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‘Anthro Walks’ will compensate for COVID-19 restrictions

All students at the Department of Anthropology will get the opportunity to participate in weekly walks with informal academic conversations.

HyFlex: Studerende føler sig involverede på kurset ”Humanbiologi”

Professor Nicole Schmitt har ændret ni forelæsninger til formatet HyFlex, der blander online og fysisk undervisning. De studerende føler sig, Ifølge survey, meget involverede i undervisningen men ville stadig foretrække…

FinPharma kick-off webinar 21 October 2020

Come and join the FinPharma - Finnish Platform for Pharmaceutical Research (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/networks/finpharma)kick-off webinar October 21, 2020, 1–4 pm! In the webinar the brand new FinPharma researchers…

Using Your Smartphone in Class Does Not Affect Your Learning

A large-scale research project among university students reveals that using your mobile phone in the classroom does not affect your learning negatively

Claire Maxwell selected for anniversary issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education

Professor Claire Maxwell has contributed to a special issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Claire Maxwell selected for anniversary issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education

Professor Claire Maxwell has contributed to a special issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Update: Tutor on University of Copenhagen’s South Campus did not test positive for COVID-19

The tutor from rhetoric that tested positive for COVID-19 24 August is not infected with corona. An IT error had produced a false positive, but it has now been confirmed that the test was negative.

Hvad savnede de studerende mest mens campus var lukket?

Under nedlukningen af campus i foråret gennemførte COBL – i samarbejde med forskere fra IFSV - et survey projekt, hvis mål er at afdække de studerendes oplevelser og udfordringer med fjernundervisningen. En af de ting…

Three out of four international students have experienced anxiety during the corona crisis

Many international students at the University of Copenhagen have struggled with isolation, loneliness and anxiety during lockdown in Denmark, a new study shows.

Summer school in Uppsala postponed to next year

The Summer School in Uppsala that has focus on the modelling of gastrointestinal mobility and transport is being postponed to next year. Currently, the dates for Summer School in 2021 are tentative, and the updates migh…

Nordic POP supported PhD Thesis of Rami Ojarinta (UEF) publicly defended

On the 25th of October M.Sc. (Pharm.) Rami Ojarinta’s doctoral dissertation, entitled The dissolution and formulation characteristics of co-amorphous systems was publicly examined at the School of Pharmacy, University o…

Researchers from two of the Nordic POP universities met for networking in Kuopio

Researchers from two of the Nordic POP universities met for networking in Kuopio Researchers from two of the “Nordic POP universities”, University of Eastern Finland and Uppsala University, met in the three-day internal…

Researchers to map the social mobility of siblings

The European Research Council has awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant worth DKK 11 million, to sociologist Kristian Karlson for an ambitious research project designed to identify areas in which there is the…

Tiina Sikanen (University of Helsinki) among 2019 ERC Proof of Concept Grantees

Prof. Tiina Sikanen (The University of Helsinki, The leader of Nordic POP work package 4) is one of the researchers who have been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant 2019 in the second batch of research projects. Her…

”Hvordan kommer du videre ind i bughulen?”

Interaktive videoer med indbyggede spørgsmål og opgaver får studerende til at tænke og handle selvstændigt fremfor på baggrund af udenadslære.

Skru ned for støjen fra sociale medier og op for din egen digitale ”backchannel”

Forskning har vist, at undervisningsrettede digitale ”backchannels” hjælper studerende til at fokusere på emnet og til at deltage mere aktivt under forelæsninger. Professor MSO, Biomedicinsk Institut, Nicole Schmitt er…

SUND undervisere sparer tid og løfter kvalitet med video-eksperthjælp ved hånden

Professor Bente Gammelgaard var en af de første til at bruge COBL’s tilbud om brug af video-redigeringssuite med sidemandsoplæring fra videoproducer. Det var en stor hjælp, fortæller hun.

ABC læringsdesign giver overblik og inspirerer til aktiverende undervisning

Ifølge studieleder Peter Holm fra veterinærstudiet og kursusansvarlig Camilla Foged fra Institut for Farmaci er ny ABC-metode yderst effektiv både til studie- og kursusplanlægning. Metoden er visuel, hands-on, tager kun…

Når engagement og overblik lyser ud af Absalon

Kursus i medicinsk celle- og vævsbiologi er et stort kursus med omkring 50 undervisere og over 300 studerende fra uddannelserne i medicin og molekylær biomedicin

Udvikl dit kursus med effektiv story-board metode

Cirka 20 undervisere fra Medicin-, Farma- og Veterinær-uddannelsen, har engageret sig i at udvikle og eller redesigne kurser med afsæt i en 90-120 minutter såkaldt ABC-workshop, som COBL har adapteret fra University…

Digitale undervisningsmaterialer løser udfordringer på valgfag

Slide med speak fra præsentationen: Organisk Delirium På kursusportalen beskrives valgfagets undervisningsform som: ”Ophold på hospitalsafdeling (diagnostisk eller klinisk) og vejledningstimer med klinisk…

Virtual fieldtrips i undervisningen

Første halvdel af 2017 har SUNDs Centre for Online and Blended Learning undersøgt hvordan virtual reality (VR) kan bruges til at forbedre undervisningen på fakultetets uddannelser. Det typiske argument for brugen af V…

Copenhagen Bioscience PhD Programme

The Copenhagen Bioscience PhD program is a new initiative that will enroll talented students with a university degree.