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CBS Students strongly criticizes CBS for voiding exams: It is a breach of trust that CBS did not involve the Study Board
“The students’ trust in CBS’ management and the institution is shaky as it stands,” says the president of CBS Students, who hopes that a meeting with Dean of Education, Gregor Halff will prompt CBS to reconsider its decision.
26 Jan 2022
CBS Students: Covid-skeptic teachers have acted inappropriately
"If this situation is not resolved quickly, it will have a clear negative impact on the students' studies,” says Mikkel August Wallind, president of CBS Students.
25 Jan 2022
Two CBS lecturers refuse to teach on campus: Compare Corona passports to Nazi-era Jewish passports
Shortly before the course was set to start, 120 macroeconomic students at CBS received notification that their teachers refuse to teach while CBS requires a Corona Passport on Campus. CBS says students will not be effected by the protest.
24 Jan 2022
Exam chaos: CBS voids 200 students’ exams. Is that acceptable? No, say the students
“Retakes would not be a fair or equal outcome. On the contrary, our exams being voided would have huge consequences for us,” says Kristian Thylander, a BSc student HA PRO. Students from HA (it) and HA PRO have submitted a complaint to CBS Legal, the Study Administration and the Dean of Education. They are demanding that CBS reinstates the voided exams.
21 Jan 2022
More than 3,000 CBS students to gain Power-to-X skills
Two of the biggest courses at CBS are using Power-to-X cases for teaching this year. Soon, thousands of students will learn how to analyze, discuss and apply their theoretical knowledge to Power-to-X in a broad societal and business context.
19 Jan 2022
CBS students flock to exchange programs in record numbers despite Covid
CBS students are determined to go on exchange and are picking EU programs in record numbers. "They are choosing realistic rather than ‘exotic’ options," says Scott Lewis from the International Office at CBS.
12 Jan 2022
Bursting the bubble of success: How a global phenomenon changed a district into a bio-poor zone and created inequality
When CBS professor Stefano Ponte was trapped in Covid lockdown in the spring of 2020, he decided to study the unprecedented success of Prosecco wine as well as the hidden costs. “For those living in houses next to the vineyards, property prices are declining because no one wants to live next to a place where they spray 20 times a year," he says.
12 Jan 2022
Student Rebellion at CBS to meet with parliament committee and Minister of Higher Education and Science
“I hope that for 15 minutes they will listen closely to our points and arguments on the issue and not just brush us off by repeating the usual tame responses,” says Laura Friis Tørsleff, a Student Rebellion initiator at CBS.
11 Jan 2022
Student Rebellion ’22: “If we tell each other that creating a sustainable education system is unrealistic, where does that leave us?!”
What started as a protest by 350 CBS students has now grown into a national student rebellion led by students from almost all the universities in Denmark. The students are determined to reclaim their democratic power and are launching an assault on reduction plans, financial cutbacks and poor study environments. On Wednesday 12 January, Student Rebellion ’22 will stage its first protest in front of Christiansborg in Copenhagen and in City Hall Square in Århus.
10 Jan 2022
Gregor Halff says goodbye CBS and hello Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam
After 4 years, Gregor Halff, Dean of Education at CBS is leaving his position and returning to his native Holland in April.
03 Jan 2022
CBS: Exams in January will all be online due to escalated Covid outbreak
The rise in Covid-19, and the probability of more restrictions in the weeks ahead, has forced Senior Management to reevaluate a previous decision to hold in-person written exams. Preparations are underway for all exams in January to take place online.
16 Dec 2021
Error in processing of 222 MSc students’ applications – CBS offers a change of lines
Now, 222 students can change to their first choice of MSc line. Head of studies is sorry about the administrative error and says merits will be transferred with no added study time, if students choose to switch.
16 Dec 2021
Manuel Llorca prepares EU for tackling energy poverty and a tough winter
Rising energy demands combined with a low production of electricity from renewables have resulted in soaring energy prices and laid bare the consequences for people living in so-called energy poverty. CBS researcher Manuel Llorca wants to understand their problems and is equipping the EU Commission with tools for warding off a potential energy poverty crisis.
15 Dec 2021
CBS’ sustainability plan aims at limiting new item purchases – so what is being done?
Globally, the amount of electronic waste is only going one way – up. In CBS’ Campus Sustainability Profile from 2019, CBS aims at limiting new item purchases. But what is being done to limit the purchase of new iPhones and computers and recycle the old devices?
14 Dec 2021
New possibility for corona passport dispensation resolves gap that left students in no-man’s land
Students who have recently been infected with COVID-19 but are symptom free and out of isolation are no longer barred from exams if they cannot show a corona passport. These students can now obtain dispensation. CBS has no figures detailing how many CBS students may have been affected by the gap.
13 Dec 2021