{"id":66596,"date":"2018-04-11T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/husk-ansoegningsfristerne-eller-kom-paa-ufrivillig-orlov\/"},"modified":"2018-04-11T10:25:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T08:25:12","slug":"remember-your-deadlines-or-take-an-involuntary-vacation-from-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/remember-your-deadlines-or-take-an-involuntary-vacation-from-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember your deadlines – or take an involuntary vacation from class"},"content":{"rendered":"

1st March – 15th October – 1st March – 15th October<\/em><\/p>\n

These dates should repeat in your head like a bad song. 1st March and 15th October are the deadlines for applying to get on the UCPH master\u2019s programmes \u2013 depending on whether it is a winter or a summer admission.<\/p>\n

Every year, some students forget to apply in time as they burn off the last ECTS points on their bachelor\u2019s degree. And all of them come to the realisation that the UCPH rules cannot be bent. You can seek dispensation, but it applies only to exceptional circumstances like sudden illness or death in the family \u2013 not for delays, oversight, or because you were not aware of the deadlines.<\/p>\n

Involuntary leave from studies<\/h2>\n

One of the students who has now been forced into involuntary leave is the Norwegian student Annlaug Pijfers, who studies musicology at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies (IKK). Her case is unusual because she already completed subjects on her master\u2019s (equivalent to 22.5 ECTS) while she was studying on the bachelor\u2019s programme. But when she applied for admission to the master\u2019s, she missed the deadline, and so she is now left, figuratively speaking, outside the lecture halls.<\/p>\n

I would not mind if there were no places left on the master\u2019s. But there is \u2013 and the department would like to accept me for the classes if they could. So I think the rules on dispensation are too strict.<\/p>\n

Annlaug Pijfers, student of musicology<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She has sought dispensation from the Faculty of Humanities, and she has tried to complain to the rector. But she recognizes today that the first error was her own:<\/p>\n

“I was really sorry when I found out that I couldn’t go directly to the master\u2019s, and I suddenly didn’t know whether I could continue at UCPH or go home to Norway. I hadn’t planned on taking a vacation \u2013 I wanted to continue with my life. But I know also that it was my own mistake. It was really stupid of me, I realise this.\u201d<\/p>\n

But she also criticizes the rules. For how, she asks, can this square up with the Study Progress Reform if students, that want to finish their studies in the allotted time, need to take involuntary breaks from their studies?<\/p>\n

I would not mind if there were no places left on the master\u2019s. But there is \u2013 and the department would like to accept me for the classes if they could. So I think the rules on dispensation are too strict. And as for the communication from UCPH, she says:<\/p>\n

“I was informed of the deadline \u2013 15th October \u2013 in an email this summer, and it has later been on posters at the KUA campus, and on banners on KUnet. But you don\u2019t see those if you don\u2019t use the UCPH app. I do not think the faculty does enough to remind the students about the deadlines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emil B\u00f8rninck, who also forgot the deadline and is now on involuntary leave from theatrical and performance studies, does not reckon that it is the UCPH communication that is inadequate. \u201cI made a stupid mistake,’ he simply admits.<\/p>\n

In line with Annlaug Pijfers, however, he does find it to be \u201csilly\u201d that he has to look on from the sidelines while the master\u2019s are not filled up to the last place.<\/p>\n

“I can understand that the faculty is afraid to set a precedent, so that anyone can just ask for dispensation if they forget the deadline. It would also be a problem, for example, at the Faculty of Law. But I do not see that there would be anything to be afraid of in the small humanities subjects like theatrical and performance studies, where hardly anyone applies for winter admission, Emil B\u00f8rninck says.<\/p>\n

He calls on UCPH to enroll students provisionally, directly into classes when they sign on to the overall framework.<\/p>\n

Director of Studies: We treat everyone the same way<\/h2>\n

At the Faculty of Humanities, however, the cases do not make them want to change things \u2013 and not in terms of provisionally enrolling students. Director of studies Morten Tang emphasizes that the faculty does not intend to make special arrangements for specific groups of students.<\/p>\n

If there were no deadlines, and all applicants had to be processed individually, it would put the administration under enormous pressure.<\/p>\n

Associate Dean Jens Erik Mogensen, Faculty of Humanities<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe have to keep the deadlines. The reason why we have deadlines is that all students need to be treated equally, and we want an efficient administration with the personnel and finances that we have available,\u201d he writes in an email to the University Post and stresses that the rules apply across all faculties.<\/p>\n

Can you conceive that you should be more generous with dispensations when there are places available in the classes \u2013 for example if the students have already taken ECTS credits on their master\u2019s?<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot imagine that we can give dispensation if a late application is simply based on the fact that the applicant has not made themselves aware of the deadlines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Light at the end of the vacation<\/h2>\n

While Annlaug Pijfers has dropped the idea of Norway and has now got a job as a teacher substitute, Emil B\u00f8rninck is finding his way during his period of leave, and has started getting unemployment benefits.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was through a rather confusing process where I didn’t get any clear answer from UCPH and feared that I would lose my room in the student dorm because I was no longer actively a student. This led to a lot of discomfort and stress. But I have got a grip on it now and have also been given the opportunity to get a relevant internship through the unemployment benefits system,\u201d says B\u00f8rninck.<\/p>\n

