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Climbing SU expenses worry minister
A new prognosis shows that student grant (SU) expenses related to students from other EU countries will increase to DKK 650 million by 2023 – that is DKK 201 million more than budgeted. The Minister for Higher Education and Science is eager to discuss ways to prevent this trend.
06 Nov 2020
Modern managers must demonstrate that they care about work tasks and employees’ internal lives
This article is based on the book 'Magt og omsorg i det eksistentielle lederskab' (Power and care in existential management) by Camilla Sløk, published by the Danish Psychological Association.
05 Nov 2020
Online teaching: Canvas and Panopto are treasure chests of data – but who can use it and for what?
Different types of data about students’ activities are stored on the Canvas and Panopto platforms. That data is available to educators. But why store all this data and who can use it? CBS’ Data Protection Officer answers these and other new questions that keep arising as new online platforms are taken into use.
04 Nov 2020
Delayed PhD Fellows to get financial helping hand
The Ministry of Trade and Industry has created a DKK 18 million fund for PhD Fellows who have been delayed because of the coronavirus. The Chair of the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs says “it’s like quenching your thirst with a drop”. The PhD Association at CBS, PAC, says this is a step in the right direction.
04 Nov 2020
For two CBS brothers it has always been on the cards… to carry on the family business
18 years ago, Hans Jørgen Frost established the interior accessories and architectural hardware company Frost, which has grown into a business worth millions. Today, his two sons, who are CBS students, are working as colleagues at Frost, and in about 10 years’ time, they will inherit their father’s lifework. So they are following in their father’s footsteps, but are they also following their own passions?
03 Nov 2020
The best cafés to work from in Copenhagen 2020
Online classes, closed offices, no traveling. Are you feeling home-study fatigue setting in? Fear not – cafés are still open for you. In this post, Copenhagen expert and student writer Caroline Sølver shares her choice of the best cafés in the city that invite you to come and get work done.
03 Nov 2020
Corona robot reminds people to sanitize their hands at CBS
For 40 minutes, one of the usual corona stewards at CBS was replaced by a robot operated by CBS students to encourage people to sanitize their hands on entering Solbjerg Plads. CBS WIRE tagged along to observe the robot’s performance.
30 Oct 2020
Between volunteering and activism comes…?
Between Black Lives Matter and volunteer football coaches, a kind of civil engagement and commitment exists that has yet to be addressed, according to PhD Fellow Cristine Dyhrberg Højgaard. Right now, there is no common term for this type of organizing, but it can cover anything from street dancers to people 3D printing visors for the healthcare sector, explains the researcher.
29 Oct 2020
Have you seen the hidden sexism?
An unwanted hand on the thigh or a degrading comment about one’s gender are examples of hostile sexist behavior. However, eradicating this behavior and sexism more broadly does not necessarily start with the predators, as stereotyping by gender can lead to another, hidden kind of sexism, argues CBS researcher, Florian Kock.
28 Oct 2020
And you know what? I was fully qualified for the professorship
After 31 years at CBS, Professor Anne-Marie Søderberg can add ‘Emerita’ to her title. In this interview, she talks about how the feminist movement influenced her as a researcher and teacher, why she taught CBS teachers feminist pedagogy and what can be done about the gender imbalance in academia.
28 Oct 2020
CBS annuls autumn requirements for 50 percent online teaching in spring semester
With fewer students on campus, CBS can host all teaching activities with fewer than 100 students on campus in spring 2021, according to new teaching principles. However, educators’ plans must accommodate the potential return of tighter restrictions.
28 Oct 2020
Café Nexus: We operate a strict zero-tolerance policy on harassment of any kind
Café Nexus stresses in a statement that the safety and security of students is its top priority at all times, and that inappropriate behavior is not acceptable at any time. The statement comes after an anonymous student shared her story of being harassed at last year’s Semester Start Party.
27 Oct 2020
Online teaching and the problems of surveillance
As online teaching becomes increasingly common, there is a need to talk about issues of data privacy, surveillance, and not least ownership. At present, we are not sure that everybody has fully realized how much individual-level data is collected and stored, nor is there a discussion about when such data collection without clear aims or objectives becomes too much.
26 Oct 2020