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25/01/2024

CBS’ university newspaper CBS WIRE has been closed.

It is with great sadness that we are writing these lines. WIRE, the university newspaper of Copenhagen Business School (CBS), is closing after CBS Senior Management has decided to close the media as part of the CBS budgetary savings process in autumn 2023. WIRE was created in 2016 based on the princ...

02/10/2023

CBS is laying off a number of employees soon😥 Get an overview on the criteria behind the performance assessments, whether the emoloyees have to accept a transfer to a different position within CBS and how to get help if you are up for dismissal 👀
https://cbswire.dk/a-z-of-the-dismissals/

CBS Students Copenhagen Business School

28/09/2023

Check out Quiz Time where you can expand your trivia knowledge together with fellow students🦆🍀🍞🏈

https://cbswire.dk/cbs-quiz-time-unraveling-the-success-story/
CBS Students Copenhagen Business School

25/09/2023

Who do you always meet when you step inside campus at Solbjerg Plads or on your way to the canteen?🤔 Allan and Louise👨‍🦰 👩‍🦰 Your friends when you need a helping hand. Can't find your way around campus? Need a parking permit or a friendly face after a tough exam? Louise, Allan and the rest of the Campus Desk are here to help! 🙌🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️🙌

https://cbswire.dk/here-to-help-at-the-touch-of-a-button-and-at-campus-desk/

CBS Students Copenhagen Business School

Busy though they are with the start of term and the long queues for help, team coordinator Allan Stockfleth Olsen and senior assistant Louise Fawcett from the Campus Services side of the team squeezed in time to tell CBS WIRE about their work. The list of how they help new students, returning studen...

18/09/2023

Is your master programme changing because of the newly accepted reform?🤔 Right now, CBS is trying to figure out which master’s that will be shortened from two years to one year and three months. Read more about the master’s reform and what it means to students now and in the future👇
https://cbswire.dk/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-masters-reform/
CBS Students Copenhagen Business School

How to educate new generations most efficiently and in a way that aligns with labour-market supply and demand in society is a puzzle that most governments in Denmark have tried to solve.

07/09/2023

This year, more students than ever before applied to CBS’ Bachelor Programs 😁 No less than 6.036 students to be exact, which is the highest number ever and an increase of 16 percent, compared to last year 💪 If you are curios about the process of admitting students, tune in on our story about the work done by Student Affairs 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️

While you were enjoying your holiday or perhaps working to pad out your student budget for the year ahead, the four employees at CBS who handle admissions of bachelor students in Student Affairs were especially busy.

28/08/2023

"Hej, taler du dansk?"

If you are confused by this question or your answer is ‘no’ then this guide is for you! (It means "Hi, do you speak Danish?"

Moving to a new country is not always easy. One reason is the language barrier and having to cope with feeling like a three-year-old again when learning a new language.

In our new guide, you can read some words of advice from CBS WIRE’s proofreader Helen Dyrbye, a British expat who has lived in Denmark for decades. Here she explains a few tiny words that can occasionally spell BIG trouble.

Moving to a new country is never easy, partly because you discover that your own cultural baggage weighs far more than you ever thought possible. But also because of another major challenge: how to cope with feeling like a three-year-old again when learning a new language – if not from scratch, th...

01/06/2023

🌱 On a plot of land next to Kilen, CBS faculty Maribel Blasco and Isabel Fróes have realised their vision for how a business school campus can be used.

♻️ A garden, which is open to the whole Copenhagen Business School community and its neighbours, is taking shape.
The garden can offer an escape from lecture halls and offices and the chance to work with your hands, but the founders also see it as a different kind of place for and plan to bring their here.

🌿 The project has received funding from Frederiksberg Kommune and Frederiksbergfonden, as well as support from CBS Climate Club and CBS Campus Services, but mostly it is run by . The garden is still looking for more people who want to join in and get their fingers dirty.

https://cbswire.dk/permaculture-gardeners-want-to-defy-business-school-norm-of-neat-green-lawns/

Squinting in the April sun, a small crowd has left the panel debates of the Green Business Forum and stepped outside for the only activity on the schedule that takes place in green surroundings. On a plot of land partly hidden by the old water tower, Assistant Professor Isabel Fróes and Associate P...

26/05/2023

😎☀️ Jackets off, sunglasses on.

For this month’s Humans of CBS WIRE’s photographer Anna Holte asked CBSers about their favourite spot.

Outdoors is where it’s at.

