Workshop: Navigating the risks associated with using ChatGPT in an academic setting Did you know that 54% of Danish students have used ChatGPT to assist their studies and 19% have used it in an assessment situation? AI can do much more ..
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.
Seminar Theories in Social Pharmacy is organized by University of Uppsala and University of Eastern Finland in January 2024 As a Nordic POP activity, the seminar "Theories in Social Pharmacy" is organized in collaboration with the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Uppsala. The seminar will be held in Kuopio, Finland…
Flashback: Data-driven techniques and tools in formulation studies held on August 24-25, 2023 On August 24th – 25th Orion Pharma in collaboration with University of Helsinki organized Nordic POP workshop Data-driven techniques and tools in formulation studies in beautiful Tuohilampi area. 35 colleagues plus 20…
Higher education boosts earnings and mental well-being after job injuries Society gains financially by retraining people who have been injured in accidents. This is the conclusion of economists from Copenhagen and Chicago in a new study.
Predicting Africa’s Future and its Political Ties to Denmark Stig Jensen, Associate Professor at the Centre of African Studies, has recently been in the media to discuss Africa’s future and Denmark’s politics regarding Africa.
Large Danish food infrastructure collaboration bears fruit Companies and research communities have achieved new standards of collaboration through the shared state-of-the-art laboratory center, FOODHAY, setting the stage for the development of cutting-edge knowledge and…
PhD Course: Mechanisms in Innate Immune Signaling About the course The primary objective of this PhD course is to enable participants to gain comprehensive knowledge of induced innate immune responses, both to microbes (commensals and pathogens) and in inflammatory…
German reading course In autumn 2023, CIP offers a free "reading course in German for students of the humanities" for all interested students who would like to be better equipped to read texts in German in connection with their studies.
Cosmopolitan nationalism as an analytical lens: Four articulations in education policy This paper extends Professor Claire Maxwell’s development of the concept of cosmopolitan nationalism (published in 2020 in the British Journal of Sociology of Education’s 40th anniversary special issue: The current and…
Eritrean Conflict on European Territory In recent news, Associate Professor Stig Jensen details the continual conflict between Eritreans in Europe. Recently, 67 people were taken by the police in Copenhagen as a result of violent counter protests against an…
New Ph.D.: Plugging numbers into a formula isn't physics When students view physics formulas only as mathematical tools, they fail to understand physics in a meaningful way. We need to teach students to ask why, says new Ph.D.
Sociological Foundations of Education Professor Claire Maxwell has led the writing and editing of the book Sociological Foundations of Education - the most recent and authoritative analysis of the field of sociology of education. It was commissioned by…
New Podcast: Language Use at the University of Copenhagen CIPs has just released the podcast "Language Use at KU," and the first episode is about international staff teaching in Danish as a second language at the University of Copenhagen.
Scientific language cannot be tested solely with pen and paper Science is not merely a collection of terms and formulas but a practice. Assessing children's knowledge of science through pen-and-paper tests only evaluates a limited portion of what they know, says researcher.