News about Education

Online students engage more in lectures than physical attendees

New research demonstrates that online lecture attendees at the University of Copenhagen ask significantly more questions during large lectures than students who attend physically. This may be partly due to online…

Vocational education shapes students’ personality

Do young people become more conscientious by getting an education? Yes, if it is a vocational education, a new study reveals.

Welcome week rituals signal cultural expectations to new students

Activities during induction week signal cultural and social expectations to new students, according to a study of the welcome weeks at three UCPH programmes. “Between the lines” messages to the incoming students ought t…

New Associate Dean for Education at the Faculty of Social Sciences

On 1 September Professor Sara Hagemann takes up office as the new Associate Dean for Education at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

SUND vision and recommendations for teaching post COVID-19

Inspiration for variation of teaching activities and course development to more blended formats

Efficient student feedback for busy lecturers

By Associate Professor Helle Lottrup Halkjær Rhode, Department of Veterinary and Animal Science and Centre for Online and Blended Learning. For sparring, contact Helle Lottrup Halkjær Rhode or Centre for Online and…

Why doesn’t your zoom lecture dance?

”So why, when it comes to education online, does so much seem deathly? Why doesn’t your zoom lecture dance? If the internet dances, why can’t education join in?” A blogpost by postdoc Mark Johnson in the Post-pandemic…

“Life in the time of Covid-19” is the focus of the QE Data Challenge co-organized by CDE staff

Associate professor Daniel Spikol and professor Morten Misfeldt participate in the organisation of the 2021 QE Data Challenge.

Educational mobility on the decline in Denmark

In 20 years, the impact of parental background on children’s education has increased significantly, and today Denmark is on par with the US despite free education and state education grants.

Inspiration for creating a good learning environment in online seminars

The social dimension of learning in the online classroom setting Take this! “Face-to-face education isn’t successful because lecturing is good. Lectures are one instructional aspect of an overall ecosystem specifically…

New unit at UCPH to put focus on research into children and education

New funding from the Ministry of Children and Education will enable researchers from across the Faculty of Social Sciences to strengthen quantitative research into children’s education and their social mobility.

New research dispels the myth of nationalism’s fading appeal

Two articles – one written by Professor Claire Maxwell and the other by Benedikte Brincker, Associate Professor – present new sociological insights into nationalism. Both articles appear in the leading journal Sociology…

‘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…