“On the bench in front of Nexus under the cute little tree – here I can really relax.”
Jonas Fjord – BSc in Business Administration and Digital Management

“Out here by the stairs and car park at Dalgas Have there is sun, air and a good spot.”
Ida Marie Engmose - cand.merc.(psyk.) (MSc in Business Administration and Psychology)

“Actually, the CBS area is not my favourite spot but right beside the campus there’s a housing association with a large round lawn. That’s where I sit.”
Karl Emil Meldgaard Rasmussen – HA Almen – Bachelor i Erhvervsøkonomi (BSc in Economics and Business Administration)

See more photos at https://cbswire.dk/photo-stories/humans-of-cbs-52/

10/05/2023

📚👩‍💼Beyond books and blazers: Being a student is much more than going to class and studying.

Since 2012, CBS Hunting Club has introduced students to a tradition dating back perhaps further than any other human pastime.
WIRE tagged along with the newcomers to see what training for a hunting licence is like.

Full story at: https://cbswire.dk/on-the-hunt-with-cbs-hunting-club-a-different-kind-of-game/

Photos by Anna Holte.

21/04/2023

☀️ The light is shining on Humans of CBS again!

🌱 Spring is here and it’s time to plant seeds. What seed do you want to plant and watch grow?

“I’d plant a seed that creates the basis for greater professional development.”
Martin Sauer Lange, MSc in Business Administration and Information Systems (cand.merc.(it.))

“I’d plant a compliment with another person that would germinate and grow.”
Jasmin Labrosse, AP fund manager, CBS Students

“I’d like to plant hazelnuts. My grandma had a tree and I have fond memories of it from my childhood.”
Jonas Ravn, HA Almen - Bachelor i Erhvervsøkonomi (BSc in Economics and Business Administration)

“A good mood seed that gives and spreads a lot of positive energy.”
Katrine Høier, HR Department Administrator

Photos: Anna Holte

See the full photo gallery at: https://cbswire.dk/photo-stories/humans-of-cbs-51/

Copenhagen Business School

16/04/2023

PhD panel debate: focus on your PhD – the rest comes later

Don’t worry too much about disseminating your research. Not yet anyway. Give your all to your research and dissertation and concern yourself with becoming a good scholar instead.

The CBS PhD Association’s (PAC) panel debate ‘Engaged Scholarship’ made one thing clear: Dissemination can wait till later. Three years is hardly enough time as it is. Spend them on filling your academic toolbox.

“Get your toolbox in order and you will shine. You have plenty of years to do all that stuff. Don’t cram it into your three years of training here,” said professor David Lando.

The panel comprised four professors:

David Lando, Department of Finance
Marie Louise Mors, Department of Strategy and Innovation
Thomas Plenborg, Department of Accounting
Torsten Ringberg, Department of Marketing

Next PhD panel debate on 19 April, according to PAC chair Daniela Micu

Many nuggets of useful advice from senior researchers were given out when the PhD Association of CBS (PAC) organised a panel debate titled ‘Engaged Scholarship’ at Solbjerg Plads on Monday 27 March. The event targeted PhDs, Postdocs and Assistant Professors. The panel comprised four CBS professo...

12/04/2023

🌳 The trees are turning and so is Copenhagen Business School!

Next week Green Week, organised by the student orgainsation oikos Copenhagen, and, the first Green Business Forum will be held at CBS.

The forum has grown out of a network of faculty and green student organisations. The event will bring together actors from all parts of society to share ideas and engage in dialogue to push the . 🌏

“The last few years CBS has had a strategic focus on playing a stronger role and showing the world what we can do in green transition. Many people think in terms of and technological discoveries when they think of how to solve the , but as a social science university we have so much to offer. Social sciences deal with aspects such as behavior, governance, legislation, and new business systems, but we haven’t been very visible or clear in that role,” says Hanne Harmsen, vice dean of green transition at CBS.

“It’s not a conference, not a festival, it’s a forum – whatever is on your mind – we get together and have an interesting discussion. We are not trying to create another research conference where faculty present their research of the last three years. It’s clever people engaging on current problems or dilemmas. They’re contributing from their expertise, but not necessarily with their own research.”

The events will feature a mix of , , professionals and local government representatives and includes panel debates, lectures and live podcast recordings.

“When universities do things with the external world it’s more engaging and more interesting,” says Hanne Harmsen.

🌐 The forum takes place 18 to 19 April and includes 25 different events. See the programme and sign up at: https://lnkd.in/eqRtKQwF

The Green Transition is a core priority at CBS. The Green Business Forum creates space for showcasing best practices and facilitating a discussion on where action is still needed. Join us at the first Green Business Forum During two days and more than 25 activities business professionals, students

06/04/2023

Many large case competitions use real business cases and have company representatives on the juries. 💼

But don’t fret! We’ve gathered five tips from experts, to help you excel in case-solving.

Cases have become increasingly popular in recent years, both in education and recruitment. If you haven’t worked with them before or want to improve your case-solving skills, CBS WIRE has some useful advice from Janie Huus Tange, coach of the International Case Competition Team at CBS, and Robin L...

