{"id":89607,"date":"2019-07-10T10:08:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T08:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/saadan-forbereder-tutorerne-sig-paa-at-moede-de-nye-studerende\/"},"modified":"2019-07-10T12:38:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T10:38:08","slug":"meet-the-tutors-preparing-to-welcome-new-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/meet-the-tutors-preparing-to-welcome-new-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the tutors preparing to welcome new students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re enrolling at University of Copenhagen this coming fall prepare to be greeted by a group of highly motivated tutors who are planning to give you the very best introduction to your new life as a student. Few people are aware of how much time and effort tutors put into arranging the best possible start for new students. But what exactly does the job as a tutor entail, and what can incoming freshmen expect from the intro week at the university?<\/p>\n<p>University Post sat down with a handful of tutors from different faculties at University of Copenhagen who have agreed to shed some light on what it means to be a tutor and how the intro week events are planned.<br \/>\n<!-- end of module 1 --><\/p>\n<h2>Political Science and Social Sciences<\/h2>\n<p>The Department of Political Science covers both Political Science as well as Social Sciences, and the new students in both programs will be spending their intro week together. And Political Science and Social Sciences takes the cake in terms of numbers: no less than <strong>120 tutors<\/strong> (!) will be welcoming approximately <strong>350 new students<\/strong> by the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>The enormous staff of tutors held their first planning meeting in February and in March they spent a weekend in G\u00f8rl\u00f8se getting acquainted with each other. Part of the process of preparing involved each individual tutor reflecting on his or her own intro week as part of the \u2018tutor workshop\u2019 held by the student counselling office.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It was kind of like a radio talk show. We sat down and discussed the various issues and dilemmas you encounter as a tutor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Ida Holm S\u00f8rensen, tutor<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00bbWe had to reflect on our own experiences, the good as well as the stressful ones, and how we as tutors can take that into consideration when trying to give the new students the best possible start. It was kind of like a radio talk show. We sat down and discussed the various issues and dilemmas you encounter as a tutor. We are well prepared to take on the role as tutors and do a great job,\u00ab says Ida Holm S\u00f8rensen who is gearing up for her second year as a tutor.<\/p>\n<p>Intro week and the tasks of the tutors differ from one department to another. At the Department of Political Science, a small group within the tutor body coordinate the intro week, and they already started planning in December 2018. They met with the head of the department to determine the structure of the intro week events.<\/p>\n<p><em>What is the workload like?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIncoming students are divided into eight core teams, and each core team is attached to a group of usually about 15 tutors. The tutors are responsible for decorating the classrooms where the students will have their base during intro week, and they also prepare a roster of fun activities for the new students,\u00ab says Ida Holm S\u00f8rensen who helps coordinate the intro week events.<br \/>\n<!-- end of module 2 --><br \/>\nIn addition, every tutor is a part of <strong>two to three subcommittees<\/strong> that plan most of the events. There\u2019s a food committee that organizes lunch during the intro week, and there\u2019s a committee in charge of the traditional <strong>Political Game<\/strong> which the new students will be competing in during intro week.<\/p>\n<p>Ida Holm S\u00f8rensen won\u2019t go into too much detail in terms of what incoming students will experience during intro week \u2013 many of the traditional events are kept secret so they are more fun for the students.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI can, however, reveal that we have songs that we love to sing, we have legendary stories about program alumni, as well as mysteries and secrets about Centre for Health and Society (CSS in Danish),\u00ab says Ida Holm S\u00f8rensen.<\/p>\n<p><em>Why is the best thing about being a tutor?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbGetting to know other students from other core teams and other classes is awesome. And it\u2019s a really cool experience to be a part of getting this whole project off the ground. It\u2019s very time consuming and you have to put a lot of energy into it, but when everything works out and the intro week is an amazing experience for the new students, it\u2019s totally worth it.\u00ab<br \/>\n<!-- end of module 3 --><\/p>\n<h2>Prehistoric Archaeology<\/h2>\n<p>Amanda Blankensteiner just wrapped up the fourth semester of her bachelor\u2019s degree and this fall if you\u2019re enrolling in <strong>Linguistics<\/strong>, <strong>Prehistoric<\/strong> or <strong>Classical<\/strong> <strong>Archeology<\/strong> \u2013 the three programs organize a joint intro week and intro camp experience \u2013 you are guaranteed to meet her. Amanda will be working as a tutor for the second time and together with the rest of the team of tutors at Prehistoric Archeology, she has been working hard sin early May to plan the intro week events.<\/p>\n<p><em>How do you prepare for the arrival of the new students?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe held a series of meetings in June, where we tried to plan as much as possible in advance. That way we can take the month of July off and then we\u2019re back at it in early August. We will be getting everything ready, stocking up on materials, and hashing out the details of the events as well as the intro camp. Finally, there are certain mandatory aspects like a <strong>first aid course<\/strong> and <strong>tutor training day<\/strong>,\u00ab says Amanda Blankensteiner.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>They will be getting dirt on their hands when we visit a real excavation site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Amanda Blankensteiner, tutor<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At Prehistoric Archeology the tutors are typically issued a set of practical tasks. For instance, Amanda Blankensteiner is responsible for scheduling a bus for the intro camp (someone has to do it, and the quicker the better!), reserving a cafeteria at Campus South as well as Caf\u00e9 M\u00f8destedet for the intro week events, as well as ordering alcoholic beverages for the intro camp.<\/p>\n<p><em>Can you reveal what the new students can expect during the intro week?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThey will be getting acquainted with some of <secret text=\"Among them the National Museum of Denmark, Glyptoteket, and Thorvaldsens Museum.\">the most beautiful museums in Copenhagen<\/secret>, they will be getting dirt on their hands when we visit a real <strong>excavation site<\/strong>, they will get a look behind the scenes at Ark\u00e6ologisk V\u00e6rksted, meet their professors and fellow students, and finally they will participate in a real adventure of an intro camp which we guarantee will be a historic experience.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Another program under the SAXO Institute and one of the major fields in the Faculty of Humanities is History. Here 16 tutors are ready to welcome the new students (three so-called SAXO tutors and 13 program tutors). This year one of them is <secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mariagreibe-290x180.jpg\" text=\"Privat\">Maria Greibe<\/secret>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Why did you decide to become a tutor?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAs a tutor, you have an opportunity to make a difference and influence new students\u2019 desire and motivation to stay in their program \u2013 and I think tutors do a great job of handling that responsibility,\u00ab says Maria Greibe.<br \/>\n<!-- end of module 4 --><br \/>\nFor the History tutors planning started in April: \u00bbSo many things have to come together. If we do our best to prepare well ahead of time, we can spend more time and energy on the new students when the semester kicks off which is our most important task.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>At History they have a very special tradition which new students will experience during the intro camp: <strong>Kildeskattejagten<\/strong> (in English \u201cthe treasure hunt for reliable sources\u201d), a light introduction to academic methodology in the field of history which students will be taking on their first semester.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb<em>Kildeskattejagten<\/em> is an academic activity where tutors dress up in costumes an act as living witnesses to history. The new students then have to use these sources in order to solve academic riddles pertaining to the theme of the intro camp,\u00ab says Maria Greibe.<\/p>\n<h2>Theatre and performance studies<\/h2>\n<p>From history and archaeology to performance theory. At the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, the tutors from Theatre and Performance Studies are gearing up to welcoming the new students. Here the team of tutors consists of <strong>four head tutors<\/strong> who are in charge of all the practicalities \u2013 from administration to accounting \u2013 and <strong>seven supplementary tutors<\/strong> who help during the intro week and intro camp. One of them is first-time tutor <secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/amandahoejbjergtops-290x180.jpg\" text=\"Privat\">Amanda H\u00f8jbjerg Jacobsen<\/secret> who is on her third semester of her bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the other tutors at the Faculty of Humanities, the theatre tutors have been planning intro week since spring. In May they planned visits from professors and former students who will be addressing the new students during intro week.<br \/>\n<!-- end of module 5 --><br \/>\n\u00bbWe have strived to get as many of the practical tasks as possible out of the way in May and June. That includes renting a lodge for the intro camp (\u2026) we\u2019ve also compiled a <secret text=\"Information about intro weeks events and other relevant material for incoming students\"><strong>freshmen folder<\/strong><\/secret> with important information for the new students which is available at kunet.ku.dk,\u00ab says Amanda H\u00f8jbjerg Jacobsen.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are there any traditions in your program that you will be exposing the new students to?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbTraditionally the new students are in charge of planning the annual <strong>Christmas cabaret<\/strong> which consists of performances and parodies based on people in the program and certain situations that have arisen over the course of the semester. It\u2019s always a lot of fun because we\u2019re a small program and everyone knows everyone, so most people will get the jokes and references,\u00ab says Amanda H\u00f8jbjerg Jacobsen.