
{"id":58754,"date":"2017-11-07T12:41:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T11:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/studerende-overraskede-deres-uddannelse-kraever\/"},"modified":"2017-11-15T12:27:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T11:27:13","slug":"students-surprised-by-what-their-education-programme-requires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/students-surprised-by-what-their-education-programme-requires\/","title":{"rendered":"Students surprised by what their education programme requires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For years now various assessments have shown that students feel more pressured and stressed than ever before. Now, the Danish Evaluation Institute (EVA) has asked a number of newly enrolled students about their experience of the study requirements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\">\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">This data<\/p>\n<p>The memo is based on questionnaire data and data from Statistics Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>The survey covers all higher education programs that enroll students through the Danish coordinated enrollment system.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eva.dk\/videregaaende-uddannelse\/frafald-paa-videregaaende-uddannelser\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In what EVA calls a mini-analysis, they asked if students experience it as <secret text=\"The survey's main question uses a scale from 1-7, where the responses 1, 2 and 3 are categorised as \u2019Less demanding \u2019, the response 4 is categorised as \u2019As expected\u2019, and the responses 5, 6 and 7 are categorised as \u2019More demanding\u2019.\">more or less demanding to study a higher education programme<\/secret> than they expected before studying.<\/p>\n<p>The memo concerns 10,229 students admitted to a higher education programme in the summer of 2016, who were still active students in February 2017.<\/p>\n<h1>Main results<\/h1>\n<p>\u2022 Half a year into the programme, a little more than every second student answered that their education programme was more demanding than they had expected before they started. Only 15 per cent responded that the education programme was less demanding than expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No matter whether the students come to the programme with a high or low grade point average, it makes no difference: The study programme is experienced as just as demanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Students with a high study intensity \u2013 i.e. those who spend more hours on classes and preparation \u2013 are more likely to experience their education programme as more demanding than they expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Students who experience their education programme as either more or less demanding than they expected, are almost twice more likely to consider dropping out, compared to students who find that the study programme is as expected.<\/p>\n<h1>Students&#8217; chairman: Make students better prepared for uni<\/h1>\n<p>High schools should be better at preparing students with university-related skills, like being able to take on a critical view of the material, says Jens Philip Yazdani, chairman of the high school student interest group Danske Gymnasieelevers Sammenslutning.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbSecondary schools have the task of preparing people so they not only can do what the teacher asks for, but can also become reflective, curious and critical,\u00ab he says. But this is not always the way the teaching is organized.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbYou often end up with people who are very good at answering specific questions, but at university it is also about asking the good questions yourself.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Jens Philip Yazdani says that secondary level schools can also better adapt to university expectations in other ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt is often just a single trip to a study programme, and it might even be voluntary whether you go or not. Or maybe it is a tour of a study programme or a study day. This may not give sufficient insight into what it means to carry out a study programme,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThey should extend the student counselling and the internship courses, maybe even allow several internships.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h1>Widespread unhappiness<\/h1>\n<p>Whatever the reasons are, experts reckon that students\u2019 problems with stress and unhappiness are getting worse.<\/p>\n<p>At a <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/studerende-mistrives-aldrig-foer\/\">conference on student stress problems<\/a>\u00a0held at the Danish parliament building Christiansborg in October 2017, chairman of the Danish Psychological Association Eva Secher Mathiasen said that children and adolescents are more unhappy today than 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe continue to produce people who are not happy with their lives because we are doing something structurally wrong. There are greater things at stake than what an individual, a family or a university can fix,\u00ab Mathiasen said.<\/p>\n<p>Both lawyer and economist trade union Dj\u00f8f and the Danish Association of Master\u2019s and PhDs DM have found stress to be an increasing problem among students. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magisterbladet.dk\/magisterbladet\/2017\/052017\/052017_p14\">DM has concluded<\/a> that every second student &#8216;quite often&#8217; or &#8216;very often&#8217; feels nervous and stressed.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dj\u00f8f&#8217;s survey, 59 per cent of students in the social science and business programmes report stress in their everyday life, leading to symptoms like heart palpitations and insomnia.<\/p>\n<p>Stress is also a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.djoefbladet.dk\/blad\/2017\/04\/dj-oe-fernes-stress-har-bidt-sig-fast.aspx\">persistent problem for Dj\u00f8f graduates<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!-- end of module 1 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New data shows that 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This goes for both those getting in with a high and a low grade point average."