nske om en sammenl\u00e6gning af fagene, som b\u00e5de undervisere og studerende bakker op om eller overhovedet vide, hvordan studiemilj\u00f8et fungerer hos os. Ved at lukke to tredjedele af vores nuv\u00e6rende studiemilj\u00f8 (her har vi ikke engang n\u00e6vnt lukningen af Gr\u00e6kenlandsstudier) forringer du dermed ogs\u00e5 kraftigt det sociale og faglige milj\u00f8 p\u00e5 Russisk. Vi begynder at kunne se et m\u00f8nster og t\u00e6nker, at du i l\u00f8bet af et par \u00e5r ogs\u00e5 beslutter dig for at lukke Russisk med henvisning til det \u2018d\u00e5rlige\u2019 studiemilj\u00f8.\r\n\r\nSkyldes dette mon arrogance eller ignorance? Man kan sagtens have et godt studiemilj\u00f8 p\u00e5 sm\u00e5 fag, og det er pr\u00e6cis, hvad vi har haft.\r\n\r\nIndtil nu.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/dekan-jeg-er-hverken-arrogant-eller-ignorant\/\">L\u00e6s dekan Ulf Hedetofts svar her<\/a>.\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n","post_title":"Faglukninger: Dekanens beslutning er decideret hyklerisk","post_excerpt":"Dekanens beslutning om at lukke for optaget for dern\u00e6st at inddrage studiemilj\u00f8et som argument for at indstille til lukning er decideret hyklerisk.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"aabent-brev-til-dekan-ulf-hedetoft","to_ping":"","pinged":"\nhttps:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/dekan-jeg-er-hverken-arrogant-eller-ignorant\/","post_modified":"2017-01-26 16:40:15","post_modified_gmt":"2017-01-26 15:40:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=42898\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"reference":{"ID":42876,"post_author":"5","post_date":"2017-01-26 12:04:57","post_date_gmt":"2017-01-26 11:04:57","post_content":"Dekanen p\u00e5 Det Humanistiske Fakultet har \u2013 stort set uden at inddrage repr\u00e6sentanter for fagene \u2013 anbefalet rektor for K\u00f8benhavns Universitet at nedl\u00e6gge de selvst\u00e6ndige uddannelser i Polsk og Balkanstudier og \u00e6ndre dem til \"tilvalgspakker\".\r\n\r\nHvis rektor v\u00e6lger at f\u00f8lge dekanens indstilling, betyder det i praksis, at fagene kun overlever p\u00e5 en form for markedsvilk\u00e5r, alts\u00e5 hvis der er nogen, der skulle f\u00e5 lyst til at tage et tilvalg. Udbud, defineret af eftersp\u00f8rgsel.\r\n\r\nMuligvis s\u00f8d musik i kroner og Excelark-\u00f8rer, men dystre toner, ikke kun for de to lukningstruede uddannelser (hvis \u00f8konomi i \u00f8vrigt er sikret af sm\u00e5fagsbevillinger), men ogs\u00e5 i et bredere perspektiv. Ud over det indlysende umulige i at opretholde faglighederne p\u00e5 s\u00e5 spinkelt et grundlag som tilf\u00e6ldige tilvalg (versus fast studenteroptag hvert \u00e5r) er der en r\u00e6kke gode grunde til, at dekanens anbefaling b\u00f8r genovervejes.\r\n<h3>Vi taber \u00f8konomisk og historisk v\u00e6rdi<\/h3>\r\nPolen er ikke kun et k\u00e6mpe eksportmarked (18,4 milliarder kroner i 2015), der skriger p\u00e5 veluddannede specialister inden for sprog, kultur, mentalitet, historie, forretningsetikette og lokalkendskab. Det er ogs\u00e5 et af vores st\u00f8rste nabolande med n\u00e6sten 40 millioner indbyggere.\r\n<blockquote>Vi risikerer at miste store dele af et bredt perspektiv p\u00e5 vores f\u00e6lles historie, vi risikerer at miste eksportkroner, og vi risikerer, at nedl\u00e6ggelsen af de to uddannelser rammer bredere end som s\u00e5<\/blockquote>\r\nBalkan er is\u00e6r interessant som et omr\u00e5de, der i de mange \u00e5r, kommunisterne var ved magten, var sp\u00e6rret inde i et ideologisk fors\u00f8gslaboratorium. Efter murens fald blev Balkanlandene p\u00e5 godt og ondt eksempler p\u00e5, hvordan stater indretter sig og forholder sig til fortiden og fremtiden \u2013 v\u00e6lger man en nationalistisk kurs? Orienterer man sig udadtil? Skuddet i Sarajevo, Srebrenica-massakren, flygtningestr\u00f8mmene og striden mellem NATO og Rusland i forbindelse med Kosovo-konflikten vidner om, at Balkan ikke er Udkantseuropa, men i h\u00f8j grad et omr\u00e5de, der er t\u00e6t forbundet med os alle sammen og derfor v\u00e6rd at besk\u00e6ftige sig akademisk med.\r\n\r\nDer er med andre ord gode \u00f8konomiske og historiske argumenter for at opretholde uddannelserne inden for de to omr\u00e5der. Og nu vi er ved uddannelser \u2013 de to st\u00e5r ikke alene, og en nedl\u00e6ggelse vil ogs\u00e5 p\u00e5virke andre uddannelser.\r\n<h3>En skrabet tredjedel vil st\u00e5 tilbage<\/h3>\r\nI efter\u00e5ret kunne de studerende p\u00e5 Polsk, Balkanstudier og Russisk f\u00f8lge et emnekursus om holocaust i \u00d8st- og Centraleuropa, og her i for\u00e5ret er emnet populisme. Begge emner er mere relevante end nogensinde, hvis vi skal blive klogere p\u00e5, hvordan vi i fremtiden undg\u00e5r gentagelser af nogle af historiens m\u00f8rkeste stunder: masserepressioner som i 1930'ernes Sovjetunionen, nedslagtningen af j\u00f8der som den i Warszawas ghetto under Anden Verdenskrig og folkedrab, som vi s\u00e5 p\u00e5 Balkan i 1990'erne.