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are also certain traditions at the Theatre and Performance Studies program that only students are privy to.<br \/>\n<!-- end of module 6 --><\/p>\n<h2>Theology<\/h2>\n<p>The Faculty of Theology is home to one program which is \u2013 surprise! \u2013 Theology. If you\u2019re enrolling in Theology after the summer break you will be greeted by <strong>20 tutors<\/strong> who are ready to create a unique intro week for you. One of them is <secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/facebookprofilepicturecarinameierteo-290x180.jpeg\" text=\"Privat\">Carina Meier<\/secret>\u00a0who is a first-time tutor this year. She enrolled at the faculty last year herself, and she vividly recalls the experience of being a new student.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbStarting as a new student can be a nerve-racking experience. Last year, I witnessed first hand how wonderful it is to be greeted by a group of nice people and a well-organized intro week plan to combat the nerves. My greatest wish is to ensure that the new students have a great intro week, just like the one I had,\u00ab says Carina Meier.<\/p>\n<p>Just like their South Campus neighbours from History, the tutors at Theology have been planning since April. Most of the work was completed before the summer break, and the finishing touches to the schedule will be made in the final weeks of the break, when all the tutors meet up for a <strong>tutor weekend<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a feature common to all tutor groups across the university faculties. They all gather for a weekend trip prior to the intro week, so they can get to know each other before they start their work.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt\u2019s important to foster a <strong>sense of community<\/strong> within the tutor group, so we participate in various social activities during these preliminary meetings. It\u2019s also a great way to get to know your fellow students who are ahead or behind you in your studies,\u00ab says Carina Meier.<br \/>\n<!-- end of module 7 --><\/p>\n<h2>Law<\/h2>\n<p>At the Faculty of Law, <strong>54 tutors and three coordinators<\/strong> are gearing up to greet the new students this year. As is the case with Political Science and Social Sciences, coordinators at Law have been planning since late last fall. At the Faculty of Law tutoring work is divided into a spring and a fall session. And apropos fostering a sense of community, the spring session typically involves subjecting the tutors to the same schedule of social activities that the incoming students are presented with in August.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Our philosophy is that a strong sense of community is beneficial to academic competence, and it also provides the new students with motivation to work with law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Louise Heidtmann, coordinator<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00bbDuring the spring we host<strong> three evening courses<\/strong> where tutors are instructed in how to perform their duties. They also learn what it\u2019s like to be a new student at the university by building social relations in teams,\u00ab says Louise Heidtmann, who is coordinating this year\u2019s intro week at the faculty. She has served as a tutor twice in the past.<\/p>\n<p>The month of August is typically a busy time for tutors when everything they have learned over the course of the spring is applied in reality when planning the intro week.<\/p>\n<p>At Law, the tutors believe that social bonds strengthen academic competency among students, so the tutors are very invested in fostering a sense of community among the new students from the beginning. The friendships and bonds between the tutors themselves serve as inspiration for the new students.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThe best thing about being a tutor is providing new students with a good understanding of what it\u2019s like to be a student here and at the same time dispel with some of the preconceived notions about the faculty and law students. Our philosophy is that a strong sense of community is beneficial to academic competence, and it also provides the new students with motivation to work with law. It is our job to make sure that the new students are adequately prepared in this regard,\u00ab says Louise Heidtmann.<br \/>\n<!-- end of module 8 --><br \/>\n<em>Are there any traditions that tutors make sure to honour when greeting the new students?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbTraditionally there\u2019s an intro song written by the tutors, but many of the traditions are revised and improvement upon following intro week,\u00ab says Louise Heidtmann.<\/p>\n<p>Picking out just one is hard task, but Louise Heidtmann is also quick to point out that the tutors at Law have a good relationship to various student body organizations. And all 54 tutors are excited to greet the incoming class.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe can\u2019t wait till August!\u00ab<br \/>\n<!-- end of module 9 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We met up with six tutors from across the university\u2019s faculties for a chat about how tutors prepare for the incoming class of 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Past tutors from the Faculty of Social Sciences above."},{"acf_fc_layout":"Standfirst","subject":"New student","text":"We met up with six tutors from across the university\u2019s faculties for a chat about how tutors prepare for the incoming class of students.","use_post_excerpt":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"Byline","is_author":true,"contributors":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>If you\u2019re enrolling at University of Copenhagen this coming fall prepare to be greeted by a group of highly motivated tutors who are planning to give you the very best introduction to your new life as a student. Few people are aware of how much time and effort tutors put into arranging the best possible start for new students. 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And Political Science and Social Sciences takes the cake in terms of numbers: no less than <strong>120 tutors<\/strong> (!) will be welcoming approximately <strong>350 new students<\/strong> by the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>The enormous staff of tutors held their first planning meeting in February and in March they spent a weekend in G\u00f8rl\u00f8se getting acquainted with each other. Part of the process of preparing involved each individual tutor reflecting on his or her own intro week as part of the \u2018tutor workshop\u2019 held by the student counselling office.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It was kind of like a radio talk show. We sat down and discussed the various issues and dilemmas you encounter as a tutor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Ida Holm S\u00f8rensen, tutor<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00bbWe had to reflect on our own experiences, the good as well as the stressful ones, and how we as tutors can take that into consideration when trying to give the new students the best possible start. It was kind of like a radio talk show. We sat down and discussed the various issues and dilemmas you encounter as a tutor. We are well prepared to take on the role as tutors and do a great job,\u00ab says Ida Holm S\u00f8rensen who is gearing up for her second year as a tutor.<\/p>\n<p>Intro week and the tasks of the tutors differ from one department to another. At the Department of Political Science, a small group within the tutor body coordinate the intro week, and they already started planning in December 2018. They met with the head of the department to determine the structure of the intro week events.<\/p>\n<p><em>What is the workload like?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIncoming students are divided into eight core teams, and each core team is attached to a group of usually about 15 tutors. The tutors are responsible for decorating the classrooms where the students will have their base during intro week, and they also prepare a roster of fun activities for the new students,\u00ab says Ida Holm S\u00f8rensen who helps coordinate the intro week events.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"MultiImage","images":[{"image":{"ID":89426,"id":89426,"title":"statskundskab","filename":"statskundskabprivat5.jpg","filesize":460052,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/statskundskabprivat5.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/saadan-forbereder-tutorerne-sig-paa-at-moede-de-nye-studerende\/statskundskab_privat5\/","alt":"","author":"70","description":"","caption":"tutor 2019 statskundskab\/samfundsfag","name":"statskundskab_privat5","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":89100,"date":"2019-07-04 10:22:24","modified":"2019-08-09 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There\u2019s a food committee that organizes lunch during the intro week, and there\u2019s a committee in charge of the traditional <strong>Political Game<\/strong> which the new students will be competing in during intro week.<\/p>\n<p>Ida Holm S\u00f8rensen won\u2019t go into too much detail in terms of what incoming students will experience during intro week \u2013 many of the traditional events are kept secret so they are more fun for the students.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI can, however, reveal that we have songs that we love to sing, we have legendary stories about program alumni, as well as mysteries and secrets about Centre for Health and Society (CSS in Danish),\u00ab says Ida Holm S\u00f8rensen.<\/p>\n<p><em>Why is the best thing about being a tutor?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbGetting to know other students from other core teams and other classes is awesome. And it\u2019s a really cool experience to be a part of getting this whole project off the ground. It\u2019s very time consuming and you have to put a lot of energy into it, but when everything works out and the intro week is an amazing experience for the new students, it\u2019s totally worth it.