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“Ambitious”, “analytical” and “team player” – CBS’ new AI tool will tell you to keep these words out of job ads
Can an AI tool improve diversity? That, at least, is the idea behind Develop Diverse, a new tool being implemented at CBS to attract a more diverse pool of candidates to job postings. The programme scans job ads for biased words and suggests more inclusive alternatives. According to Sofie Gottlieb, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead, it has proven to increase the number of qualified applicants.
27 Apr 2023
CBS BIO master’s student hopes her art will spark an interest in science
Science can be difficult to comprehend. Master’s student Maja Völker is creating eye-catching paintings with scientific motifs that capture the imagination and will be exhibited at Villa Kultur on Saturday 29 April.
26 Apr 2023
CBS Tech Day: students want more sustainability in their education
Sustainability is everywhere. It applies to everybody, to our clothes, energy, water – and much more. This topic was also the focus of CBS Tech Day, a technology-focused conference organised by CBS students, who agreed that sustainability should be discussed more at their business school.
21 Apr 2023
PhD panel debate: focus on your PhD – the rest comes later
How do you best disseminate your PhD research? At a PhD panel debate, the panelists all agreed: Don’t. Not yet anyway. Give your all to your research and dissertation and concern yourself with becoming a good scholar instead.
16 Apr 2023
5 lessons to learn from case competitions
Even if competing in case competitions is not your passion, you can still learn a lot about case solving for university or as part of a recruitment process.
05 Apr 2023
Fears of espionage and data privacy breaches – CBS bans TikTok, recommends students stay away
CBS joins the increasing number of public institutions banning TikTok. Due to the risk of sensitive user data – and CBS data – being compromised, the platform is no longer allowed on official devices, unless there is a legitimate business need. Morten Ingvard Falck, Chief Information Security Officer at CBS, also recommends that students stop using the app.
04 Apr 2023
UN club to bring Model United Nations conference to Copenhagen
Denmark has no Model UN conference. But the students in CBS United Nations are planning to change that. Next year, they want to bring the conference, where students from around the world simulate the workings of the UN, to Copenhagen.
03 Apr 2023
University is a great time to start a company – use it as your playground
At university, you have the security of receiving your student grant (SU) as well as a plethora of opportunities to get help from teachers, other students and Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship. This makes university one of the best times to start a company, according to Senior Programme Manager at CSE Christopher Trunk-Black and Frederik Riber Larsen, who is a master’s student at CBS and founder of the company Arriber.
30 Mar 2023
Professional CBS athletes’ advice on time management
Professional kitesurfer Therese Taabbel and professional Obstacle Course Race athlete Leon Kofoed Andersen have both learned to juggle CBS with their sports careers. How do they manage?
28 Mar 2023
New student organisations are blossoming – the challenge is how to keep them alive
The number of student societies at CBS has more than tripled in the last five years. But with a busy and ever-changing student population, the challenge is for the organisations to outlive the natural turnover of members.
27 Mar 2023
Dance like someone’s watching: CBS Dance turns a basement in Dalgas Have into a K-pop stage
Beiza Kateh had never danced outside her living room. Now she leads the student organisation that gets students moving their bodies.
24 Mar 2023
Nordic Nine Workshop starts dialogue and prepares students for annual celebration
The aims of the Nordic Nine workshop held in February, as the first of its kind, were to prepare students who are attending the annual celebration and kick off a dialogue about the nine capabilities.
17 Mar 2023
CBS president concerned by scale of reform: “This is a huge experiment”
The scale of the government’s planned reforms, which involve an unprecedented redesign of the Danish education system, worries Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, President of Copenhagen Business School. But he also sees opportunities in the investments in lifelong learning opportunities and thinks CBS is well positioned to be relevant in the new education landscape envisioned by the government.
15 Mar 2023
New site aims to give students the best possible time at CBS
Navigating the student intranet is not always easy. Surprisingly many students do not know what information and resources are available to help them. That is why Student Affairs has launched a new site that collects key information on wellbeing related issues, such as how to manage workloads, resolve group conflicts and avoid procrastination. The site shows students how to help themselves or seek help within CBS and outside the university walls.
08 Mar 2023
Students and professors fear one-year master’s, but welcome English programmes
The government’s idea of reducing half of all master’s programmes to 75 ECTS, mostly within the humanities and social sciences, has met scepticism and concern at CBS. “I don’t hear anyone applauding this idea,” says Nanna Mik-Meyer, chair of the Professor's Association at CBS.
07 Mar 2023
An array of master’s and an invitation to foreign talent – Education Minister lays out first reform package
On Thursday, Christina Egelund, Minister for Higher Education and Science, from Moderaterne (The Moderates) presented the first batch of the government’s long awaited – and dreaded – education reform plans. They include vast changes to Denmark’s education system that, according to the government, will strengthen the Danish workforce.
03 Mar 2023
Partnership with war-torn university grows – 25 Ukrainian students to attend summer school at CBS
Twenty-five Ukrainian students will have the chance to attend courses at CBS for free this summer. The initiative is the result of a partnership between CBS and Karazin University in Kharkiv. “We can do our share as an academic institution to strengthen Ukrainian universities,” says Martin Jes Iversen, Vice Dean of International Education.
24 Feb 2023
Name change sets new course for department: “What we’re doing is the future of humanities”
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but can a new name make a university department better? Mitchell Dean believes so. As his department changes name, he is aiming for new research collaborations and a stronger focus on the problems that businesses and society are facing. “We are giving students capacities to make a difference through their professional lives. And I think that’s what the current generation of students want: they want to contribute to positive social transformation.”
17 Feb 2023