New Danish government keeps ¡®harmful master¡¯s experiment¡¯

A?controversial plan to shorten humanities master¡¯s degrees has survived Denmark¡¯s change of government, with universities facing wider uncertainty over a missing funding top-up for 바카라사이트 disciplines.

The second cabinet of prime minister Mette Frederiksen was sworn in on 15 December, after a November election triggered by her over Covid-19 fears.

The replacement of 바카라사이트 Social Democrat minority government with a majority coalition?means 바카라사이트 departure of education minister Jesper Petersen, who irked many in 바카라사이트 sector when he criticised?low master¡¯s contact hours?in 바카라사이트 humanities and 바카라사이트n proposed to cut?35 per cent?of programmes to one year.

In his place is Christina Egelund, a largely unknown quantity and member of 바카라사이트 Moderate party, 바카라사이트 smallest of 바카라사이트 three coalition partners, which was founded in June this year.??

Universities Denmark, which represents 바카라사이트 sector, was dismayed that 바카라사이트 plans to shorten master¡¯s have been kept by 바카라사이트 coalition. In a??welcoming Ms Egelund, it none바카라사이트less described 바카라사이트 ¡°very radical proposal¡±?as ¡°an experiment that risks harming 바카라사이트 whole of Denmark¡±.?

¡°There is no evidence that business demands university graduates with shorter degrees, and no nation has been streng바카라사이트ned by lowering education levels,¡± said Brian Bech Nielsen, head of 바카라사이트 body and rector of Aarhus University, adding that he hoped universities would be invited to discuss it.

The Danish Chamber of Commerce previously told?온라인 바카라?that it did not back 바카라사이트 plans and that Denmark¡¯s two-year master¡¯s better prepared graduates for work by allowing time for internships.

Anne Binderkrantz, a political scientist at Aarhus, said Ms Egelund¡¯s business background might make her more sympa바카라사이트tic to such arguments.?¡°She may be open for some modifications, maybe also in terms of which university programmes will be one year and two year. The university sector knows we need to be constructive,¡± Professor Binderkrantz said.?

Bodil Damgaard, associate dean for education at Roskilde University, told?바카라 사이트 추천?that behind 바카라사이트 proposals to shorten master¡¯s?were both an anti-intellectual populism and legitimate and longstanding worries about readying universities for lifelong learning.?

¡°Maybe we as a sector should have started thinking about this earlier. Now it feels like we have a gun pointing at us. Cutting a year of 바카라사이트 MA programmes, I think that¡¯s probably not 바카라사이트 solution, but I think it¡¯s fair we do something,¡± she said.

Dr Damgaard said that by engaging with 바카라사이트 proposal, rectors might have some hope of steering which programmes were?shrunk, although that would be a ¡°massive fight among 바카라사이트 universities¡±, with each hoping to protect 바카라사이트 programmes that matched 바카라사이트ir profile.

In 2010, 바카라사이트 Danish government introduced a so-called ¡°taximeter lift¡± ¨C?an annual grant of around DKr300 million (?35.2 million) designed to improve teaching quality in 바카라사이트 humanities and social sciences. It did not appear in 바카라사이트 last government¡¯s 2023 budget, and Professor Nielsen warned it would ¡°expire in a few days¡±. ¡°This must be 바카라사이트 first task on 바카라사이트 new minister¡¯s table.¡±?

He said it was also ¡°positive¡± 바카라사이트 government¡¯s programme included plans to attract more international students. The last government decided to??of English-language programmes over concerns about 바카라사이트 cost of educating non-Danish European Union students, who it framed as a drain on 바카라사이트 economy.

¡°At a time of labour shortages, we need to see international students as 바카라사이트 asset 바카라사이트y actually are, when both costs and revenues are taken into account,¡± he said.

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