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Earlier this yr the Danish authorities introduced it would cut back the variety of larger education schemes supplied in English in an try to regulate rising monetary assist expenditure (SU) for EU college students.
“After I got here to Denmark my intention was to return right here and get the total bachelor’s diploma and turn into a younger skilled”
They stated that increasingly college students from EU and EEA international locations are utilizing the chance to acquire Danish SU, which has resulted in an anticipated rise of spending to 570 million DKK in 2025- far above goal ranges.
Nonetheless, worldwide college students who’re taking English taught Prime-Ups and AP levels in College Faculties and Enterprise Academies in Denmark have stated the brand new guidelines might forestall them from graduating with full bachelors levels.
Over 4000 folks have signed a petition calling for a delay to the federal government plans.
“I got here to Denmark a yr in the past final September to begin my research in UCL in Odense,” stated Dāvis Vītoliņš, a Latvian pupil who began the petition.
UCL is a college school in Denmark and in college schools with a purpose to get bachelor’s diploma college students need to undergo two separate educations. One is an AP diploma (educational or skilled) that lasts for 2 years and then you definately do a prime up diploma on prime of the AP diploma.
Vītoliņš defined that college students can select a special path with no matter prime up diploma they determine on, after which after one and a half years, they graduate with a full bachelor’s.
“After I got here to Denmark my intention was to return right here and get the total bachelor’s diploma and turn into a younger skilled and contribute to the Danish market afterwards.
“After the primary yr… per week earlier than the vacations began, the Danish authorities launched an announcement saying that beginning within the yr 2022 they’re cancelling English research packages at college schools and enterprise academies, which means that after I graduate from my AP diploma subsequent summer time I won’t be able to enrol in a prime up diploma program with a purpose to get my bachelor’s diploma and turn into a certified skilled,” he stated.
Vītoliņš informed The PIE Information that with a purpose to for him to enroll to a Danish language different prime up course, he would want to be taught Danish to a stage that was enough for larger training, one thing he believes can be troublesome given the brief period of time (one yr) till he takes his prime up course.
“The choices for me, ever since I realized about this association from the federal government. I might be taught Danish and attempt to make it in time to get my Danish as much as C-1 stage and enrol in Danish prime ups,” he stated.
“An alternative choice can be for me to graduate and go straight to the labour market with an unfinished bachelor’s diploma. An alternative choice can be to begin my research from scratch in a college or to search out someplace else in a special nation the place my AP diploma is accepted and the place I can construct on prime of it to get the bachelor’s diploma.”
The PIE contacted the Danish Ministry of Larger Schooling and Science for remark however didn’t obtain a response by the point of publication.
The Danish authorities stated that the discount is focused on the English language enterprise academy {and professional} bachelor packages as seven out of ten (72%) of the scholars are English-speaking college students, and just one in 5 (21%) of those discover work in Denmark after finishing their training.
“Nonetheless, the events wish to keep in mind the enterprise academy {and professional} bachelor packages that reach educating English-speaking college students for employment in Denmark, in addition to packages that, for instance, have a singular character or significance for the regional labor market.
“The events to the settlement subsequently comply with exempt approx. 650 training locations from the discount of English language training,” the federal government stated in an announcement.
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