Academic staff layoffs averted
Mitigating measures – natural staff turnover, senior schemes and voluntary retirement – have prevented actual dismissals of academic staff following the student intake reduction.
Just take the first step – and the rest will follow
"Studying at an institute of higher education is not on the cards for everyone. I trained as a social and healthcare worker when I was 19 years old and now I have a master's degree in Human Resource Management. That meant I had a different background to many others on my programme, but that only creates positive input if you dare to use your experience and are proud of not taking the traditional route," says Lea Riis Jensen. She is a former CBS student and for years she thought she was never going to complete an education at a university. In this article she writes about her doubts about ever finishing the education of her dreams.
Writing a master’s thesis #5: We made it!
“We risk losing out on future change makers, innovators, and female entrepreneurs who are so desperately needed”
CBS’ first program devoted to teaching entrepreneurship is in line for closure. Former line coordinator and teacher at the MSocSc in Organizational Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Christina Lubinski, criticizes the Senior Management’s focus on unemployment rates and fears that the start-up environment in Denmark will suffer.
Academic Council sends letter of concern about proposed program closures to Senior Management
Before the rumors of a proposed closure of six CBS programs was confirmed, the Chairmanship of the Academic Council sent a letter of concern to the Senior Management, in which they worry that the process will be “very closed”, like the one leading to the approval of CBS’ strategy behind closed doors in the summer 2020.
What happens when students and professionals learn together? CBS and Station aim to find out
A shared pilot project between CBS Kontinuum and Station is investigating what happens when students and professionals join forces in a classroom to learn about so-called “wicked problems”. The aim is to develop new learning formats to support lifelong learning, explains the project leader and CBS’ Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning.
Online teaching: “CBS is and will remain an on-campus university”
Students and teachers are back on campus after three semesters of lockdown and online teaching. Where is CBS heading? CBS’ Associate Dean for Technology-Enhanced Learning and CBS Students’ two Vice Presidents explain their views. They are sure of one thing – CBS will not become a university in the cloud.
New CBS-developed teaching materials are like “a digital and interactive textbook”
A pack of teaching materials with neatly produced videos, quizzes and audio bites for teachers across CBS is in the making. The aim is to give teachers time to focus on their strengths – for example, being present in the classroom with their students rather than fiddling with home-made videos.
Responsibility Day every day
This year’s Responsibility Day was delivered in a hybrid format with royal flair and a message for students about how their potential can change the world. Moreover, the day will last longer, as the Ørsted company case has been turned into a teaching case available for all the teachers. This year’s case asks how you can decarbonize your business down to the very last nut, but still grow.
CBS sends 776 students off on exchange: “The students have been persistent and creative to make their exchanges happen”
CBS has received a record number of applications from students wanting to go on exchange this fall, and 776 CBS students are ready to set off. However, coronavirus can change the students’ plans overnight. About 100 students’ trips to Australia were cancelled.
Jesper Petersen is the new Minister for Higher Education and Science
Following a lightning government reshuffle, a new Minister for Higher Education and Science, Jesper Petersen, political spokesperson for the Social Democrats, is taking over the post from Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen, who will become the new Minister for Culture.
How one course changed my life
CBS’ new chatbot answers questions about admission to CBS’ bachelor’s programs and the meaning of life
The chatbot, Coby, has been fed with no less than 10,000 formulations of questions and answers and is ready to reply 24/7 when new bachelor’s students reach out for help. Student Affairs is considering introducing Coby to other parts of CBS.dk.
Figuring out CBS’ 38 master’s programs will soon be easier: A student dreams of a system that can “spit out my options just like that”
Students, faculty and employers are struggling to make out CBS’ master’s programs. A new structure aims to ensure better communication and more collaboration between programs.
Economic geographer: Politicians are up against a millennia-old trend – moving study places is not a silver bullet
The government wants to move 7,000 study places outside the biggest cities. Mark Lorenzen, Economic Geographer at CBS, explains why that will not necessarily help medium-sized cities. Making the cities attractive to live in is a more efficient way of spending the money, or you risk wasting opportunities, he says.
How do we share the climate cake?
New ministry report: 11,000 students have experienced sexism
Students at the Danish higher education institutions have reported multiple cases of physical and verbal sexism in the Ministry for Higher Education and Science’s new report. In 2019, CBS published its first report investigating sexual harassment in the study environment.
A generation with broken dreams is coming to CBS
Bo Christensen is reading through quota 2 applications for the BSc in Business Administration and Psychology, and to him it is evident that the new students coming to CBS have lost valuable time and missed out on identity-forming activities. “It’s heartrending to read,” he says and asks CBS to consider what to do about this year’s intake of students.
New tool to boost teaching quality at Danish universities is “a major breakthrough”
The eight Danish universities have developed a national framework and tool for allocating merit, as well as acknowledging and developing teachers’ competences in the classroom. The Dean of Education at CBS and CBS Students hope that implementing the framework will boost teaching quality.
Government plans to cut back 10% of study places at universities: “The consequences will spread like ripples” says CBS Students
Senior Management, foreseeing that the regionalization proposal will impact on CBS if approved, has convened a Teams Hall meeting. CBS Students is worried about the consequences it can have on the student environment and quality of teaching.