\u00ab<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":89431,"id":89431,"title":"tutor historie 2017, fotokristian lindhardt","filename":"tutorhistorie2017fotokristianlindhardt-1.jpg","filesize":154632,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tutorhistorie2017fotokristianlindhardt-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/saadan-forbereder-tutorerne-sig-paa-at-moede-de-nye-studerende\/tutor-historie-2017-fotokristian-lindhardt-2\/","alt":"","author":"70","description":"","caption":"Tutor fra rusarrangement 2017","name":"tutor-historie-2017-fotokristian-lindhardt-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":89100,"date":"2019-07-04 10:23:20","modified":"2019-08-09 08:09:10","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1280,"height":854,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tutorhistorie2017fotokristianlindhardt-1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tutorhistorie2017fotokristianlindhardt-1-480x320.jpg","medium-width":480,"medium-height":320,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tutorhistorie2017fotokristianlindhardt-1-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tutorhistorie2017fotokristianlindhardt-1-1280x854.jpg","large-width":1280,"large-height":854,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tutorhistorie2017fotokristianlindhardt-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":854,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tutorhistorie2017fotokristianlindhardt-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":854,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tutorhistorie2017fotokristianlindhardt-1-290x193.jpg","featured-soft-width":290,"featured-soft-height":193,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tutorhistorie2017fotokristianlindhardt-1-290x180.jpg","featured-hard-width":290,"featured-hard-height":180,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tutorhistorie2017fotokristianlindhardt-1-700x467.jpg","narrow-width":700,"narrow-height":467,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tutorhistorie2017fotokristianlindhardt-1-990x661.jpg","extended-width":990,"extended-height":661}},"style":"extended","text_placement":"metadata-below","image_link_url":"","image_link_title":"","caption_prefix":"T-shirts","enable_alternative_caption":true,"alternative_caption":"Tutors wear brightly coloured t-shirts, so they are easily recognizable. In 2017, they had the incredible luck of being issued t-shirts in \u2018salmon pink\u2019. Last year\u2019s tutor t-shirt was purple and orange."},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<h2>Prehistoric Archaeology<\/h2>\n<p>Amanda Blankensteiner just wrapped up the fourth semester of her bachelor\u2019s degree and this fall if you\u2019re enrolling in <strong>Linguistics<\/strong>, <strong>Prehistoric<\/strong> or <strong>Classical<\/strong> <strong>Archeology<\/strong> \u2013 the three programs organize a joint intro week and intro camp experience \u2013 you are guaranteed to meet her. Amanda will be working as a tutor for the second time and together with the rest of the team of tutors at Prehistoric Archeology, she has been working hard sin early May to plan the intro week events.<\/p>\n<p><em>How do you prepare for the arrival of the new students?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe held a series of meetings in June, where we tried to plan as much as possible in advance. That way we can take the month of July off and then we\u2019re back at it in early August. We will be getting everything ready, stocking up on materials, and hashing out the details of the events as well as the intro camp. Finally, there are certain mandatory aspects like a <strong>first aid course<\/strong> and <strong>tutor training day<\/strong>,\u00ab says Amanda Blankensteiner.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>They will be getting dirt on their hands when we visit a real excavation site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Amanda Blankensteiner, tutor<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At Prehistoric Archeology the tutors are typically issued a set of practical tasks. For instance, Amanda Blankensteiner is responsible for scheduling a bus for the intro camp (someone has to do it, and the quicker the better!), reserving a cafeteria at Campus South as well as Caf\u00e9 M\u00f8destedet for the intro week events, as well as ordering alcoholic beverages for the intro camp.<\/p>\n<p><em>Can you reveal what the new students can expect during the intro week?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThey will be getting acquainted with some of <secret text=\"Among them the National Museum of Denmark, Glyptoteket, and Thorvaldsens Museum.\">the most beautiful museums in Copenhagen<\/secret>, they will be getting dirt on their hands when we visit a real <strong>excavation site<\/strong>, they will get a look behind the scenes at Ark\u00e6ologisk V\u00e6rksted, meet their professors and fellow students, and finally they will participate in a real adventure of an intro camp which we guarantee will be a historic experience.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Another program under the SAXO Institute and one of the major fields in the Faculty of Humanities is History. Here 16 tutors are ready to welcome the new students (three so-called SAXO tutors and 13 program tutors). This year one of them is <secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mariagreibe-290x180.jpg\" text=\"Privat\">Maria Greibe<\/secret>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Why did you decide to become a tutor?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAs a tutor, you have an opportunity to make a difference and influence new students\u2019 desire and motivation to stay in their program \u2013 and I think tutors do a great job of handling that responsibility,\u00ab says Maria Greibe.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Quote","quote":"If we do our best to prepare well ahead of time, we can spend more time and energy on the new students when the semester kicks off which is our most important task","quotee":"Maria Greibe, tutor at History","style":"extended"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>For the History tutors planning started in April: \u00bbSo many things have to come together. If we do our best to prepare well ahead of time, we can spend more time and energy on the new students when the semester kicks off which is our most important task.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>At History they have a very special tradition which new students will experience during the intro camp: <strong>Kildeskattejagten<\/strong> (in English \u201cthe treasure hunt for reliable sources\u201d), a light introduction to academic methodology in the field of history which students will be taking on their first semester.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb<em>Kildeskattejagten<\/em> is an academic activity where tutors dress up in costumes an act as living witnesses to history. The new students then have to use these sources in order to solve academic riddles pertaining to the theme of the intro camp,\u00ab says Maria Greibe.<\/p>\n<h2>Theatre and performance studies<\/h2>\n<p>From history and archaeology to performance theory. At the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, the tutors from Theatre and Performance Studies are gearing up to welcoming the new students. Here the team of tutors consists of <strong>four head tutors<\/strong> who are in charge of all the practicalities \u2013 from administration to accounting \u2013 and <strong>seven supplementary tutors<\/strong> who help during the intro week and intro camp. One of them is first-time tutor <secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/amandahoejbjergtops-290x180.jpg\" text=\"Privat\">Amanda H\u00f8jbjerg Jacobsen<\/secret> who is on her third semester of her bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the other tutors at the Faculty of Humanities, the theatre tutors have been planning intro week since spring. In May they planned visits from professors and former students who will be addressing the new students during intro week.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":89443,"id":89443,"title":"Tutor Teater 2018","filename":"tops2018mathiastotschwartzbachpedersen.jpg","filesize":138024,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tops2018mathiastotschwartzbachpedersen.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/saadan-forbereder-tutorerne-sig-paa-at-moede-de-nye-studerende\/tops2018mathiastotschwartzbachpedersen\/","alt":"","author":"70","description":"","caption":"Tutorerne fra Teater- og Perfromancestudier 2018. ","name":"tops2018mathiastotschwartzbachpedersen","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":89100,"date":"2019-07-04 11:58:23","modified":"2019-08-09 08:11:57","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":960,"height":640,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tops2018mathiastotschwartzbachpedersen-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tops2018mathiastotschwartzbachpedersen-480x320.jpg","medium-width":480,"medium-height":320,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tops2018mathiastotschwartzbachpedersen-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tops2018mathiastotschwartzbachpedersen.jpg","large-width":960,"large-height":640,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tops2018mathiastotschwartzbachpedersen.jpg","1536x1536-width":960,"1536x1536-height":640,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tops2018mathiastotschwartzbachpedersen.jpg","2048x2048-width":960,"2048x2048-height":640,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tops2018mathiastotschwartzbachpedersen-290x193.jpg","featured-soft-width":290,"featured-soft-height":193,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tops2018mathiastotschwartzbachpedersen-290x180.jpg","featured-hard-width":290,"featured-hard-height":180,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tops2018mathiastotschwartzbachpedersen-700x467.jpg","narrow-width":700,"narrow-height":467,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tops2018mathiastotschwartzbachpedersen.jpg","extended-width":960,"extended-height":640}},"style":"narrow","text_placement":"metadata-below","image_link_url":"","image_link_title":"","caption_prefix":"Costumes","enable_alternative_caption":true,"alternative_caption":"Last year\u2019s team of tutors at Theatre and Performance Studies. The theme was \u2018circus\u2019."},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>\u00bbWe have strived to get as many of the practical tasks as possible out of the way in May and June. That includes renting a lodge for the intro camp (\u2026) we\u2019ve also compiled a <secret text=\"Information about intro weeks events and other relevant material for incoming students\"><strong>freshmen folder<\/strong><\/secret> with important information for the new students which is available at kunet.ku.dk,\u00ab says Amanda H\u00f8jbjerg Jacobsen.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are there any traditions in your program that you will be exposing the new students to?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbTraditionally the new students are in charge of planning the annual <strong>Christmas cabaret<\/strong> which consists of performances and parodies based on people in the program and certain situations that have arisen over the course of the semester. It\u2019s always a lot of fun because we\u2019re a small program and everyone knows everyone, so most people will get the jokes and references,\u00ab says Amanda H\u00f8jbjerg Jacobsen.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are also certain traditions at the Theatre and Performance Studies program that only students are privy to.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<h2>Theology<\/h2>\n<p>The Faculty of Theology is home to one program which is \u2013 surprise! \u2013 Theology. If you\u2019re enrolling in Theology after the summer break you will be greeted by <strong>20 tutors<\/strong> who are ready to create a unique intro week for you. One of them is <secret url=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/facebookprofilepicturecarinameierteo-290x180.jpeg\" text=\"Privat\">Carina Meier<\/secret>\u00a0who is a first-time tutor this year. She enrolled at the faculty last year herself, and she vividly recalls the experience of being a new student.