\r\n\r\nUnderviserne kommer fra Polsk, Balkanstudier og Russisk og bidrager alle med specialiseret viden om deres respektive omr\u00e5der. Synergieffekten er i\u00f8jefaldende, og de studerendes reaktioner i form af s\u00e6rdeles positive evalueringer vidner om, at den brede tilgang er efterspurgt. Denne eftersp\u00f8rgsel vil vi ikke kunne im\u00f8dekomme, hvis to tredjedele af vores uddannelser bliver nedlagt.\r\n<blockquote>Hvis rektor v\u00e6lger at f\u00f8lge dekanens indstilling, betyder det i praksis, at fagene kun overlever p\u00e5 en form for markedsvilk\u00e5r<\/blockquote>\r\nDe studerende p\u00e5 Polsk, Balkanstudier og Russisk f\u00f8lger som led i deres uddannelse obligatoriske f\u00e6lleskurser i \u00d8st- og Centraleuropas generelle historie og kultur. Ogs\u00e5 her kan vi tr\u00e6kke p\u00e5 undervisere fra de tre omr\u00e5der, s\u00e5ledes at den polskstuderende gyser med Dostojevskij og analyserer Putin, den russiskstuderende forundres over Enver Hoxha og over, hvorfor Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107 spiller for Sverige, og den kommende balkanist har styr p\u00e5 opr\u00f8ret mod kommunismen i Polen med Lech Walesa i spidsen.\r\n\r\nEksistensen af tre uddannelser er med andre ord med til at sikre bredde p\u00e5 den enkelte uddannelse. En nedl\u00e6ggelse af Polsk og Balkanstudier vil ikke alene reducere denne bredde. Den vil ogs\u00e5 g\u00f8re det vanskeligere at planl\u00e6gge undervisningen p\u00e5 mit eget fag, russisk, idet vi ikke l\u00e6ngere vil kunne tr\u00e6kke p\u00e5 vores nedlagte kollegers kompetencer.\r\n\r\nP\u00e5 det personlige plan nyder jeg at v\u00e6re omgivet af yderst kompetente kolleger, der til enhver tid kan give mig et perspektiv p\u00e5 en sproglig problemstilling eller en grammatisk finurlighed. Ogs\u00e5 denne form for kollegial sparring forsvinder med nedl\u00e6ggelsen af Polsk og Balkanstudier.\r\n\r\nSumma summarum er, at vi risikerer at miste store dele af et bredt perspektiv p\u00e5 vores f\u00e6lles historie, vi risikerer at miste eksportkroner, og vi risikerer, at nedl\u00e6ggelsen af de to uddannelser rammer bredere end som s\u00e5.\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n","post_title":"Forsvar for Polsk og Balkanstudier","post_excerpt":"Der er massive tab i sigte, hvis rektor v\u00e6lger at f\u00f8lge dekanens indstilling og lukke Polsk og Balkanstudier.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"forsvar-polsk-og-balkanstudier","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2017-01-26 15:13:41","post_modified_gmt":"2017-01-26 14:13:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=42876\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"reference":{"ID":42538,"post_author":"5","post_date":"2017-01-24 10:46:15","post_date_gmt":"2017-01-24 10:46:15","post_content":"K\u00e6re Ralf Hemmingsen, rektor for K\u00f8benhavns Universitet\r\n\r\nDet er med dyb beklagelse, at jeg erfarer, at K\u00f8benhavns Universitet har intentioner om at lukke b\u00e5de bachelor og kandidatuddannelsen i polsk. Min beklagelse er s\u00e5 meget st\u00f8rre, da K\u00f8benhavns Universitet er det eneste sted i Danmark, hvor man kan l\u00e6se en universitetsuddannelse og f\u00e5 en akademisk titel i polsk.\r\n\r\nDet er min overbevisning, at polsk-uddannelsen p\u00e5 K\u00f8benhavns Universitet har bidraget til at bringe vores to nabolande t\u00e6ttere p\u00e5 hinanden og skabe den forst\u00e5else mellem mennesker og samfund, som er s\u00e5 vigtig for vellykkede relationer b\u00e5de privat og i handels- og arbejdsrelationer. Det imponerende antal virksomheder, der arbejder p\u00e5 tv\u00e6rs af vores landegr\u00e6nser og vores t\u00e6tte samarbejde i Den Europ\u00e6iske Union og Nato er afh\u00e6ngige af gensidig forst\u00e5else, kendskab og respekt.\r\n\r\nDet er derfor afg\u00f8rende, at unge mennesker i Danmark s\u00e5vel som i Polen f\u00e5r mulighed for at l\u00e6re mere om hinanden, s\u00e6rligt gennem at studere vores respektive sprog, kultur, historie og samfund p\u00e5 universitetet. De skal spille rollen som brobyggere og overs\u00e6ttere, ikke bare sprogligt, men ogs\u00e5 kulturelt og sociologisk.\r\n<blockquote>Polen var i 2015 Danmarks niende st\u00f8rste handelspartner med dansk eksport for 18,4 mia. kr.