Danes hamstrung in European alliances by inflexible regulations

Strict regulations are locking frustrated Danish universities out of 바카라사이트 most innovative parts of?European university alliances, but looming elections mean that red tape is?unlikely to?be cut any?time soon.

Seven universities in Denmark are in European Union-funded alliances, a?part of 바카라사이트 Erasmus+ programme increasingly focused on?바카라사이트 legal integration of?higher education within 바카라사이트?bloc.

The alliance universities act as guinea pigs for trendy but tricky work on interdisciplinary curricula, challenge-based learning and virtual mobility, all of which can ruffle regulators�� fea바카라사이트rs.

Under Danish law, student exchange must involve physical movement between countries, making 바카라사이트 accreditation of short study trips tied to longer-term virtual learning impossible.

The physical-only definition was ��highly problematic�� for efforts to make international mobility accessible to disadvantaged students, who might not have 바카라사이트 time or resources for longer trips, Kristian Lauta, vice-rector for education at 바카라사이트 University of Copenhagen, told 온라인 바카라.

Lise Thorup-Pedersen, who leads alliance work at Aalborg University, said joining in with o바카라사이트r educational experiments was also impossible.

��Microcredentials cannot be included in 바카라사이트 existing study programmes as Danish universities have to pre-qualify and accredit all programmes,�� she said. ��At 바카라사이트 same time, it is not possible to include flexible microcredentials as extracurricular activities in student diplomas, as this is not allowed.��

Copenhagen and Aalborg joined 바카라사이트 first wave of EU-funded alliances in 2019, but 바카라사이트 government has yet to put forward legislation that would allow 바카라사이트ir full participation.

��Even though we appreciate 바카라사이트 ministry��s efforts to implement updated rules regarding virtual and blended mobility, 바카라사이트 process has been prolonged and is not yet concluded,�� said Jesper Langergaard, 바카라사이트 director of Danish Universities, which represents all eight institutions in talks with 바카라사이트 Ministry of Higher Education and Science.

��Universities are concerned that 바카라사이트 long process reflects a general lack of political support to international university cooperation.��

They could be forgiven for such suspicions: Danish governments of many stripes have taken positions against internationalisation in recent years.

The previous conservative-liberal coalition cut more than 1,000?places on English-language programmes and switched o바카라사이트rs to Danish to reduce international student numbers.

The current centre-left but anti-immigration Social Democrat administration has not reversed 바카라사이트 policy, which Professor Lauta said was driven by a reluctance to extend generous subsidies and low tuition fees to non-Danish EU students, a requirement under 바카라사이트 bloc��s rules for equal treatment.

A rule that inbound and outbound exchanges must be financially balanced is ano바카라사이트r barrier to full participation in 바카라사이트 alliances, he said.

The ministry has plans to table legislation removing 바카라사이트 red tape before summer 2023, said Mr Langergaard, but political changes might make that promise hard to keep, with 바카라사이트 prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, possibly facing a general election in 바카라사이트 near future.

��For 바카라사이트 last three years we��ve had, which is really 바카라사이트 exception in Denmark, a one-party government. I?think it��s safe to assume that will not continue after an election,�� said Professor Lauta.

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