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbStarting as a new student can be a nerve-racking experience. Last year, I witnessed first hand how wonderful it is to be greeted by a group of nice people and a well-organized intro week plan to combat the nerves. My greatest wish is to ensure that the new students have a great intro week, just like the one I had,\u00ab says Carina Meier.<\/p>\n<p>Just like their South Campus neighbours from History, the tutors at Theology have been planning since April. Most of the work was completed before the summer break, and the finishing touches to the schedule will be made in the final weeks of the break, when all the tutors meet up for a <strong>tutor weekend<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a feature common to all tutor groups across the university faculties. They all gather for a weekend trip prior to the intro week, so they can get to know each other before they start their work.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt\u2019s important to foster a <strong>sense of community<\/strong> within the tutor group, so we participate in various social activities during these preliminary meetings. It\u2019s also a great way to get to know your fellow students who are ahead or behind you in your studies,\u00ab says Carina Meier.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":89432,"id":89432,"title":"tutor 2019 Jura","filename":"5619169522307090003495995153575287134622596n.jpg","filesize":85713,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5619169522307090003495995153575287134622596n.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/saadan-forbereder-tutorerne-sig-paa-at-moede-de-nye-studerende\/56191695_2230709000349599_5153575287134622596_n\/","alt":"","author":"70","description":"","caption":"","name":"56191695_2230709000349599_5153575287134622596_n","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":89100,"date":"2019-07-04 10:31:06","modified":"2019-08-09 08:51:22","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":640,"height":640,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5619169522307090003495995153575287134622596n-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5619169522307090003495995153575287134622596n-480x480.jpg","medium-width":480,"medium-height":480,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5619169522307090003495995153575287134622596n.jpg","medium_large-width":640,"medium_large-height":640,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5619169522307090003495995153575287134622596n.jpg","large-width":640,"large-height":640,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5619169522307090003495995153575287134622596n.jpg","1536x1536-width":640,"1536x1536-height":640,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5619169522307090003495995153575287134622596n.jpg","2048x2048-width":640,"2048x2048-height":640,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5619169522307090003495995153575287134622596n-290x290.jpg","featured-soft-width":290,"featured-soft-height":290,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5619169522307090003495995153575287134622596n-290x180.jpg","featured-hard-width":290,"featured-hard-height":180,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5619169522307090003495995153575287134622596n.jpg","narrow-width":640,"narrow-height":640,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5619169522307090003495995153575287134622596n.jpg","extended-width":640,"extended-height":640}},"style":"extended","text_placement":"metadata-below","image_link_url":"","image_link_title":"","caption_prefix":"Community","enable_alternative_caption":true,"alternative_caption":"Eight of the 45 tutors at Law at Tour de Chambre in April. The party capped off a weekend of team building exercises to train the tutors."},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<h2>Law<\/h2>\n<p>At the Faculty of Law, <strong>54 tutors and three coordinators<\/strong> are gearing up to greet the new students this year. As is the case with Political Science and Social Sciences, coordinators at Law have been planning since late last fall. At the Faculty of Law tutoring work is divided into a spring and a fall session. And apropos fostering a sense of community, the spring session typically involves subjecting the tutors to the same schedule of social activities that the incoming students are presented with in August.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Our philosophy is that a strong sense of community is beneficial to academic competence, and it also provides the new students with motivation to work with law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Louise Heidtmann, coordinator<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00bbDuring the spring we host<strong> three evening courses<\/strong> where tutors are instructed in how to perform their duties. They also learn what it\u2019s like to be a new student at the university by building social relations in teams,\u00ab says Louise Heidtmann, who is coordinating this year\u2019s intro week at the faculty. She has served as a tutor twice in the past.<\/p>\n<p>The month of August is typically a busy time for tutors when everything they have learned over the course of the spring is applied in reality when planning the intro week.<\/p>\n<p>At Law, the tutors believe that social bonds strengthen academic competency among students, so the tutors are very invested in fostering a sense of community among the new students from the beginning. The friendships and bonds between the tutors themselves serve as inspiration for the new students.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThe best thing about being a tutor is providing new students with a good understanding of what it\u2019s like to be a student here and at the same time dispel with some of the preconceived notions about the faculty and law students. Our philosophy is that a strong sense of community is beneficial to academic competence, and it also provides the new students with motivation to work with law. It is our job to make sure that the new students are adequately prepared in this regard,\u00ab says Louise Heidtmann.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"MultiImage","images":[{"image":{"ID":89447,"id":89447,"title":"Tutorerne fra Jura 2019","filename":"5205121012695912465417653808025005337414484n.jpg","filesize":86573,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5205121012695912465417653808025005337414484n.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/saadan-forbereder-tutorerne-sig-paa-at-moede-de-nye-studerende\/52051210_1269591246541765_3808025005337414484_n\/","alt":"","author":"70","description":"Tutorerne fra Jura 2019. De afpr\u00f8ver en leg, de skal lave med russerne til august.","caption":"Tutorerne fra Jura 2019. 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The rules are anybody\u2019s guess\u2026"},{"image":{"ID":89448,"id":89448,"title":"52344949_313790659281120_8637526670497380592_n","filename":"523449493137906592811208637526670497380592n.jpg","filesize":72663,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/523449493137906592811208637526670497380592n.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/saadan-forbereder-tutorerne-sig-paa-at-moede-de-nye-studerende\/52344949_313790659281120_8637526670497380592_n\/","alt":"","author":"70","description":"","caption":"","name":"52344949_313790659281120_8637526670497380592_n","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":89100,"date":"2019-07-04 12:07:53","modified":"2019-08-09 08:49:59","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":640,"height":640,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/523449493137906592811208637526670497380592n-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/523449493137906592811208637526670497380592n-480x480.jpg","medium-width":480,"medium-height":480,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/523449493137906592811208637526670497380592n.jpg","medium_large-width":640,"medium_large-height":640,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/523449493137906592811208637526670497380592n.jpg","large-width":640,"large-height":640,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/523449493137906592811208637526670497380592n.jpg","1536x1536-width":640,"1536x1536-height":640,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/523449493137906592811208637526670497380592n.jpg","2048x2048-width":640,"2048x2048-height":640,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/523449493137906592811208637526670497380592n-290x290.jpg","featured-soft-width":290,"featured-soft-height":290,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/523449493137906592811208637526670497380592n-290x180.jpg","featured-hard-width":290,"featured-hard-height":180,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/523449493137906592811208637526670497380592n.jpg","narrow-width":640,"narrow-height":640,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/523449493137906592811208637526670497380592n.jpg","extended-width":640,"extended-height":640}},"caption_prefix":"Meeting","enable_alternative_caption":true,"alternative_caption":"On March 6, the 54 tutors at the Faculty of Law held their first meeting and were divided into teams."}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p><em>Are there any traditions that tutors make sure to honour when greeting the new students?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbTraditionally there\u2019s an intro song written by the tutors, but many of the traditions are revised and improvement upon following intro week,\u00ab says Louise Heidtmann.<\/p>\n<p>Picking out just one is hard task, but Louise Heidtmann is also quick to point out that the tutors at Law have a good relationship to various student body organizations. And all 54 tutors are excited to greet the incoming class.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe can\u2019t wait till August!\u00ab<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ExternalPromo","style":"printed_paper","headline":"New student?","twitter_feed":null,"image":{"ID":88684,"id":88684,"title":"37232","filename":"37232-e1561706289599.png","filesize":75,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/studiestart\/attachment\/37232\/","alt":"","author":"71","description":"sort firkant","caption":"","name":"37232","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":87422,"date":"2019-06-28 07:17:44","modified":"2019-07-18 14:15:01","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":50,"height":25,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","thumbnail-width":50,"thumbnail-height":25,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","medium-width":50,"medium-height":25,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","medium_large-width":50,"medium_large-height":25,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","large-width":50,"large-height":25,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","1536x1536-width":50,"1536x1536-height":25,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","2048x2048-width":50,"2048x2048-height":25,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","featured-soft-width":50,"featured-soft-height":25,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","featured-hard-width":50,"featured-hard-height":25,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","narrow-width":50,"narrow-height":25,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/37232-e1561706289599.png","extended-width":50,"extended-height":25}},"external_link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/new-student\/","cta":"Everything you need to new"},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"More about being a new student in Copenhagen","hand_picked_posts":true,"references":[{"reference":{"ID":89580,"post_author":"67","post_date":"2019-07-08 15:40:14","post_date_gmt":"2019-07-08 13:40:14","post_content":"Over the course of the last two years, the dimensioning model and the new grade point average requirements has meant that University of Copenhagen has seen a decline in the number of applicants, but this year the trend has been reversed.