05/04/2023

Bye-bye ! 📵

Copenhagen Business School joins the increasing number of public institutions banning the Chinese-owned application.

Morten Ingvard Falck, Chief Information Security Officer at CBS also recommends students to stay away from TikTok as the platform poses a risk for CBS, but also, for individuals and their personal data.

Concerns over how much data TikTok collects and how it may be used have led the university to restrict use of the app. “Espionage is one of the threat scenarios, given the vast amount of data that can be used. TikTok collects a lot of data across the whole device, not just what the app […]

03/04/2023

11 UN agencies are represented at UN City in Nordhavn. It’s about time Copenhagen gets its own Model UN conference, think the students of CBS United Nations. 🇺🇳

Next March, they will arrange a Model UN conference, where students simulate the workings of the UN, at Copenhagen Business School.

“It’s a big attraction for Copenhagen and I think that’s something a lot of European universities will consider,” says Gabriel Højskov from CBS United Nations.

Gabriel Højskov, a bachelor’s student in International Business and Politics and a member of CBS United Nations, says the organisation is aiming for around 100 to 150 delegates. “We’re not limiting ourselves to anything and not going to be disappointed if there are less people. The main point...

30/03/2023

“University provides a playground where you can test your ideas in a safe environment. I feel that failing and learning while at university would not hurt as much as failing afterward,” says Frederik Riber Larsen, master's student at Copenhagen Business School, who founded the company Arriber, with help from
Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship

💡

https://cbswire.dk/university-is-a-great-time-to-start-a-company-use-it-as-your-playground/

If you have an idea for a start-up, you might be thinking about waiting to explore it until you have graduated. There is so much work at university and starting a business as well can seem daunting. But according to Christopher Trunk-Black, Senior Programme Manager at the Acceleration Programme at C...

29/03/2023

🏄‍♀️🏆 Copenhagen Business School is home to many talented people – also outside of academia.

Among them are one of the world’s best kitesurfers, Therese Taabbel, also a student at CBS, and European Champion in Obstacle Course Racing Leon Kofoed Andersen, guest lecturer and former student at CBS.

CBS WIRE sat down with them to hear how they balance being a professional athlete with and , and whether they really learned anything useful at CBS.

https://cbswire.dk/professional-cbs-athletes-advice-on-time-management/

Being an average student balancing university, friends, family, hobbies and exercise can be difficult enough. Imagine adding the life of a professional athlete to the list. For professional kitesurfer and bachelor’s student in Business Administration Therese Taabbel, getting help from the guidance...

26/03/2023

Close your eyes and think of Copenhagen Business School. What word comes to mind?

Photos by Anna Holte.

See the whole photo gallery on CBS WIRE: https://cbswire.dk/photo-stories/humans-of-cbs-49/

24/03/2023

📚👩‍💼Beyond books and blazers: Being a student is much more than going to class and studying. Copenhagen Business School has over 130 student societies where students pursue their passions and interests and make new friends.

In our new feature series, CBS WIRE will regularly tag along with a student society to discover a piece of beyond the lecture halls.

First up is CBS Dance, an organisation that has been turning up the volume and shaking it after class, for ten years.

Full story at: https://cbswire.dk/dance-like-someones-watching-cbs-dance-turns-a-basement-in-dalgas-have-into-a-k-pop-stage/

Photos by Anna Holte.

23/03/2023

Do you give a shift, asks CBS Fashion Society, teaming up again with Our Shift for a fashion show on Saturday, Dalgas Have at 3 pm. Time to (re)read the CBS WIRE news story from last year, explaining why the fashion industry should stop burning clothes 🥵🔥

CBS Fashion Society is a student organization at CBS that, while working to “sew business and fashion together”, is a place where fashion enthusiasts can meet, engage, and discover new opportunities, according to its page. “We think fashion is extremely important. Fashion is self-expr...

16/03/2023

“The proposal contains both positive and disturbing elements and there’s no doubt that this will be very challenging for everybody at CBS" says Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, president of Copenhagen Business School, of the planned .

He is worried of the scale of the reform, which involves an unprecedented redesign of the Danish education system, but he also sees opportunities for CBS in it. 📚🏫👨‍🎓

Nikolaj Malchow-Møller is hopeful that the government’s financing proposal and the focus on opportunities means CBS should not have to cut faculty positions as a result of the shortened master’s programmes.

https://lnkd.in/ev877__8

Whether the education reform will be positive or negative for CBS is too early to say, Nikolaj Malchow-Møller writes in an email response to questions from CBS WIRE. “There are still many unknowns in the proposal, and we still don’t know the final political agreement. As I see it, the proposal ...

