Today’s big topic: This year’s exams paint a worrying picture of the ’generation ai’
This year’s graduating students are the first class to have had access to artificial intelligence throughout their entire time in school. That is why their exams have been awaited with extra anticipation. Here, it is the class of 2025 celebrating with their graduation caps.
What’s happening?
Principal Maja Bødtcher-Hansen has had a particular worry about the young people who, right now, are partying through the summer heat with graduation caps on their heads.
This year’s graduates are the first group to have had access to artificial intelligence throughout their entire time in upper secondary school. That is why she has viewed this year’s written exams as a kind of day of reckoning. While young people have made extensive use of chatbots for homework and take-home assignments, the tool is still strictly forbidden in exams.
We won’t have a complete picture of how this year’s exams went until the fall. But Danske Gymnasier, the association for upper secondary education, has conducted a spot check at 11 upper secondary schools evenly distributed across the country. In the written Danish exam, students nationwide have, over the past 10 years, averaged between 6.5 and 6.8. But at the 11 schools included in the spot check, the average this year is 6.1.
Danske Gymnasier has also collected, as part of the spot check, students’ average year grade in written Danish. At the 11 schools, it is 7.4, in line with the national figure in recent years. That means the gap between students’ year grades and their exam grades appears to have widened.
»There is a mismatch we need to look at, and that we should be concerned about. Students have gotten worse at what they do in a gymnasium during an exam. But we are well aware that over the course of the year, they can produce some incredibly well-written texts that they simply didn’t write themselves«, says Maja Bødtcher-Hansen, chair of Danske Gymnasier.
Why it matters!
Education Minister Magnus Heunicke (Socialdemokratiet, S) calls the results of the spot check »deeply worrying«.
»We have to act here. The students are cheating themselves, and we can see that clearly in these numbers«, he says, pointing to both urgent steps and longer-term action.
Before next year’s exams, it should be possible, among other things, to ensure that upper secondary schools share a common practice for how they monitor students during exams and prevent cheating.
»It’s an enormous problem. I want to think about what the smartest way to deal with it is«, says Heunicke.
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In other news
– 16 tips for your summer holiday
How exactly does the blue health insurance card work? Should you choose kroner or local currency when paying by credit card abroad, and are you entitled to compensation if your flight is delayed? Here are 16 solid tips for your summer holiday. One thing in particular can get expensive if you don’t have it under control.
Read the full guide here.
– Sweden through to World Cup knockout stage
In the early hours of Friday, Danish time, the Swedish men’s national football team clinched a spot in the World Cup knockout phase by drawing 1–1 with Japan. The result sends Sweden through with four points as one of the best third-placed sides in the group stage, while Japan take second place, Ritzau reports.
– Police on drone alarm: We can’t substantiate it — and we can’t rule it out either
All of Denmark turned its gaze to the dark night sky when mysterious drones were spotted over Copenhagen Airport in the fall, setting off several dramatic days. About 100 flights were canceled or delayed, and as many as 20,000 passengers were affected when airspace over the Nordic region’s largest airport was closed on Sept. 22.
Copenhagen Police themselves amplified the sense of gravity when, the next day, senior police inspector Jens Jespersen assessed that, judging by the number of drones, their size, flight patterns and time over the airport, it pointed to a »capable actor«. But after nine months of investigation, the case is, to put it mildly, far less clear-cut.
»We can’t substantiate that there was drone activity in and around the airport«, Chief Superintendent Søren Thomassen of Copenhagen Police said Thursday at a news conference on the results of the investigation.
This weekends itinerary
Where to drink?
If you want to feel healthy and enjoy a delicious smoothie in the sunny weekend weather, stop by Ara’Kai Pantry in the city centre.
»Their Cacao and Dark Greens smoothie (65 kroner). I’d honestly come back just for that. It’s made with raw cacao, dates, avocado, spinach, kale, matcha, MCT oil (extracted from coconuts, ed.), cardamom, and almond milk — which might sound like a smoothie that’s trying a little too hard. But it’s really good: creamy, rich, and filling«, writes food critic Nasra Jama.
Read her full review here.
What to do?
Arkivfoto.
If you’re looking for an experience out of the ordinary – or a round of free exposure therapy to work on your fear of heights – you should head for Copenhagen Harbour on Saturday 27 June.
Here, a handful of so‑called cliff diving athletes have agreed to jump from the roof of the Opera House and perform various acrobatic moves in the air before, after 27 metres of free fall, they hit the water. Ouch? Maybe you can pick up a bit of inspiration for your next dive in Nordhavn.
The dives are part of an international competition, which for the first time includes a Danish female participant, Annika Bornebusch. You can cheer her on from Ofelia Plads, where big screens will also be set up. Alternatively, you can arrive by boat or kayak. The event is free.
Read more here.
This newsletter features stories originally published in Danish. AI was used to shorten and translate the articles into English, after which a member of the editorial staff reviewed and refined the content.