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SOL saved as an MSc EBA programme
On Thursday 15 December, the final decision arrived about the new MSc EBA (cand.merc.) programmes – with one significant change: the concentration SOL (Strategy, Organisation and Leadership) will remain on board and continue as an MSc EBA programme from 2024.
16 Dec 2022
Professors fear shorter master’s degree could lower academic standards
Shorter Master’s programmes, less student grants, improved teaching quality, and more life-long learning opportunities. As the new Danish government takes shape, some of the proposals in the Danish education reform, which have sparked widespread debate over the last couple of months, are now on their way to being realised. In early December, Nina Smith, the economist who leads the government’s Reform Commission, visited CBS to present the reform of which many professors are sceptical.
15 Dec 2022
New centrist government to roll out education reforms
Denmark has a new government. After 42 days of negotiations, acting prime minister and leader of the Social Democrats Mette Frederiksen finally presented her new three-party coalition government on Wednesday. Among the policies the new government plans to roll out is an extensive education reform that has been widely debated over the last months.
15 Dec 2022
Study Board opts for retake of annulled midterm: “The least bad option”
BSc Digital Management students who recently had their midterm annulled will ultimately have to retake the exam. While some students had hoped for a solution where they could avoid a retake and have the final exam count for the full grade, the Study Board ruled in favour of a retake and maintaining the original exam format.
13 Dec 2022
1,500 scholars gather to discuss future of digitalisation in Copenhagen
What will digitalisation look like in the future? That is a hot topic for discussion at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), the yearly international conference of the Association for Information Systems, which returns this week to Denmark after 32 years.
07 Dec 2022
Students given old exam assignments – CBS voids exams again
When Daniel Westermann Strandby, a third-semester BSc student in Digital Management, sat down to take his midterm exam in Corporate Finance he was surprised – he had already seen the exam questions before. “They were almost identical. Everyone who had read through the material available from previous exams could recognise large parts of it. I found this highly surprising,” he says.
06 Dec 2022
CBS Students takes majority of seats in student elections
Representatives from CBS Students secured the most prestigious seats in last week’s student elections, according to the preliminary results.
01 Dec 2022
OPINION Change in legal claims: Not as dramatic as it looks
OPINION: By Duarte Carrasco, study board member at BSc International Business, CBS Academic Council member
30 Nov 2022
Two lists competing for the student vote: what’s the difference?
It’s Student Election Week and CBS’ Solbjerg Campus is buzzing with activity – and will be until voting closes on Friday 25 November at 14:00.
24 Nov 2022
The basics: what are we voting for?
Should you make your student vote count? And what’s this election all about? Here are your basic questions on the election answered.
24 Nov 2022
Applying to go on exchange is easier than you think
If you believe that going on exchange is difficult, you might be surprised to learn that there is a space for everyone. Grades and points from extra-curricular activities do matter to some extent, but even with grades at the lower end of the spectrum, an exchange trip is within reach.
18 Nov 2022
Current MSc EBA (cand.merc.) academic areas to find new homes in the future programme portfolio
Confusion, crisis meetings and – hopefully – clarification. The MSc EBA (cand.merc.) reform, which proposed cutting four of the current 14 concentrations from 2024 onwards, has sparked criticism. CBS WIRE sums up the main questions from faculty and students and puts them to President Nikolaj Malchow-Møller and the Programme Director for the MSc (cand.merc.) programmes, Henrik Sornn-Friese.
15 Nov 2022
OPINION Cand.merc. reform: Not a “sound process” – no time for student involvement
OPINION: By Tomas Vemola, Student at BSc Digital Management, CBS Academic Council Member, Vice President, CBS Students
11 Nov 2022
How to survive and prosper: Matrix gets new businesses through the Death Valley Curve
Making the right decisions for a new venture to prosper centres on recognising which stage the business has reached. Researchers at CBS created a matrix that helps ventures define where they are on their path to success – or failure.
10 Nov 2022
Biggest MSc EBA (cand.merc.) revision in 30 years: Fewer options in the future. Four of the current 14 concentrations to disappear
In a bid to align CBS’s flagship MSc EBA (cand.merc.) programme with ministerial requirements, the MSc EBA (cand.merc.) study board’s recommendation to senior management is to cut away five of the current 14 concentrations. Senior Management approves, but will save Applied Economics and Finance (AEF). Both the Academic Council and a reference group are raising concerns, not least over a “rushed process” and the reduction of core areas such as economics, organisation and marketing. Senior Management will host an open online Teams meeting on Wednesday 9 November at 11:15 and a meeting for students and others interested on Thursday 10 November at 8:45.
09 Nov 2022
Hot election topics for CBS students
With major international crises and several political parties proposing to reduce the length of master’s programmes and turn grants into loans, there is plenty to consider when voting in the Danish parliamentary election. But which topics do CBS students give top priority?
28 Oct 2022