\r\n\r\nThis much is clear in light of the 24,829 applications for quota 1 and 2 admissions the university has received. It is an increase of close to five percent compared to last year.\r\n\r\nCompared to the country\u2019s other seven universities, University of Copenhagen sets itself apart in a positive way: While all other universities except Copenhagen Business School has received fewer priority 1 applications this year, University of Copenhagen has been raking them in and has received [secrettext face=\"410 more\" text=\"from 10,865 to 11,275\"] applications than last year.\r\n\r\n\u00bbSeeing an increase is lovely, because we want as many qualified applicants as possible. But we obviously have to take into account that we don\u2019t know how many of the applicants meet the grade point average requirement of 6.0. We hope that the numbers indicate an actual increase,\u00ab says Head of Guidance &amp; Admissions at University of Copenhagen, Pernille Kindtler.\r\n\r\nShe is careful not to speculate about the reason why University of Copenhagen is seeing an uptick in applicants compared to other universities, but she does highlight the university\u2019s recruitment campaign. This year\u2019s campaign focused on concrete solutions to the problems in the world today \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/we-asked-a-youth-researcher-to-predict-which-degree-programs-will-be-most-popular\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which according to youth researcher Noemi Katznelson is very important to the coming generations of students<\/a>.\r\n\r\n\u00bbThe campaign may have caught the attention of some, but I fundamentally believe that we\u2019re seeing this increase because of the quality of our programs,\u00ab says Pernille Kindtler.\r\n<h2>Humanities sees a decrease<\/h2>\r\nAmong this year\u2019s applicants the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and the Faculty of Social Sciences in particular are very popular. The former has seen an increase of 7.1 percent and the latter an increase of 8.5 percent.\r\n\r\nIn fact, all faculties at the university have received more applications this year. All except the Faculty of Humanities.\r\n<blockquote>It was a political decision to downsize Humanities, so I suppose it is a positive development that applicants are looking elsewhere.\r\n<p class=\"quotee\">Pernille Kindtler, Head of Guidance &amp; Admissions<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nCompared to numbers from recent years, Humanities has to some extent stopped hemorrhaging applicants \u2013 for instance the total number of applicants dropped 16.2 percent from 2016 to 2017 \u2013 but the Faculty is still down [secrettext face=\"173 applications compared to 2018\" text=\"From 5,885 applications in 2018 to 5,712 in 2019\"] which is a decrease of 2.9 percent.\r\n\r\nAssociate Dean Jens Erik Mogensen calls the continued decline in applications \u00bbtroubling\u00ab. In his view, the continued downturn may have something to do with an increased focus on wage levels and post-graduation unemployment among the applicants.\r\n\r\n\u00bbYoung people are constantly told that it\u2019s important to secure a well-paid job immediately upon graduation. Humanities graduates generally take longer finding a job, but they do succeed eventually. We don\u2019t have a specific, inherent problem at the faculty compared to the other fields,\u00ab he says.\r\n\r\n\u00bbOf course the humanities bashing we\u2019ve witnessed for years now has probably also affected the development.\u00ab\r\n<h2>Continued crisis in language studies<\/h2>\r\nThe Associate Dean hopes that the downturn is a sign that only the best students have applied, so \u00bbthe programs can focus on quality of education.\u00ab He also points out that humanities programs still have more applicants than they can accommodate.\r\n\r\nBut he is worried about the smaller language studies programs that have been widely ignored by this year\u2019s applicants. The preliminary numbers indicate that for instance French language and culture is down a quarter of their applicants (from 98 to 74), German language and culture is down close to a fifth of their applicants (from 79 to 65), and Spanish language and culture is down by a tenth (from 137 to 122). The preliminary numbers do not reveal the priority applicants have given the individual programs, but to Jens Erik Mogensen the news is alarming.\r\n\r\n\u00bbIt is a problem for Denmark that we won\u2019t have graduates with foreign language expertise other than English. But the problem arises in other parts of the educational system. It is difficult to recruit applicants in these fields, because very few students in Danish high schools take other languages besides Danish and English. It is a structural problem inherent to the educational system as a whole.\u00ab\r\n\r\n<em>Why is such a significant problem?<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00bbBecause it will be a great loss to the country in an international perspective, if we are no longer able to read and understand languages like Spanish, Russian, or German and have to interpret everything from an English language perspective. The project of globalization will be too myopically focused on the Anglo-Saxon perspective. Ultimately, I think this is a democratic problem.\u00ab\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\nPernille Kindtler also notes that language studies are suffering, and like Jens Erik Mogensen she attributes the problem to the negative emphasis on employment opportunities post-graduation.\r\n\r\n\u00bbIt\u2019s a real shame. Some of the language studies program play an important part in the business community, and there small language studies programs that we really want to maintain.\u00ab\r\n<blockquote>It is a problem for Denmark that we won\u2019t have graduates with foreign language expertise other than English.\r\n<p class=\"quotee\">Jens Erik Mogensen, Associate Dean for Education, Faculty of Humanities<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<em>But isn\u2019t it a good thing that the applicants\u2019 priorities mirror a political desire and that more applicants seek out STEM-fields as opposed to the humanities?<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00bbYes, you can. It was a political decision to downsize Humanities, so I suppose it is a positive development that applicants are looking elsewhere. That said we want qualified applicants in the Humanities, so we hope students with the right set of qualifications apply.\u00ab\r\n\r\nEarlier this year, the Faculty of Humanities downsized which resulted in 35 resignations, 11 of which were involuntary. Among other things this was due to the dimensioning model which has meant a decrease in students and thus a decrease in revenue for the faculty.\r\n\r\nThe exact number of applicants and admitted students at the Faculty of Humanities this year will be revealed on July 26, when all applicants receive a reply in the mail.\n<!-- end of module 2 -->\n","post_title":"University of Copenhagen sees an uptick in applicants across the board except in the humanities","post_excerpt":"This year University of Copenhagen has seen a five percent increase in applicants compared to last year. In fact, all faculties have seen an increase \u2013 except for the Faculty of Humanities. And the continued decline has the Associate Dean worried: \u00bbIt is a problem for Denmark.\u00ab","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"university-of-copenhagen-sees-an-uptick-in-applicants-across-the-board-except-in-the-humanities","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-07-09 12:27:12","post_modified_gmt":"2019-07-09 10:27:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/koebenhavns-universitet-har-faaet-flere-ansoegere-bare-ikke-paa-humaniora\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"reference":{"ID":9424,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2021-07-26 08:00:09","post_date_gmt":"2021-07-26 06:00:09","post_content":"Housing in Copenhagen can be a complete nightmare. Endless websites and guides telling you where to find accommodation as if it were no big deal. Yet it often seems a lot less straightforward when you are deep down in the house hunting jungle.\r\n\r\n<em>[This article has been continually updated and improved since 2014, last time in July 2021]<\/em>\r\n\r\nThe general rule is to be proactive (yes, we know, the word stinks). Ask around, sign your name up everywhere possible and write James Joyce-y <em>(James Joyce-esque?)<\/em> application letters for tenants and dormitories. Here is our overview of options for finding a place to live in Copenhagen as a student.\r\n<h2>Dormitories<\/h2>\r\nThere are about 80 dormitories in the central Copenhagen area, but with many more in the suburbs. Some are small, old and quite luxurious, while others are massive buildings with hundreds of rooms. Most have their own bathroom, but facilities vary.\r\n\r\nThere are several ways of getting a room in a dormitory. A few of them require a personal application letter and the residents themselves choose who they want to take in.\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\nFor the majority, however, you can sign up through the two largest administrators and get on a waiting list. Some dormitories have up to three years waiting time, while others take no more than a few months to get into.\r\n\r\nAt <a href=\"https:\/\/kbh-kollegier.dk\/\">Kbh-kollegier.dk\u00a0<\/a>there are a total of 260 dormitories in the Greater Copenhagen area \u2013 but you can only see them if you pay. On the page, you can buy three different packages, depending on how long you expect to need the site. For example, for DKK 39 you can apply for a dorm room for three days, and then the subscription will automatically be renewed every 14 days for DKK 159, which is DKK 11 per day.\n<!-- end of module 2 -->\nIf you need to move to Copenhagen, it is a good idea to put yourself on the waiting list on <a href=\"https:\/\/s.dk\/studiebolig\/\">CIU<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kollegierneskontor.dk\/default.aspx?lang=GB\">KKIK<\/a>. CIU and the KKIK administer approximately 11,500 youth homes in the Copenhagen capital region.\r\n\r\nFrom 1st August to 1st December, new students who have more than one hour's transport to their study programme jump to the front of the queue for student housing with a rent of less than DKK 3,500. The scheme is called the study-start list, and CIU and KKIK each have their own separate list. Sign up on both lists.\r\n\r\nThe University Post <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">has reviewed a large selection of dormitories<\/a>, which you can also apply for. Some dormitories admit students on the basis of motivated applications, while others have list systems.