Students in internships must also hold a student job to qualify for unemployment benefits, the government says. The Social Liberal Party is open to exceptions.
The government wants more students in jobs while they study
On Wednesday, thousands of students took to the streets to protest the government’s proposed finance bill, which worsens their conditions in several ways. Foto: Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix
If future graduates are to be entitled to unemployment benefits, the government says they must hold a student job during their final year of study.
But students at the country’s university colleges in particular will struggle to meet that requirement, critics from several quarters say. A number of programs include long internship periods that make it all but impossible to hold a job on the side.
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