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Pernille wants to defeat students’ stressful culture and strengthen their wellbeing
CBS students’ stress is the pivotal element of Assistant Professor Pernille Steen Pedersen’s new research project. And as part of CBS’ new strategy, she hopes to change the stressful culture, together with students, teachers and experts.
05 Feb 2021
258 start-ups are scouting for CBS students hungry to collaborate
Business angel and entrepreneur teacher Nicolaj Højer Nielsen is currently in contact with 258 start-up businesses hungry to recruit CBS talent. With only 60 students in his class, he is now faced with the positive problem of exceptionally high demand for students. A sign-up sheet has been created for remaining CBS students who are interested in getting involved.
04 Feb 2021
Cancer-free for intro days: My friends and I had decided to do a one-week raw vegan challenge, and to end off, got our bloodwork done. Their results came back completely normal, but you should have seen mine!
The survival rate was 98 percent, but more than once, CBS student Alicia Carayol Sanchez was fighting for her life after being diagnosed with cancer. She shares what helped her focus on the light at the end of the tunnel when the darkness felt overpowering, and how fighting a deadly disease for over two years has changed her perspective on life and her career.
03 Feb 2021
Niels leaves 21 days of self-isolation in a Hong Kong hotel room
Along with 16 CBS students from the Globe Program, Niels Kristian Damsgaard just spent 21 days isolating in a Hong Kong hotel room on the 27th floor. “It sounds weird, but it was actually just what I needed,” he says.
01 Feb 2021
Corona saturation point and shifting working conditions tire CBS employees
Home schooling, offices in the kitchen and no informal chit chats with colleagues, combined with a full lockdown are taking their toll on CBS employees, report CBS’ two wellbeing officers. Especially younger employees and internationals are struggling.
29 Jan 2021
Lecture series on Covid-19 launches collaboration between CBS and the People’s University
To make CBS a place for life-long learning, learning must be available in other places than at CBS – and available to a more diverse set of learners, argues CBS’ Associate Dean for Life-Long Learning. Therefore, CBS will start offering a series of lectures through The People’s University.
28 Jan 2021
Corona buddies and ‘wellbeing captains’ to strengthen students’ welfare during Covid-19
New figures from the Ministry of Higher Education and Science show that 43 percent of students felt lonely during the autumn. Now, the ministry is presenting ideas developed to boost young people’s wellbeing during the pandemic.
27 Jan 2021
“The students are feeling terrible”
The second lockdown is like sandpaper on an open wound for CBS’ students struggling with loneliness and non-existent motivation, say two student advisers. The advisers fear that the effects of the lockdown will be long-lasting.
27 Jan 2021
Ministry advises against exchange trips and internships abroad
Until February 7, exchange trips and internships abroad are being discouraged. Before January 21, it was among the few legitimate reasons to travel. The Ministry of Higher Education and Science stresses that the period may be extended.
26 Jan 2021
Entrepreneurs and researchers aren’t like apples and oranges, but more like apples and apples
Limited freedom, an unknown future and devastating application processes, to name just a few similarities that equate innovative souls with knowledgeable academics. Signe Bruskin has a foot in both camps.
25 Jan 2021
Small and medium-sized businesses make up 99 percent of Denmark’s businesses, but are hardly represented at universities
SMEs have a hard time finding their way into universities and higher educations. Each could benefit from teaming up, surveys show. A new EU project that includes CBS aims to exploit new ways of collaborating.
22 Jan 2021
We want to bring back the trust
CBS Students’ new presidency wants to deal with the seeds of mistrust growing between the students and CBS, but without losing its integrity. It hopes to engage and empower as many students as possible during the coming year.
21 Jan 2021
The hateful identity battle
Mads Mordhorst has thrown himself into a historical quest to understand what drives our search for identity and where we might find it. His exploration traces back to the French Revolution, via Donald Trump and our own ‘The Danish song is a young, blond girl’. His findings will become the makings of a book.
20 Jan 2021
CBS jumps on the SDG bandwagon
A new report aims to communicate CBS’ engagement in supporting the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The authors hope the report will lay the foundation for a new reporting system and external collaborations.
20 Jan 2021
CBS joins digital forces with computer scientists to form new research center worth millions
“It’s a major step for collaborations between different environments dealing with digital technologies. Instead of competing against each other, we partner up,” says Head of the Department of Digitalization, Helle Zinner Henriksen.
19 Jan 2021