\r\n\r\nIt can be a good idea to apply for accommodation outside the city centre. Not just districts like Valby, but further out in the suburbs of Br\u00f8nsh\u00f8j, Tingbjerg, Ballerup. And neighbouring towns like Hiller\u00f8d are becoming more popular among students.\r\n\r\nYou can also apply to the elite dormitories that select future residents themselves. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/copenhagen-dorms-which-need-a-motivated-application-letter\/\">'List of Copenhagen dormitories which need a motivated letter of application' here<\/a>.\r\n<h2>Private rooms<\/h2>\r\nA general shortage of student housing has many students turning to private rooms. This is usually a bit more expensive. Average prices for a room in one of the central neighborhoods usually range between DKK 3,000 up to DKK 5,000.\r\n\r\nThe private housing market is not regulated very well, and many students experience conflicts or even fraud from their landlords (see below on how to avoid fraud). But as long as you make a contract, and use common sense, private rooms are a good and popular housing option.\r\n\r\nMany people find private rooms through social network platforms and word-of-mouth. There are also a lot of websites facilitating communication between landlords and potential tenants. The biggest ones usually have the biggest selection. Some of them are free, but the largest usually charge a fee.\r\n<h2>Housing websites cost time and money<\/h2>\r\nIt takes time, and patience, to apply for accommodation this way \u2013 and money. Most websites require that you enter account information to get in touch with the landlords, and payment is usually automatically renewed. This means that you have to remember to unsubscribe from the service before a new payment period begins.\r\n\r\nOnly one of the websites states clearly what it costs to use their site (Kbh-kollegier, we salute you!), the others are more secretive. So we have dug up this information for you.\r\n\r\nSome people may know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boligportal.dk\/\"><strong>Boligportal.dk<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> You can take a look around for free here, but you must pay to get in contact with the landlords. As of 2021, for DKK 29, you get an introductory period of two days, then you are automatically registered for a 28-day subscription for DKK 298 if you do not unsubscribe, and this will be renewed every four weeks. This works out at DKK 11 per day.\r\n\r\nYou can also register for a 62-day subscription for DKK 425, which will automatically continue if you do not withdraw from your registration. This works out at DKK 7 per day.\n<!-- end of module 3 -->\nThe customer service at Boligportal.dk explains that you can withdraw from your subscription at any time during the period, and you are then registered for the rest of the period. So you can withdraw on the same day you register if you are someone who is afraid of forgetting it before the trap snaps shut.\r\n\r\nA free alternative is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voreslejebolig.dk\/\">voreslejebolig.dk<\/a><\/strong> which is a meeting place for landlords with vacant rented homes and tenant applicants. Here you can set up a search agent and keep yourself informed about rented accommodation that fits the criteria that you have defined yourself. You can also set up a search ad, so that landlords can contact you if they have a match.\r\n<blockquote>Many young people find ways of living together in shared housing [in Danish, 'kollektiv']. This is often a cheap way to get a lot of value for money, and a lot of new friends.<\/blockquote>\r\nAt <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boligdeal.dk\/\">Boligdeal.dk<\/a> <\/strong>you get some, limited, information about the homes, unless you dish out the cash, and the site is yet another one that keeps the prices a secret until you have signed up. The first day costs DKK 19 (2019 prices), and your subscription is automatically renewed seven-days-a-time for DKK 148, until you withdraw from it. This works out at DKK 21 per day.\r\n\r\nThere is also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boligsurf.dk\/\">Boligsurf.dk<\/a><\/strong>. All the information about the rentals is up front, but when you want to contact the landlord, it costs. For DKK 29 (2019 prices), you can nail it with your housing search for six days. Then your subscription is automatically renewed to DKK 299 for four weeks. This works out at DKK 11 per day.\r\n\r\nAt <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akutbolig.dk\/\">Akutbolig.dk<\/a><\/strong> it is free to set up a user account and receive emails on vacant leases. To get in touch with landlords, you can be admitted to the housing seeker list for DKK 79 per week (2019 prices), and the subscription will be renewed automatically. This works out at DKK 11 per day.\r\n\r\nAt <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lejebolig.dk\/\">Lejebolig.dk<\/a><\/strong> you can find rental accommodation in all price classes and in all parts of the country. It is free to look at the offers, but if you want to contact the landlords, it costs DKK 28 for the first four weeks. If you remember to withdraw before the first four weeks have passed, it will be a month of really cheap housing searches. If you do not withdraw from your registration, you will automatically be charged DKK 299 (2019 prices) every four weeks thereafter. This corresponds to DKK 11 per day.\r\n\r\nPerhaps you can find rental accommodation at the international site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingtarget.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Housingtarget.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> It is free to create a profile, which allows you to contact a few landlords. If you want to be able to contact every landlord at Housingtarget, it will cost you EUR 0,99 (about DKK 7) the first day. Then your subscription is automatically renewed to EUR 19 (DKK 140) every week thereafter. This corresponds to DKK 20 per day.\r\n\r\nAt <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basecampstudent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BaseCampStudent.com<\/a><\/strong> you can find rental accommodation for students in several university cities around the globe. One of them is Copenhagen. \u00bbAny full-time student, who is 18 or older and has been accepted at a Danish education institute can apply to live at BaseCamp,\u00ab the webpage says. The student houses are fully furnished, and you'll have access to different common spaces such as a cinema and a library. That might explain the [secrettext face=\"steep prices\" text=\"Fx DKK 5,250 each for a shared room with furniture, wifi, bathroom and kitchenette.\"].\r\n\r\nFinally <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kvikbolig.dk\/\">kvikbolig.dk<\/a> <\/strong>is a new site that is using a slightly different business model. It is free to sign up, has 7,500 listed homes in Denmark at present, and hopes to run the site on ads on the site, instead of expensive subscriptions from the users. Try it out!\r\n<h2>Join these Facebook groups<\/h2>\r\nFacebook groups such as \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/351428802097\/\">Lejeboliger til unge og studerende, gratis og sikkert<\/a>\u2019 and \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/kbhlejebolig\/\">Lejeboliger i Kbh<\/a>\u2019 may also be worth joining. Both groups are so large (nearly 50,000 and 20,000 members respectively) that your own post in the group will hardly get traction, but if you follow the group on a daily basis, you can quickly respond to the posts that come in offering housing.\n<!-- end of module 4 -->\nWhen you have dished out and you can see all the housing on various websites and can contact the landlords, then it is time to open up the throttle and start searching for a place to live. There is tough competition for the good leases \u2013 especially around the start of the semester. As a temporarily homeless person, you will break into a bit of a sweat over it. You need to start quickly if you want to find a place to live.\r\n<blockquote>In the tough battle for housing, you need to stand out.\r\n<p class=\"quotee\">Henrik L\u00f8vig, managing director at Boligportal.dk<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\u00bbIn the tough battle for housing, you need to stand out,\u00ab says Henrik L\u00f8vig, CEO at Boligportal.dk.\r\n\r\n\u00bbYou can do this by completing a profile as a kind of CV for the landlords. This is one of the things they look at when you contact them. In some cases, the landlords do not advertise the housing, but simply search among the potential tenants' profiles. Take a good photo, write a cool headline and a good text, where you tell them a bit about who you are.\u00ab\r\n\r\n\u00bbThere is no single one-size-fits-all recipe for this, because the landlords are different. But you must, of course, show that you take care of things properly, and it is also important that you present yourself in a way that makes you stand out so that the landlord can remember you. So try to devise some kind of a surprising angle to it,\u00ab says Henrik L\u00f8vig.\r\n<h2>Shared housing and co-living<\/h2>\r\nMore social ways of living are getting more popular in Copenhagen, and many - young people especially - find ways of living together in shared housing [in Danish, 'kollektiv']. This is often a cheap way to get a lot of value for money, and a lot of new friends.\r\n\r\nA few years ago, our student reporter sat in on an audition for a <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/want-a-room-in-copenhagen-youll-have-to-pass-the-audition\/\"><strong>shared flat 'Hegnet' here.<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nAgain, social media and word-of-mouth are common ways of finding shared housing, but there are also several free sites that unite co-livers and collectivists.\n<!-- end of module 5 -->\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><img title=\"\" src=\"\/old_files\/dsc_0026_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Please note that many of the groups on Facebook are driven by large housing websites that use the social media platform to get people to go on their website.<\/div>\r\nThe group \u2018<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/276651505784150\/?fref=ts\">Kollektiver i K\u00f8benhavn\u2019<\/a><\/strong> has almost 30,000 members and is run by Boligsurf.dk. Many of the posts, however, are from private individuals who looking for residents for their shared housing, so the page is worth checking out if you want to join one.\r\n\r\nIf you are interested in finding a room in shared-housing with one or more flatmates, there is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findroommate.dk\/\"><strong>Findroommate.dk<\/strong>.<\/a> You can set up a profile and browse the accommodation listings for free, but if you want to contact the landlords, it costs DKK 15 (2019 pricing) for the first three days. When the three days have elapsed, you will automatically be registered for 30 days at DKK 299 \u2013 i.e. DKK 10 per day.\r\n<h2>Buying property as a student<\/h2>\r\nNon-Danish non-EU citizens are generally not allowed to buy residential property. Unless you make Denmark the centre of your life, that is. If you want to buy, you have to get a permit from the Ministry of Justice and document that you plan on staying permanently in Denmark. EU citizens working in Denmark are exempt from these rules, but you should consult a lawyer.