The big city cuts in study places will be smaller than announced
Originally, the Danish politicians believed that ten percent of the study places in the cities could be cut. Now the plans are laid and the cut becomes less brutal.
The Danish government has agreed with the parties Venstre, SF, Konservative, Dansk Folkeparti, Nye Borgerlige and Kristendemokraterne on how the relocation agreement from June 2021 will be implemented in practice after the universities and colleges came with their input.
6.4 percent of the study space
Overall, 6.4 percent of the study space in the big cities must be moved out or closed down by 2030, not ten percent of agreements last year. 2400 study places are to be moved and 1950 closed down. According to agreements, language subjects, small subjects and subjects with high demand for newly graduated screens must. For the eight universities in the agreement, there are a few more places where you move out, and the final sum ends up at 5.7 percent of the study place.
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For the University of Copenhagen, this means that 900 study places will be closed down. 300 study places are closed in humanities, but no one moves, writes DM akademikerbladet.
The agreement also has major consequences for the vocational colleges. 800 study places in what in Danish is referred to as welfare education, ie teacher education, pedagogy, nursing and social education, are moved out of the big cities and are followed by 1000 new study places to achieve the goal that 60 percent of the study place should be outside the big cities.
Saves 28 million
According to the press release, several initiatives have proved more expensive than expected. For example, a new dental education in Hjørring, one the size of Halden, became so expensive that the parties to the agreement have been the only ones to expand existing offers. There are also several new offers that receive start-up support and the decentralized offers will receive higher allocations and the offers in the cities.
When the agreement is fully phased in, the politicians expect to save 28 million kroner a year, but until 2030 the costs are up to 400 million kroner a year.
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