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<\/div>\nWill the reforms help or hinder studetns? (photo: Institut for Datalogi, Aarhus Universitet)<\/p>\n
The government has confirmed its plans to reduce a number of two-year master\u2019s degrees to a length of 15 months, reports DR.<\/p>\n
The education minister, Christina Egelund, described the current master\u2019s system as \u201cclumsy\u201d, emphasising a need to make them more adaptable and orientated towards the labour market.<\/p>\n
The government has not yet announced which programs are to be shortened. <\/p>\n
In addition to these reductions, some master\u2019s degrees will be stretched to three years. This will most likely happen in more \u2018complex\u2019 subjects, such as quantum physics and nanotechnology. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s not for the dosh, honest!<\/strong> According to DR, however, Parliament stands to make a gain of over 2 billion kroner a year after the measures come into effect.<\/p>\n Poelsen said the surplus will be poured into education and resources for young people. <\/p>\n U-turn in Parliament<\/strong> Asked about this change in heart, Egelund, a member of Moderaterne, replied: \u201cIf you represent us as simply wanting to shorten courses without investing in quality education and without doing any further training \u2013 just shortening them \u2013 it is clear that you think that it does not sound like the best idea in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n Egelund\u2019s argument was that the reforms would lead to higher-quality education.<\/p>\n General protests from other parties <\/strong> Esben Bj\u00f8rn Solomonsen, the head of the Danish Students\u2019 Council, has queried whether one-year master\u2019s degrees will leave enough time for internships \u2013 an integral part of many programs.<\/p>\n \u201cAcademics are some of those who contribute the most value to society, and I think we should stick to that,\u201d added Solomensen. <\/p>\n Enhedslisten and Radikale are also worried. Mai Villadsen, speaking on behalf of Enhedslisten, described the changes as \u201ca violent attack on our education system and our welfare\u201d.<\/p>\n In addition, Villadsen expressed fears of dividing the labour market into two groups with differing prospects: \u201cYoung people risk being faced with a labour market with an A and B team, where those with the standard two-year master\u2019s degree leapfrog the B team with the one-year degree in the job queue.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Will the reforms help or hinder studetns? (photo: Institut for Datalogi, Aarhus Universitet) The government<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43088"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43091,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43088\/revisions\/43091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The economy minister, Troels Lund Poelsen, insisted that the changes were not a money-saving scheme. \u201cIt is an investment,\u201d he clarified.<\/p>\n
Before the election, both Venstre and Moderaterne were against plans to shorten master\u2019s degrees proposed by the then Socialdemokratiet one-party government.<\/p>\n
The plans have drawn widespread criticism from both students\u2019 unions and opposition parties.<\/p>\n