\r\n\r\nFor Danes, buying an <em>andelsbolig<\/em> or a flat in a housing co-operative can be a great option but often pricey. There are a lot of things to consider, both in terms of obtaining a loan and what makes for the best investment.\r\n<h2>A few words on scammers and frauds<\/h2>\r\nFinding somewhere to live is not just a challenge \u2013 there is also the risk of getting scammed. The housing websites try to counteract it, but the crooks and scammers get better and better, and some of them slip through the net. At Boligportal.dk, they often find fake housing adverts, explains CEO Henrik L\u00f8vig. Of the approximately 10,000 new housing adverts they get every month, they find and block around 20 fake postings.\r\n\r\n\u00bbYou have to make sure you get a lease contract, that you actually see the leased home and meet the landlord. And then, above all, you should not transfer money via Western Union or similar services, but always use a bank transfer. It is also a good idea to check out who it is that actually owns the accommodation at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/boligejer.dk\/\">Boligejer.dk<\/a><\/strong>, where you can see whose name is on the title deed for the property. If it is not the owner renting out the dwelling it is a good idea to check up on whether the person renting the property has the right to release it,\u00ab says Henrik L\u00f8vig.\r\n\r\nThe non-Danish fakers are often easy to spot. Their ads, if in Danish, look like something translated by Google Translate, and they might even write that the room is air-conditioned (not likely!).\r\n\r\n\u00bbWhen Danes are doing the fraud, it gets more difficult. The language is correct - if in Danish, the images are from Denmark, and the dialogue between the potential tenant and the landlord seems normal. In addition, the Danish landlords quickly take dialogue away from our platform and on to phone or email, and we lose all control over what happens,\u00ab says the CEO of Findroommate.dk, Kristian Matthes. He advises prospective tenants to only pay a deposit once they have moved in.\r\n<h2>The renegade option<\/h2>\n<!-- end of module 6 -->\nEvery year, the University Post receives hundreds of e-mails from students with queries about housing. Most of them are students looking desperately for a place to stay, but a few of them are students sharing their often very odd ways of getting a place.\r\n\r\nAs a last resort, check out the University Post's <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/8-creative-ways-to-find-accommodation-in-copenhagen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8 Creative Ways To Find A Place To Live <\/a><\/strong>.\n<!-- end of module 7 -->\n","post_title":"Student housing in Copenhagen: The guide","post_excerpt":"There are many types of accommodation in Copenhagen. Private rooms, dormitories for students, shared housing, and there is even the option of buying your own place. Here is an overview with links to the most important sites and facebook groups. (Updated 2021)","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"student-housing-in-copenhagen-the-guide","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-07-31 13:25:16","post_modified_gmt":"2023-07-31 11:25:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=9424\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"reference":{"ID":84906,"post_author":"70","post_date":"2019-04-23 07:54:42","post_date_gmt":"2019-04-23 05:54:42","post_content":"<h3>32 per cent: The Danish stress record<\/h3>\r\n32 per cent of university students say they have dealt with stress during the first semester of their education. The survey participants were asked six months after they started their studies. Students at Danish universities are more likely to be stressed than students from other types of educational institutions.\r\n<div class=\"factbox\">\r\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">This is how we did it<\/p>\r\nThe data has been retrieved from a number of studies, mainly by the Danish trade unions <strong>DJ\u00d8F <\/strong>and <strong>DM<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nIn addition, some statistics have been provided by the <strong>University of Copenhagen.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nSome data comes from elsewhere \u2013 like <strong>DR <\/strong>and<strong> Uddannelseszoom.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe data is, in all cases, <strong>the latest available.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>7.7 per cent experiment with drugs<\/h3>\r\n7.7 per cent of Danish students experiment with performance enhancing drugs in the course of their studies. Some studies include caffeine pills. Others do not. But this said, setting up an IV line with coffee running through it is not to be recommended.\r\n<h3>Congestion and hassle at uni<\/h3>\r\nDo you find that it has become more difficult to get through the lobby? And have the queues for the coffee become suspiciously longer since last time? If so, you are not the only one. Half of students reckon that there is more congestion at their place of study over the past few years. This year (in the wake of the university corona lockdown in the spring of 2020) more new students have been admitted than ever before. Classroom distancing guidelines are, as a minimum, expected.\r\n<h3>They insist on top (or inflated) grades<\/h3>\r\nHalf of Danish university students find it difficult to be satisfied with anything less than two digits on the 12-scale Danish grade sheet. And there is, of course, nothing wrong with that. If it was not because it is also linked to increased stress indicators. They also find it hard to take time off, and some are reluctant to take part in class for fear of appearing stupid.\r\n<h3>Drink a lot<\/h3>\r\nMake no mistake, Danish young people still swim in beer and they are still European champions [secretimage face=\"in alcohol consumption\" imageid=\"63863\"]. But studies have shown that their alcohol consumption is declining rapidly. But Danish students in longer and medium-length higher education programmes drink significantly more than other young people, Danes and otherwise. This means that they also drink more than their friends in other types of education programmes.\r\n<h3>28 Chlamydia diagnoses<\/h3>\r\nUniversity cities (and for some reason the towns of Gentofte, and Kolding) are some of the Danish locations most plagued by the sexually transmitted chlamydia. If you want to avoid the itch, you can move out to the island of \u00c6r\u00f8, which has the lowest number of chlamydia diagnoses. While Copenhagen has 28 chlamydia cases per 1,000 inhabitants, \u00c6r\u00f8 is laid back (likely with a condom on) on 8,5 cases.\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n<h3>Rent is expensive<\/h3>\r\nIt is no secret that the Copenhagen housing market is overheated and expensive. If Danes are not fortunate enough to have rich parents or a dorm room, they will have to take up the fight on the housing market. And this is no cakewalk. By comparing rent and the latest Danish SU student grant payout level, one of the authors of this article reached the conclusion that she \u2013 on average \u2013 would have to pay 102 per cent of her SU (after tax) for a room in Copenhagen. A one-bedroom apartment would cost 155 per cent of a Danish SU student grant.\r\n<h3>Only 4 per cent of UCPH graduates actively apply to the public sector<\/h3>\r\nWhen Danes after 5+ years finally get their master's degree, the city council is not that appealing. Half of University of Copenhagen (UCPH) graduates want to get in to the private sector, and just under half are indifferent as to whether they end up in the private or public sector. This leaves an underwhelming 4 per cent of graduates who actively seek a public sector job.\r\n<h3>78 per cent have student jobs<\/h3>\r\nIf you are a Danish student, you probably have some kind of student job. 78 per cent of students do, in fact, have one. And this is far more than just five years ago. More graduate students have a job than undergraduate students, and 75 per cent of the students says that their job is relevant to their studies.\r\n<h3>For their thesis, they get 9.6 on their Danish grade scale<\/h3>\r\nThe average grade for Danish master\u2019s theses is 9.6. Female students generally get better grades than their male counterparts. Some things suggest that it is smart for Danes to continue on from their bachelor\u2019s to their master\u2019s degrees, if they want to come out with an impressive grade. Thesis grades are, paradoxically, higher than bachelor\u2019s grades.\r\n<h3>Theology has the best study environment in Copenhagen<\/h3>\r\n3.9. This is how the students at the Faculty of Theology rank their own programme on a 5-point scale. Students at the Faculty of Humanitites rank their programme with a 3.8 out of 5. the Faculty of Health and Medicial Science has a ranking of 3.6, just like the Faculty of Law.\n<!-- end of module 2 -->\n<h3>61.4 per cent female students<\/h3>\r\nAbout 60\/40 to the ladies: This is the gender distribution at UCPH. Only at the Faculty of Science are there more men than women enrolled, and men are overrepresented in subjects like economics, philosophy and musicology. Women, on the other hand, rule South Campus. At the Faculty of Humanities, the gender distribution is closer to 70\/30.\r\n<h3>10.2 per cent drop out<\/h3>\r\nIf Danes complete their first year of a course, they can give themselves a well-earned pat on the back. More than one in ten bachelor students drop out of their programmes during the first year.\n<!-- end of module 3 -->\n<h3>37.6 weekly hours of study<\/h3>\r\n37.6 hours per week. This is the number of hours that Danish students spend on their study programmes on average. This is pretty close to the 40 hours a week that the Danish Ministry for Education would like to see them using. The number crunchers say that to earn one ECTS credit Danes need 27.5 working hours.\r\n<h3>Love on the study programme<\/h3>\r\n11 per cent of all Danes reportedly met their current partner on their programme of study. This is according to a study that Megafon did for Tjek.dk in 2013.\u00a0 Note: This number is for all Danes, all age groups with some of them long past the studying age, and is for their current partner. What do these numbers show? Not much. Apart from the fact that love does, of course, still happen when you spend hours a day with like-minded people, who are beautiful, young, and who have the same interests as yourself.\n<!-- end of module 4 -->\n<h3>Danish students can look forward to an annual salary of DKK 368,965<\/h3>\r\nWhen Danes are done, they can multiply their generous Danish student grants by five. Graduates from UCPH get DKK 30,497 a month on average (2019 numbers) in their first five years in the labour market. Humanities graduates slightly less; the social sciences graduates slightly more than average.\r\n<h3>Only 38 per cent complete their studies in the prescribed time<\/h3>\r\nPoliticians struggle to push Danish students through their studies within the prescribed time limit. In 2019 only 38 per cent completed their master's degree within the norm.