<\/blockquote>\r\nPolen og Danmark er de seneste \u00e5r kommet stadig t\u00e6ttere p\u00e5 hinanden som naboer. Lad mig n\u00e6vne, at Polen i 2015 var Danmarks niende st\u00f8rste handelspartner med dansk eksport for 18,4 mia. kr. og samhandlen forts\u00e6tter med at stige. Polens betydning inden for Den Europ\u00e6iske Union er ogs\u00e5 stigende. Polen er ikke bare det sjette st\u00f8rste land, n\u00e5r man ser p\u00e5 befolkningens st\u00f8rrelse, det er ogs\u00e5 den sjette st\u00f8rste \u00f8konomi og det sjette st\u00f8rste sprog.\r\n\r\nB\u00e5de danske forlag og investorer og EU-institutionerne peger p\u00e5 manglen p\u00e5 kvalificerede overs\u00e6ttere fra polsk til dansk.\r\n\r\nSom Polens ambassad\u00f8r i Danmark ser jeg det som en af mine vigtigste opgaver at bidrage til at g\u00f8re det dansk-polske samarbejde stadig st\u00e6rkere. Jeg ser heldigvis stort potentiale for dette, men en foruds\u00e6tning for at f\u00e5 fuldt udbytte af vores t\u00e6tte geografiske placering og vores allerede t\u00e6tte relationer er, at vi er i besiddelse af indg\u00e5ende kendskab til hinanden.\r\n\r\nDette kendskab risikerer at g\u00e5 tabt, hvis vi holder op med at undervise unge mennesker i vores gensidige sprog og kultur p\u00e5 universitetsniveau. Det g\u00e6lder b\u00e5de for danskstudierne i Polen og for polskstudierne i Danmark.\r\n\r\nHvis vi for alvor \u00f8nsker, at det europ\u00e6iske samarbejde skal have succes, er vi n\u00f8dt til at kunne forst\u00e5 hinanden. Sproget er ofte n\u00f8glen til succes.\r\n\r\nMed venlig hilsen\r\nHenryka Mo\u015bcicka-Dendys\r\nPolens ambassad\u00f8r i Danmark\r\n\r\n \n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n","post_title":"Ambassad\u00f8r: Lukningen af polsk er dybt beklagelig","post_excerpt":"Polens ambassad\u00f8r i Danmark skriver i et \u00e5bent brev til rektor Ralf Hemmingsen, at det er med dyb beklagelse, at hun erfarer, at K\u00f8benhavns Universitet har intentioner om at lukke b\u00e5de bachelor og kandidatuddannelsen i polsk.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"ambassadoer-lukningen-af-polsk-er-dybt-beklagelig","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2017-01-26 15:14:12","post_modified_gmt":"2017-01-26 14:14:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisendk.preprod.plant.dk\/?p=42538\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}}],"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":47,"name":"Opinion","slug":"opinion","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":47,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":337,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":20,"name":"Uncategorized","slug":"uncategorized","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":20,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":32,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":153,"name":"Faglukninger","slug":"faglukninger","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":153,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":20,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":161,"name":"Faglukninger","slug":"faglukninger-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":161,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":162,"name":"Polsk","slug":"polsk-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":162,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":157,"name":"Polsk","slug":"polsk","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":157,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":16,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":156,"name":"Sprogd\u00f8d","slug":"sprogdoed","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":156,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":8,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":176,"name":"Sprogd\u00f8d","slug":"sprogdoed-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":176,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":4,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":158,"name":"Sprogstrategi","slug":"sprogstrategi","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":158,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":7,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":170,"name":"Sprogstrategi","slug":"sprogstrategi-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":170,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw"}],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":16,"name":"Opinion","slug":"opinion","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":16,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":2118,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43444"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43776,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43444\/revisions\/43776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}