Both Annlaug Pijfers and Emil B\u00f8rninck have retained their legal right of admission and start their master’s degrees after the summer recess. This time they applied for admission on time.
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involuntary - leave from her musicology studies because she forgot to apply for her master\u2019s before the deadline."},{"acf_fc_layout":"Standfirst","subject":"Deadlines","text":"This is a story about what will follow","use_post_excerpt":true},{"acf_fc_layout":"Byline","is_author":true,"contributors":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p><em>1st March – 15th October – 1st March – 15th October<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These dates should repeat in your head like a bad song. 1st March and 15th October are the deadlines for applying to get on the UCPH master\u2019s programmes \u2013 depending on whether it is a winter or a summer admission.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, some students forget to apply in time as they burn off the last ECTS points on their bachelor\u2019s degree. And all of them come to the realisation that the UCPH rules cannot be bent. You can seek dispensation, but it applies only to exceptional circumstances like sudden illness or death in the family \u2013 not for delays, oversight, or because you were not aware of the deadlines.<\/p>\n<h2>Involuntary leave from studies<\/h2>\n<p>One of the students who has now been forced into involuntary leave is the Norwegian student Annlaug Pijfers, who studies musicology at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies (IKK). Her case is unusual because she already completed subjects on her master\u2019s (equivalent to 22.5 ECTS) while she was studying on the bachelor\u2019s programme. But when she applied for admission to the master\u2019s, she missed the deadline, and so she is now left, figuratively speaking, outside the lecture halls.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I would not mind if there were no places left on the master\u2019s. But there is \u2013 and the department would like to accept me for the classes if they could. So I think the rules on dispensation are too strict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Annlaug Pijfers, student of musicology<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She has sought dispensation from the Faculty of Humanities, and she has tried to complain to the rector. But she recognizes today that the first error was her own:<\/p>\n<p>“I was really sorry when I found out that I couldn’t go directly to the master\u2019s, and I suddenly didn’t know whether I could continue at UCPH or go home to Norway. I hadn’t planned on taking a vacation \u2013 I wanted to continue with my life. But I know also that it was my own mistake. It was really stupid of me, I realise this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But she also criticizes the rules. For how, she asks, can this square up with the Study Progress Reform if students, that want to finish their studies in the allotted time, need to take involuntary breaks from their studies?<\/p>\n<p>I would not mind if there were no places left on the master\u2019s. But there is \u2013 and the department would like to accept me for the classes if they could. So I think the rules on dispensation are too strict. And as for the communication from UCPH, she says:<\/p>\n<p>“I was informed of the deadline \u2013 15th October \u2013 in an email this summer, and it has later been on posters at the KUA campus, and on banners on KUnet. But you don\u2019t see those if you don\u2019t use the UCPH app. I do not think the faculty does enough to remind the students about the deadlines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emil B\u00f8rninck, who also forgot the deadline and is now on involuntary leave from theatrical and performance studies, does not reckon that it is the UCPH communication that is inadequate. \u201cI made a stupid mistake,’ he simply admits.<\/p>\n<p>In line with Annlaug Pijfers, however, he does find it to be \u201csilly\u201d that he has to look on from the sidelines while the master\u2019s are not filled up to the last place.<\/p>\n<p>“I can understand that the faculty is afraid to set a precedent, so that anyone can just ask for dispensation if they forget the deadline. It would also be a problem, for example, at the Faculty of Law. But I do not see that there would be anything to be afraid of in the small humanities subjects like theatrical and performance studies, where hardly anyone applies for winter admission, Emil B\u00f8rninck says.<\/p>\n<p>He calls on UCPH to enroll students provisionally, directly into classes when they sign on to the overall framework.<\/p>\n<h2>Director of Studies: We treat everyone the same way<\/h2>\n<p>At the Faculty of Humanities, however, the cases do not make them want to change things \u2013 and not in terms of provisionally enrolling students. Director of studies Morten Tang emphasizes that the faculty does not intend to make special arrangements for specific groups of students.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If there were no deadlines, and all applicants had to be processed individually, it would put the administration under enormous pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Associate Dean Jens Erik Mogensen, Faculty of Humanities<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe have to keep the deadlines. The reason why we have deadlines is that all students need to be treated equally, and we want an efficient administration with the personnel and finances that we have available,\u201d he writes in an email to the University Post and stresses that the rules apply across all faculties.<\/p>\n<p>Can you conceive that you should be more generous with dispensations when there are places available in the classes \u2013 for example if the students have already taken ECTS credits on their master\u2019s?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot imagine that we can give dispensation if a late application is simply based on the fact that the applicant has not made themselves aware of the deadlines.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Light at the end of the vacation<\/h2>\n<p>While Annlaug Pijfers has dropped the idea of Norway and has now got a job as a teacher substitute, Emil B\u00f8rninck is finding his way during his period of leave, and has started getting unemployment benefits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was through a rather confusing process where I didn’t get any clear answer from UCPH and feared that I would lose my room in the student dorm because I was no longer actively a student. This led to a lot of discomfort and stress. But I have got a grip on it now and have also been given the opportunity to get a relevant internship through the unemployment benefits system,\u201d says B\u00f8rninck.<\/p>\n<p>Both Annlaug Pijfers and Emil B\u00f8rninck have retained their legal right of admission and start their master’s degrees after the summer recess. This time they applied for admission on time.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"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":"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":1218,"name":"deadlines","slug":"deadlines","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1218,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":578,"name":"Humanities","slug":"humanities","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":578,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":27,"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":11489,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/annlaug-1280x681.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66596","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\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66596"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66602,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66596\/revisions\/66602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}