\r\n<h3>Unemployment is not (that) high<\/h3>\r\nWhen the Danish media talk about high unemployment among university degree holders, they are probably talking about <em>graduate<\/em> unemployment, that is, among people who have just graduated. The real unemployment for academic degree holders (prior to the 2020 corona crisis) was around 4 per cent. Graduate unemployment is volatile and always balloons out in August, September and October, when people graduate, and then falls during the course of a year.\r\n<h3>New Danish students are an average of 21.4 years old<\/h3>\r\nA new Danish student is currently an average of 21.4 years old, several years older than most other countries. If you are surrounded by Danish students that are considerably older, chances are they are studying Italian or Theology. Here the average age for starting the programme is 32.9 and 31.6 years respectively. The young guns you will find on the Danish study programmes with high admission grade averages. Both molecular biomedicine and actuarial mathematics are places where people on average are younger than 21.\r\n<h3>22 hours at campus<\/h3>\r\nEven though Danish students spend an average of 37.5 hours per week on their study programmes, they only spend around 22 hours at campus. Coffee breaks and parties included.\n<!-- end of module 5 -->\n","post_title":"20 facts about Danish students","post_excerpt":"Danish students can look forward to an annual salary of DKK 368,965. If you sit next to one of them in class, they are most likely to be a woman. They drink less than their parents did - but much more than their non-Danish, or non-university, friends.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"20-facts-about-danish-students","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-05 09:45:07","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-05 07:45:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/liste-20-facts-om-dit-uniliv\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"reference":{"ID":5761,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2018-04-25 00:52:13","post_date_gmt":"2018-04-24 22:52:13","post_content":"<em>This article has been updated 28 June 2019.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"dropcap\">O<\/span>pening an account in Denmark can feel like being in a labyrinth. If you are not a Dane, you need a residence permit and a CPR number, and then there is the <em>Nemkonto<\/em> account system.\r\n\r\nAnd then there is the choice of which bank to use in the first place.\r\n\r\nBut as a newcomer to Danish banks, starting the process early can avoid massive international transaction fees.\r\n\r\nCharging transaction fees is a lucrative earner for financial institutions. However, for students based in Denmark, setting up an account can slash the cost of accessing cash from a machine or paying with a foreign bank card.\r\n<h2>Avoid extortion<\/h2>\r\nKate Rayden, an exchange student from the University of Leeds (UK), was paying extra fees every time she made a purchase or withdrew from her British account.\r\n<blockquote>If you want to avoid paying extortionate fees you need to get going as soon as you arrive in Denmark\r\n<p class=\"quotee\">Kate Rayden, exchange student<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\u00bbThroughout my whole time on exchange I\u2019ve been charged DKK 3850 in bank fees. That\u2019s equivalent to one month\u2019s Erasmus grant! It doesn\u2019t even include the DKK 1535 I was charged when paying for accommodation. I really regret not getting it sorted sooner,\u00ab Kate says.\r\n\r\n\u00bbI think my bank was particularly bad, but if you want to avoid paying extortionate fees you need to get going as soon as you arrive in Denmark.\u00ab\r\n\r\nSo with this in mind, here are a few tips on how to move your money over to the Danish banking system.\r\n<h2>CPR registration<\/h2>\r\nGetting a personal identification number is a must for sorting out anything admin-related in Denmark. The CPR number crops up in a number of unlikely situations - whether it\u2019s borrowing a library book or topping up a mobile \u2013 and of course, it\u2019s crucial for getting a bank account.\r\n\r\nTo get a CPR number you first need a residence permit. To accommodate the large numbers of incoming EU and EEA students, the University of Copenhagen has previously hosted government officials at the start of each semester. Upcoming registration days are posted on the University of Copenhagen's website. With the correct documentation, you can walk away with a Residence Permit and CPR number in a fraction of the normal time.\r\n\r\nFor non-EU or EEA citizens, getting things are a little trickier. Due to the long application process, the University of Copenhagen advises students to \u00bbstart the application process immediately upon receipt of the letter of admission\u00ab. The Danish government also want fingerprints, proof of financial support and a processing fee.\r\n<h2>NemID and NemKonto<\/h2>\r\nAnother thing to consider before hitting the high street is Denmark\u2019s <em>NemKonto<\/em> or \u2018Easy Account\u2019. Every citizen and company must assign one bank account into which all payments from the public sector are made.\r\n<blockquote>We\u2019ll order the NemID for you if you need to do online home banking\r\n<p class=\"quotee\">Ulla Pederson, Arbejdernes Landsbank<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nYou can designate your NemKonto when opening your new account with your bank advisor.\r\n\r\nWith the NemKonto comes the <em>NemID<\/em> \u2013 your key to digital Denmark. The number card arrives in the post a few days after set-up and can be used as a digital signature for accessing public websites and online banking. Whilst the terminology might be unfamiliar, the NemID and NemKonto are easy to get to grips with and simplify much of the online-banking paperwork.\r\n<h2>Major Danish banks<\/h2>\r\nSo then it comes down to the choice of banks. Here is a selection of the most well-known ones in Denmark.\r\n<h3>1. Arbejdernes landsbank<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-bank.dk\/en\/in-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arbejdernes Landsbank<\/a> is amongst the nation\u2019s seven largest banks with over 70 branches across the country. According to Ulla Pederson at the Sluseholmen branch (Sydhavn), there are no fees involved in setting up an account and all information is available online in English. The time to set up an account varies - it could be one week or two but it really depends on how busy they are.\r\n\r\n\u00bbFor students I'd recommend a normal salary account. We\u2019ll need ID - the yellow card (health insurance card) and passport. We usually need a tax report from Skat (tax authority) if you require additional services. We\u2019ll order the NemID for you if you need to do online home banking,\u00ab she says.\r\n<h3>2. Nordea<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nordea.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nordea<\/a> is the largest financial services group in Northern Europe and operates numerous branches in Copenhagen and across Denmark.\r\n\r\nThe bank was too busy to speak to the University Post about its services in all of the three branches that we visited, so Nordea is evidently a popular choice for customers in the capital.\r\n\r\nThe bank does not offer private online banking in English but does provide services in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish, and can charge small fees to its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nordea.dk\/Privat\/Daglig+%C3%B8konomi\/Konti+og+betalinger\/Grundkonto\/35062.html?WT.mc_id=426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">basic account<\/a>, up to DKK 340 per year.\r\n<h3>3. Nykredit<\/h3>\r\nSimilar to Arbejdernes Landsbank in offering a free salary account with card, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nykredit.com\/en-gb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nykredit<\/a> offers speedy set-up with recent upgrades to its service.\r\n\r\n\u00bbWe actually just changed our system so you can get onboard digitally on your smartphone or iPad. It only takes ten minutes although the card has to be ordered and takes about 5 days. You\u2019ll need picture ID - but you can take a photo of that with your smartphone,\u00ab says Lene Corklunge, employee at the Amager office.\r\n\r\n\u00bbSome parts of our website are in English but not all - we\u2019re working on it! We are more than happy to have international customers and of course in Copenhagen we\u2019re especially eager to have as much in English on the site as possible,\u00ab she says.\r\n<h3>4. Danske Bank<\/h3>\r\nEstablished in 1871, Denmark\u2019s largest bank owns a host of branches around the centre of Copenhagen and provides 24 hour contact services.\r\n\r\nThe institution offers full services in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danskebank.dk\/en-dk\/Personal\/Pages\/personal.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English online<\/a>.\r\n\r\nA student-friendly option is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danskebank.dk\/en-dk\/Personal\/day-to-day\/Customer-programme\/Pages\/Danske-Studie.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Danske Studie<\/em><\/a> package. If you are 18-32 years old and getting <em>SU<\/em> (the Danish study grant), most of the basic banking services will be available for free. That includes withdrawing cash from other banks' ATMs and exchanging foreign currency.\r\n<h3>5. Jyske Bank<\/h3>\r\nHeadquartered in Silkeborg, Jutland, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jyskebank.dk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jyske bank<\/a> is smaller than Danske Bank - operating with the third largest market share in Denmark.\r\n\r\nAccording to Bente Juul-Pedersen, department director at the office on Amagerbrogade, the bank charges various fees with different accounts but does have an English homepage.\r\n\r\n\u00bbTo set up an account you\u2019ll need your yellow card, some documentation to show where you live and something about your economic history, such as an old bank statement,\u00ab says Bente Juul-Pedersen.\r\n<h3>6. Sydbank<\/h3>\r\nAs its name suggests, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sydbank.dk\/privat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sydbank<\/a> focuses its operations in southern Jutland, however the company does have a number of branches in Copenhagen.\r\n\r\nCustomer assistant Ibrahim Zulfovski points out that:\r\n\r\n\u00bbWhilst the bank requires an \u00bbannual tax statement, valid ID and three recent payslips, we do offer a number of special rewards for students.\u00ab\r\n<h2>Put off by paperwork<\/h2>\r\nSo that was the banks. Make your choice.\r\n\r\nBack to Kate. She has now set up an account with Nordea - a move which has significantly reduced her monthly expenditure. While she believes she has paid more than other students, her experience is not isolated.\r\n\r\nLike Kate, many students studying in Denmark for a few months are put off by the time required to set up an account and the hassle of foreign paperwork.\r\n\r\n\u00bbIt\u2019s a common problem because of the lengthy process - CPR number, NemID and then a week before you can use the account,\u00ab Kate says, \u00bbso it probably takes over a month before everything is set up and ready to go.\u00ab\r\n\r\nAny tips? Comment on the comment field below.\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n","post_title":"Danish banks for dummies","post_excerpt":"Setting up an account in Denmark can be a hassle. 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