},{"acf_fc_layout":"Standfirst","subject":"Survey","text":"This is a story about what will follow","use_post_excerpt":true},{"acf_fc_layout":"Byline","is_author":false,"contributors":[{"use_registered_user":true,"user":{"ID":5,"user_firstname":"Gry","user_lastname":"Bartroff Gaihede","nickname":"gry","user_nicename":"gry","display_name":"Gry Bartroff Gaihede","user_email":"gry.gaihede@uniavisen.dk","user_url":"","user_registered":"2016-12-14 12:29:26","user_description":"","user_avatar":"<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/772958c7278c6a2aa225a325594d9f297ad3aecc397eb592b61049c2bf57a3f8?s=96&#038;d=identicon&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/772958c7278c6a2aa225a325594d9f297ad3aecc397eb592b61049c2bf57a3f8?s=192&#038;d=identicon&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>"},"contributor_name":"","contributor_title":"","contributor_image":false},{"use_registered_user":true,"user":{"ID":7,"user_firstname":"Christoffer","user_lastname":"Zieler","nickname":"christoffer","user_nicename":"christoffer","display_name":"Christoffer Zieler","user_email":"christoffer.zieler@uniavisen.dk","user_url":"","user_registered":"2016-12-14 12:32:18","user_description":"","user_avatar":"<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4bf8592c5d42f63ff76abd26557ba3887d83a2e784a2508b81d423cf582346fa?s=96&#038;d=identicon&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4bf8592c5d42f63ff76abd26557ba3887d83a2e784a2508b81d423cf582346fa?s=192&#038;d=identicon&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>"},"contributor_name":"","contributor_title":"","contributor_image":false}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>For years now various assessments have shown that students feel more pressured and stressed than ever before. Now, the Danish Evaluation Institute (EVA) has asked a number of newly enrolled students about their experience of the study requirements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\">\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">This data<\/p>\n<p>The memo is based on questionnaire data and data from Statistics Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>The survey covers all higher education programs that enroll students through the Danish coordinated enrollment system.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eva.dk\/videregaaende-uddannelse\/frafald-paa-videregaaende-uddannelser\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In what EVA calls a mini-analysis, they asked if students experience it as <secret text=\"The survey's main question uses a scale from 1-7, where the responses 1, 2 and 3 are categorised as \u2019Less demanding \u2019, the response 4 is categorised as \u2019As expected\u2019, and the responses 5, 6 and 7 are categorised as \u2019More demanding\u2019.\">more or less demanding to study a higher education programme<\/secret> than they expected before studying.<\/p>\n<p>The memo concerns 10,229 students admitted to a higher education programme in the summer of 2016, who were still active students in February 2017.<\/p>\n<h1>Main results<\/h1>\n<p>\u2022 Half a year into the programme, a little more than every second student answered that their education programme was more demanding than they had expected before they started. Only 15 per cent responded that the education programme was less demanding than expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No matter whether the students come to the programme with a high or low grade point average, it makes no difference: The study programme is experienced as just as demanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Students with a high study intensity \u2013 i.e. those who spend more hours on classes and preparation \u2013 are more likely to experience their education programme as more demanding than they expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Students who experience their education programme as either more or less demanding than they expected, are almost twice more likely to consider dropping out, compared to students who find that the study programme is as expected.<\/p>\n<h1>Students&#8217; chairman: Make students better prepared for uni<\/h1>\n<p>High schools should be better at preparing students with university-related skills, like being able to take on a critical view of the material, says Jens Philip Yazdani, chairman of the high school student interest group Danske Gymnasieelevers Sammenslutning.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbSecondary schools have the task of preparing people so they not only can do what the teacher asks for, but can also become reflective, curious and critical,\u00ab he says. But this is not always the way the teaching is organized.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbYou often end up with people who are very good at answering specific questions, but at university it is also about asking the good questions yourself.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Jens Philip Yazdani says that secondary level schools can also better adapt to university expectations in other ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt is often just a single trip to a study programme, and it might even be voluntary whether you go or not. Or maybe it is a tour of a study programme or a study day. This may not give sufficient insight into what it means to carry out a study programme,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThey should extend the student counselling and the internship courses, maybe even allow several internships.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h1>Widespread unhappiness<\/h1>\n<p>Whatever the reasons are, experts reckon that students\u2019 problems with stress and unhappiness are getting worse.<\/p>\n<p>At a <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/studerende-mistrives-aldrig-foer\/\">conference on student stress problems<\/a>\u00a0held at the Danish parliament building Christiansborg in October 2017, chairman of the Danish Psychological Association Eva Secher Mathiasen said that children and adolescents are more unhappy today than 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe continue to produce people who are not happy with their lives because we are doing something structurally wrong. There are greater things at stake than what an individual, a family or a university can fix,\u00ab Mathiasen said.<\/p>\n<p>Both lawyer and economist trade union Dj\u00f8f and the Danish Association of Master\u2019s and PhDs DM have found stress to be an increasing problem among students. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magisterbladet.dk\/magisterbladet\/2017\/052017\/052017_p14\">DM has concluded<\/a> that every second student &#8216;quite often&#8217; or &#8216;very often&#8217; feels nervous and stressed.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dj\u00f8f&#8217;s survey, 59 per cent of students in the social science and business programmes report stress in their everyday life, leading to symptoms like heart palpitations and insomnia.<\/p>\n<p>Stress is also a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.djoefbladet.dk\/blad\/2017\/04\/dj-oe-fernes-stress-har-bidt-sig-fast.aspx\">persistent problem for Dj\u00f8f graduates<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"Dansk","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Receive a weekly newsletter in your inbox","button_text":"Tilmeld nu","class":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Banner","img":false,"url":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":42,"name":"Education","slug":"education","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":42,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":661,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":915,"name":"student life","slug":"student-life","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":915,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":9,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":795,"name":"working environment","slug":"working-environment","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":795,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":12,"filter":"raw"}],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11485,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/stress.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58754","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58754"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58807,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58754\/revisions\/58807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}