08/03/2023

🐣 The student intranet my.cbs.dk has got a new sister!

is the go-to site for all information related to and . It's accessible to all at CBS. 😃🤓😞

The initiative is run by Student Affairs at CBS who want to make it easier for students to find help on issues such as teamwork, study performance and wellbeing. The site includes tips for self-help as well as advice on where to get help at CBS and beyond.

“Where can I find information on group work?” or “Oh, I didn’t even know that CBS provided information on how to battle exam anxiety,” were phrases met so often by the Student Hub and Student Guidance Counsellors that they felt something must be done. Because the information was already th...

07/03/2023

In the next few years, the Danish is planning extensive changes to the way is organised. 👨‍🎓

The changes include shortening many master’s programmes in the and to one year, which will likely have a big effect on CBS. 🏫

Both the student union CBS Students and The Professors' Association at CBS are critical of the reform, which they think will be to the detriment of those students enrolling in the shorter master’s programmes.

https://cbswire.dk/students-and-professors-fear-one-year-masters-but-welcome-english-programmes/

One part of the reform that was broadly welcomed at CBS, however, was the ambition to invest in more English-language programmes. By 2029, the government wants to have 2,500 places on English language part-time master’s programmes and as many on full-time master’s programmes. “This is positive...

28/02/2023

This month, WIRE's photographer Anna Holte visited the renovated building on Finsensvej 6D where students and staff have recently settled in.

Hear what they think of their new workplace and see more photos on CBS WIRE: https://cbswire.dk/photo-stories/humans-of-cbs-49/

24/02/2023

🇺🇦 Ukrainian student Vladyslava Boiarska came to Copenhagen Business School for a course last summer but ended up staying for an exchange year. Now her dream is to apply for a full programme at CBS.

“I want to stay and finish my studies here, but I want to go back to Ukraine after the war ends. I want to help to rebuild the country and I think I can do it because of the knowledge I have gained here. I want to go back because it is my home country and I miss it a lot,” she says.

One fourth of Ukraine’s and higher institutes have been damaged in Russia’s war on Ukraine. One of them is Vladyslava Boiarskas home university, Karazin University in Eastern . Many of its historical buildings have been reduced to rubble. But the institution has persevered and continues to teach students online.

CBS has partnered with Karazin University and aims to bring 25 students to Copenhagen this ummer. Professors are also looking into other ways to collaborate at a distance.

“I think one of the most beautiful ways that CBS can help is through intellectual support. CBS can contribute to the continuation but also development of such an old university. Maybe we can help to redefine what kind of business school will come out of this terrible situation,” says Martin Jes Iversen, Vice Dean of International Education.

https://cbswire.dk/partnership-with-war-torn-university-grows-25-ukrainian-students-to-attend-summer-school-at-cbs/

14/02/2023

Student initiatives can include everything from adapting and methods, to providing activities or services to .

Through a new “Wellbeing alliance”, launched by Djøf and with members from across Danish universities, Copenhagen Business School will be sharing its best practices and stealing a few ideas to help make students feel better.

Do you have any experience with wellbeing initiatives? What do you think could improve the state of students’ wellbeing at CBS?

https://cbswire.dk/new-alliance-aims-to-take-on-student-wellbeing-from-the-top/

When the trade union Djøf launched the “Wellbeing alliance”, “Trivselsalliancen” in Danish, it was accompanied by bleak statistics about the current mental state of university students in Denmark. Nearly half of students say they feel stressed in their daily lives and one out of four studen...

14/02/2023

Will one-year master’s programmes weaken Danish and put extra pressure on students? Or are they just a different way of organising higher education? 👩‍🎓

Sebastian Zenker, programme director of Copenhagen Business School's one-year Master in and Hospitality Management, thinks the concept works – but it requires specialising and making some difficult choices.

“People are always hesitant to change. You know the two-year thing works, so why should you change? But after a couple of years, I’ve realised it works if you are willing to sacrifice certain aspects", he says.

Sebastian Zenker is the programme director for the Master in Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality Management, the only one-year master’s programme currently offered at CBS and one of very few in Denmark. The programme had its first intake in 2021. The second cohort will graduate this summer. The Ma...

10/02/2023

Is it more cruel to close a vacancy announcement on a Friday, a Sunday or a Monday? 🤔

We don’t know! But seeing as there is still a whole week left to apply for the post as Editorial Assistant at CBS WIRE, now is a great time to start that . You have plenty of time to complete it on any day of the week you prefer!

Don’t miss the ! The closes next Friday February 17.

Make sure to apply through the link on CBS website: https://www.cbs.dk/en/about-cbs/jobs-cbs/vacant-positions/student-assistant-cbs-wire

One day, you’re uploading text and photos, working to make an article look great and preparing the newsletter items. The next, you’re interviewing CBS students or staff about the next hot topic. The university newspaper CBS WIRE is looking for a student who is ready to step up as our new editori...