Business & Education

  • Bernie Sanders criticises Danish weight-loss drug prices in the US

    Bernie Sanders criticises Danish weight-loss drug prices in the US

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    The Copenhagen Post

    In a letter to the Novo Nordisk CEO, Senator Bernie Sanders calls the prices of Novo funds “scandalously high”.

  • Danish companies want international skilled workers

    Danish companies want international skilled workers

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    The Copenhagen Post

    In 2030, there will be a shortage of up to 90,000 skilled workers in Denmark. Companies and Copenhagen Capacity are now launching a campaign to attract skilled workers to production companies in Denmark.

  • Employment and Integration Mayor wants more schooling options in Copenhagen

    Employment and Integration Mayor wants more schooling options in Copenhagen

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    Tina Dastur

    Employment and Integration Mayor Jens-Krisitian Lütken says public schools have had a stranglehold on Copenhagen’s education sector for too long, with campaigns by the commune and Socialdemokratiet leading parents to believe the alternatives aren’t on par. Now, he’s highlighting the need to diversify schooling in the capital by establishing more private and free schools to give parents the luxury of choice.

  • STEM-universities told to cut Master’s degrees despite acute national demand for IT specialists

    STEM-universities told to cut Master’s degrees despite acute national demand for IT specialists

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    Lotte van den Hout

    The idea is that reducing STEM-degree availability will channel more students into the shortage-hit welfare sector. But a study by the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs has found that this is not the outcome.

  • New principal of Copenhagen Business School sharpens social and green agenda

    New principal of Copenhagen Business School sharpens social and green agenda

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    Ghita Nidam Moller

    From June, economist and climate council chairman Peter Møllgaard can add principal at CBS to the list of titles.

  • Minister will make it easier to send children home from school

    Minister will make it easier to send children home from school

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    After several episodes in February with violent episodes in schools, Education Minister Mattias Tesfaye launched a survey. It is now available and shows that children have a more aggressive behavior than before

  • Report: More international students could strengthen Denmark’s security

    Report: More international students could strengthen Denmark’s security

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    Rachid Moutiq

    To strengthen its resilience against increasing cyber security risks, Denmark needs more skilled IT professionals. An expert panel from the engineering association IDA argues that more internationals and women should be encouraged to pursue an education in IT.

  • Everyone hates being laid off, but women may be hit harder than men

    Everyone hates being laid off, but women may be hit harder than men

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    Rachid Moutiq

    A new study on the gender gap in job loss on the Danish labour market has found that women find it harder to reenter the workplace, and suffer greater short term income reduction, while men lose more overall. Amongst parents with dependent children, mothers are hit harder than fathers, and low-education mothers fare the worst of all.

  • Workplace gender equality stagnates in Denmark 

    Workplace gender equality stagnates in Denmark 

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    Caroline Zielinski

    Gender equality progress in Denmark’s labour market has come to a standstill, with recent statistics by gender and diversity think tank, EQUALIS, revealing only marginal gains for women in the workforce, and largely in high-level positions. 

  • Integration and inclusion: From intern to management consultant

    Integration and inclusion: From intern to management consultant

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    Pratik Hariharan

    Marialena Chatzimichali is a senior management consultant for Accenture Denmark based in Copenhagen. Originally from Greece, Marialena arrived in Denmark in 2016 to pursue higher education.

  • Student finance cuts will affect current students

    Student finance cuts will affect current students

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    As part of the government’s student finance (SU) reform, the SU period will be shortened. Students who extended their courses with the expectation of full financing under the pervious scheme will have to complete their programmes without SU. The Education Minister argues that the system is already generous enough, but SF and the Danish Students’ Council say the change is unreasonable.

  • Danish firms hiring more remote workers

    Danish firms hiring more remote workers

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    Célestine Decloedt

    Danish companies are increasingly tapping the global talent pool by employing remote workers based abroad.