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The Centre for Culture and the Mind (CULTMIND) is looking for applicants to fill out the three academic and administrative positions below.

Queen Saidi

Ph.D., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

UCPH highlights the Department of Sociology's work on educational reforms of sociology programmes

In recent years, the Department of Sociology has worked hard to develop its degree programme to remedy several problems, e.g. a high dropout rate.

Sai Raghavan

Ph.D., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Communities of practice – everything is easier when you’re not alone!

THEN MAYBE IT'S TIME to try some collegial supervision? Get things done together with colleagues? UCPH’s material on collegial supervision has just been updated. You will find instructions on how to conduct structured…

International collaboration brings valuable experiences to SUND

IN NOVEMBER, a team of five COBL specialists embarked on a journey to Delhi in north and Vellore in south India to conduct workshops and produced video content for an online course. The workshops focused on…

Is labour migration disrupting dual vocational education and training systems?

In a new article in the European Journal of Industrial Relations, Jens Arnholtz and Ståle Østhus examine how labour migration has affected the intake of apprentices in vocational education and training in the Danish and…

Global Development Day 2023: Recap

Find out everything that happened in Global Development Day 2023

Award of NordForsk grant for university cooperation within Pharmaceutical Translation and Innovation

The consortium received up to 20 MNOK in funding from NordForsk under their University Cooperation call and the new project commencing next year will be led by Professor Christel Bergström from Uppsala University. All…

Professor: Working with Big Bang and ecosystems should make youth tremble

Science has an entirely overlooked educational capacity – to help young people forming their identity. Therefore, science deserves more than the ancillary role that it plays today. Middle and high school teachers should…

SDU Academic day about Danish L2 in Teacher Education

Lecture by Line Krogager Andersen.

Call for Papers: Special Issue of the Nordic Journal of African Studies

There is an increase in technological consent forms, in research institutions in both Africa and the Nordics. It is often explained in complex legal terms and presented in written form. This increase in informed consent…

Different understandings of higher education: How students in Germany conceptualise the purpose and aims of higher education

Postdoc Gregor Schäfer has published the article “What is higher education to contemporary students in Germany?” in the journal Higher Education Quarterly. The purpose, aim and goals of higher education itself have been…

Jennifer Suurbaar

Ph.D., University of Ghana

Cecilie Rubow is Teacher of the Year at the University of Copenhagen

At the University of Copenhagen's annual commemoration, anthropologist and Associate Professor Cecilie Rubow has received the Teacher of the Year Award 2023 for excellent and inspirational teaching.

Black Americans from well-educated families continue to face educational barriers

While racial disparities in education have narrowed in the US, African American individuals from well-educated backgrounds still find it especially difficult to attain the same high level of education as their parents.

New director at CIP

As of 1 January 2024, Professor Janus Mortensen takes over the position of centre director at CIP from Anne Holmen, who is retiring at the end of 2023.

Book Symposium: Pentecostalism and Politics

Director and Associate Professor Karen Lauterbach contributes to Contending Modernities’ book symposium (Symposium on Pastoral Power Clerical State Archives | Contending Modernities) on Ebenezer Obadare’s book Pastoral…

Three tips for welcoming your students in your Absalon course room

TIP #1: Welcoming page with course information To provide students with a comprehensive course experience, consider structuring your Absalon course room to cater to their needs. Include a welcoming page that equips…

Absalon on your phone?

The Canvas Teacher app offers quick mobile access to Absalon's course rooms and inbox. A Canvas Student app is also available, letting instructors see courses from a student's view. Compatible with iOS and Android.

Explore AI's Potential for Teaching at SUND

There is a growing interest in AI within the educational sector. To address this, COBL is hosting an AI workshop specifically for teachers at SUND.

A story about cows, Nobel prizes, zombies, and Henrik Dam’s bleeding chicken.

A story about cows, Nobel prizes, zombies, and Henrik Dam’s bleeding chicken. How do you make a notoriously difficult, and admittedly a bit dry, biochemical topic such as hemostasis more interesting for the students?

New Learning design model developed with Indian medical college

Taking course design to the next level, a 1.5-day ABC Learning Workshop by COBL & AIIMS Delhi gives educators ample time and tools to transform traditional teaching methods.

Borderland Field Course 2023

Watch the video from the 2023 edition of the Field Summer Course Borderland: Critical Approaches to Field Research in the Global South.