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CBS reschedules 40 students’ studies in China due to coronavirus concerns
Chinese universities are closing down as the coronavirus is continuing to spread. Consequently, 39 students from the bachelor program of International Business in Asia have had their exchange trips to Beijing suspended and been offered alternatives programs here in Copenhagen. One other student’s exchange trip has been rescheduled.
03 Feb 2020
CBS Students establishes intro committee to collect input for creating a new intro concept
The concept of the two-week intro program is being revised, and CBS Students wants your opinion, ideas and solutions on how intro can look in the future in order to avoid the current problems that have caused CBS to temporarily suspend 25 students.
30 Jan 2020
What should CBS’ new strategy cover? Five people from CBS have some ideas
More time for staff representatives, excellent teaching and research, outreach to society, inclusive and innovative learning environments. CBS is midway through drawing up a new strategy to replace the current one. CBS WIRE has talked to five people from different corners of CBS about their wishes for the new strategy.
30 Jan 2020
From meaningful life experiences to taxi abductions and discrimination – three exchange students share their stories
Have you contemplated going on an exchange trip but still need some advice from students who have already been abroad? Don’t you worry. CBS WIRE has talked to three students who went to three different destinations through the AIESEC internship and volunteer platform and brought three different experiences back home.
29 Jan 2020
Why are the Danes not as funny as they think they are?
BOOK REVIEW: Every country has its own national humour community, and what Danes find funny can seem offensive to a Swede or Frenchman.
29 Jan 2020
Students: The fact that CBS also terminated our enrolment has had serious consequences for us
“It’s one thing to temporarily suspend us. But the fact that CBS has also terminated our enrolment has had serious consequences for us. It’s a denial of rights that CBS apparently does not have the authority to enforce,” say some of the students affected. Consequently, the termination of the enrolment has already left the students’ chances of landing university exchange trips hanging by a thread, they have lost their rights to SU and at least one has lost out on the right to a student apartment.
28 Jan 2020
The Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education: CBS cannot terminate the enrolment of the 25 temporarily suspended students
CBS has re-enrolled the 25 temporarily suspended students after the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education informed CBS that it is not possible to terminate their enrolment. CBS WIRE has asked the Senior Management a number of questions, including whether CBS will help the students for whom the termination has had serious consequences. CBS has issued a press release on the matter.
28 Jan 2020
Intro administrators from HA Pro: Solving the problems with intro shouldn’t happen behind closed doors – it’s a joint responsibility
Three intro administrators from HA Pro urge the Senior Management both to open up a dialogue about issues concerning intro and be more supportive towards the work of the intro administrators and guides. “The idea of intro is to encourage people to stay at CBS, but CBS has forgotten that mission, it seems,” says one of the intro admins.
22 Jan 2020
Benjamin started selling secondhand textbooks to HA Almen students – now he’s expanding to cover all CBS study programs
Benjamin Busk began supplying his fellow HA Almen students with secondhand textbooks sold from moving boxes outside CBS. Now, his business, Uni Bazaar, has a fully automated storeroom with more than 4,000 books, and he has just received DKK 75,000 from CBS to expand the service to supply all CBS study programs.
17 Jan 2020
CBS researchers teach the world about sustainable fashion: “Everyone has an opinion about clothes”
Students, practitioners and everyone interested in fashion can now gain more knowledge on sustainable fashion and business models. The CBS researchers Kirsti Reitan Andersen and Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen have created a free, online course on the topic for one of the biggest platforms for online courses in the world and “gapping a hole” in the teaching materials. 500 participants have already signed up for the course.
15 Jan 2020
Six students complain about temporary suspension – CBS stands by its decision
Six students have been temporarily suspended for what CBS calls violating CBS rules and regulations by signing an invitation to a “Slutty Fall Break” party hosted by “Vejlederteamet”. The six students have hired a lawyer and complained about the decision. Now, they want the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education to look into the matter. The President of CBS has declined to answer follow-up questions.
15 Jan 2020
“Disgraceful”, “Too strict”: Intro guides and administrators share concerns and opinions about the temporary suspension of 25 students
Some think CBS is overreacting. Others think the suspended students have been punished appropriately. Intro guides and administrators share their thoughts about the temporary suspension of 25 students; how they think it will affect intro; and ask how to make intro both a safe space and somewhere you can “be stupid”.
15 Jan 2020
Brand-new CBS-center accelerates the green transition in the energy infrastructure fueled by huge demand
A new ‘green’ center has opened at CBS, prompted by ‘huge demand’ in the European industry and energy sector for new research on energy infrastructure and energy economics. “These research areas have been overlooked, but if we really want to transform our system, economy and society towards a more sustainable world, we must question overarching subjects. And we will,” says Philipp Alexander Ostrowicz, coordinator at CSEI.
14 Jan 2020
