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Living in Tokyo: A real hassle just to find a tiny room
Finding accommodation in Tokyo might be tricky, considering the size of the population and the number of international students who come and go or come and stay. So Madina Balgabek started looking for a place as soon as she applied for the exchange program, but she quickly found out that it wasn't easy at all.
31 Oct 2018
Living in NYC: With a ‘pinch-me-is-this-real-life’ view!
Caroline Sølver has to pinch herself every morning when she wakes up and sees the Manhattan skyline right in front of her. She lives in Brooklyn, which like the rest of NYC is notorious for sky-high rent. How in the world did she get so lucky?
31 Oct 2018
Living in Kuala Lumpur: Nice flat, great pool and five minutes from uni
For Mihika Deb, the exchange started off as a rollercoaster ride with a lot of frustration and time spent trying to get her passport stamped properly. But on the other hand, she didn’t have any problems finding a great flat. Lean back and enjoy Mihika’s video as she takes you on a tour of her university and her home.
31 Oct 2018
Money, money, money: How the annual 2% reduction affects CBS, and why a DKK 123 million windfall isn’t all good news
On one hand, CBS must cut two percent of its grant for education annually, an unpopular intervention, which the government has decided to continue. On the other hand, CBS may receive DKK 123 million for research and education over three years. But CBS may also risk losing approximately DKK 50 to 60 million per year. So, what’s going on with CBS’ finances?
30 Oct 2018
When Men in Black make errors
Have you ever wondered about the limitations of human consciousness? I want to talk about depersonalization disorder. Depersonalization is a peculiar feeling of observing your own consciousness outside your body – at least that would be my way of defining it. It sounds pretty scary, doesn’t it?
25 Oct 2018
Students on voluntary work: It’s just free experience. Take it!
While voluntary work might not fill your pockets, there are plenty of other advantages to volunteering. Not only does it boost your network, voluntary work on your résumé attracts employers, say three CBS students who all volunteer.
23 Oct 2018
Hooray: 50 years of student influence
The student rebellion of 1968 paved the way for student influence at CBS. But now an increased centralization of power can threaten the students’ say on things, according to the President of CBS Students. The opinions and influence of students “ensures the highest possible standards for education,” he argues.
16 Oct 2018
CBS’ sustainability strategy is here – now it needs initiatives
The framework has been laid out for CBS’ sustainability strategy, with the first initiatives covering the social, economic and environmental aspects of sustainability starting up in spring. “Becoming sustainable is a common effort,” says the project manager.
11 Oct 2018
I wear my culture
Yuan Fang, an MBA student from China, almost looks like someone from an Asian fairytale when she wears her traditional Chinese clothes. She likes this old-fashioned style, and only ditches it when it rains. CBS WIRE sat down with her to talk about Chinese and Danish culture.
11 Oct 2018
Stone expert: Look down. The floor talks!
The stone floor at Solbjerg Plads is made from Kelvin Bjerre's favorite stone. The Øland's stone. Together with his colleague from Stone Treatment, he is polishing and grinding the floors to make them shine again. Kelvin Bjerre shows us the cool spots on the floor and talks about how shiny the floor is at the Royal Danish Opera.
10 Oct 2018
Madina eats her way through Japan
Bento boxes, cheap ramen soup, and crazy expensive apples. Madina Balgabek is doing her second exchange in Japan, this time as part of her Master's at CBS, and one way to get to know East Asian culture is to enjoy the food.
10 Oct 2018
New York City is similar to Copenhagen, and yet so different
Caroline Sølver studies at CBS and is spending her fifth semester interning at a Copenhagen/NYC company based in hip Williamsburg. In this article, she shares her personal story about how she’s immersing herself in the Big Apple and in a culture that is similar, and yet so different, to what she knows in Copenhagen.
10 Oct 2018
Kuala Lumpur: Exchange is a rollercoaster just ride it
Malaysia has made CBS student, Mihika Deb feel overwhelmed, frustrated, content, and incredibly happy just within the first two weeks. She is on exchange in Malaysia and will be reporting about her stay for the next couple of months.
10 Oct 2018
Danish leadership brought Nattana to CBS – with a little help from Waldemar
In Thailand, Nattana Utoomprurkporn is the heir of her father’s business. But before she takes over, she wants to find out how Danes run companies. She has just received the first CBS MBA scholarship awarded by the former CEO of ISS, Waldemar Schmidt, who had a few pieces of advice for the new MBA student.
09 Oct 2018
CBS will not establish new collaboration with Danske Bank… for now
The senior management at CBS has decided to curb new collaboration with Danske Bank as a direct consequence of the ongoing money laundering case. No new collaboration will be established until new top management has been appointed at the bank, says the President of CBS.
04 Oct 2018
CBS creates ethical guidelines for future partnerships
In the wake of the money laundering case, researchers ask what CBS will accept from their collaborators. Guidelines are now being drawn up, but will not apply to the current Danske Bank case. In the end, CBS might need to discuss its overall values, argues a CBS professor.
04 Oct 2018
Is there something wrong with the study spaces at CBS or am I just losing interest?
Monday morning, 10 o’clock to be exact, while sitting on the second floor at Solbjerg Plads and trying to concentrate on my books, I find myself being distracted by the smallest things around me. I wonder if there is something wrong with the view or is it just me?
03 Oct 2018
CBS gets its own whistleblower scheme
From October 4, everybody with a connection to CBS can use the whistleblower scheme anonymously to report infringements and severe offenses such as financial crimes and sexual harassment. Kirsten Winther Jørgensen, the University Director of CBS, says that the scheme is “an expression of good management.”
02 Oct 2018