Today’s big topic: The number of applicants to Copenhagen Business School has risen sharply this year
The 24-year-old William Elmer Åkermark is happy with student life at CBS, where he is pursuing a degree in economics and business administration.
What’s happening?
When Professor Bo Christensen saw at the start of the summer that his workplace, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), had received 7,523 applications, he was taken aback by the size of the number.
While most universities had drawn roughly the same number of applicants as last year, or fewer, the business-oriented university in Frederiksberg had increased its pile of applications by 15 percent.
He points to high entry requirements and high employment rates as possible reasons for the great popularity.
»That may have helped to increase CBS’s visibility. If we look at it historically, for many years it has been a political priority to ensure that education doesn’t lead to unemployment. CBS really stands out there, and maybe that’s something young people pick up on«, he says.
Why it matters!
When CBS stands out from the other universities this year, there are several obvious explanations, says Mathilde Tronegaard, director of Studievalg Danmark, which advises young people on choosing higher education.
»It’s a perfect storm, with a lot pointing in the same direction«, she says.
Over the past decade, more young people have chosen the business-oriented upper secondary school, hhx. So it is only natural that they continue along the same career path at, for example, CBS.
Another explanation has to do with what matters to young people when they choose an education. Studies that Studievalg Danmark conducts show that career opportunities and a high salary are becoming more and more important. Especially for boys.
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In other news
– The Danish economy is doing well
The Danish economy remains strong despite international turmoil, tariffs, and higher oil prices. And the outlook is that this positive development will continue in the coming years. This is the conclusion of a new forecast from the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (AE), according to Ritzau.
Employment is at a record high, unemployment remains low, inflation is under control, and exports have performed well despite international unrest. The forecast predicts that gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 4.2 percent in 2026 and continue to increase in the following years.
– Now people with mental health problems can get emergency help
You can now call and get acute psychiatric help from anywhere in the country. In the Capital Region and Region Zealand, you must call the region’s acute helpline in the event of an acute psychological crisis, while in the other three regions you must call the regional out-of-hours medical service. The aim is to make it easier for people with mental illness and their relatives to get acute professional help around the clock, as the regions have strengthened psychiatric expertise in their telephone emergency services.
- Capital Region of Denmark (Region Hovedstaden): 1813
- Region Zealand (Region Sjælland): 1818
- Central Denmark Region (Region Midtjylland): 70 11 31 31
- Region of Southern Denmark (Region Syddanmark): 70 11 07 07
- North Denmark Region (Region Nordjylland): 70 15 03 00
– New concert series at Dagmars Bodega kicks off on Wednesday
Dagmars Bodega is now launching the concert series “i øjenhøjde” where every month it invites an artist indoors to play an intimate concert with a low entrance fee. The concert series opens at Dagmars Bodega on Wednesday 19 August with a concert by the Japanese-Danish artist Terkel Atsushi Røjle, who releases music under the stage name Atusji. This spring, he released the critically acclaimed album “Indie”.
Follow along here, where the program is continuously updated.
Talk of town: Volunteers describe dangerous situations at traditional party for high school students
Puttefester differ from high schools’ official welcome parties in that they take place in public spaces and without an official organizer.
It wasn’t only in Roskilde that a so-called puttefest (a party for first-year high school students, ed.) on Friday spiraled out of control. In Søndermarken, on the Frederiksberg side of Copenhagen, thousands of young people gathered, creating several dangerous situations, said Jakob M. Bóve, a department head at Fonden for Socialt Ansvar, which runs the Night Ravens – an initiative that helps keep nightlife safe. He was there himself as a volunteer.
»There were young people out in the roadway who had clearly had too much to drink — there’s no doubt about that«.
Jakob M. Bové estimates that between 5,000 and 6,000 young people were in Søndermarken. Several news outlets reported fights and that the police were called. On the site pressefotos.dk, photos show police cars, ambulances and young people in the roadways.
Puttefester differ from high schools’ official welcome parties in that they take place in public spaces and without an official organizer: »It’s an unregulated culture where young people just decide there’s going to be a party, and everyone else has to adapt — it’s a disaster waiting to happen«, Jakob M. Bové says, also calling the parties a »toxic cocktail«:
Frederiksberg’s mayor, Michael Vindfeldt (Socialdemokratiet, S), told Politiken that he is far from pleased that thousands of young people are meeting for unregulated drinking in Søndermarken.
»That’s not something we want on Frederiksberg. We want a safe and secure city, and that’s why there shouldn’t be those kinds of massive parties. When high schools have orientation, it should take place at the high schools«, he says.
Michael Vindfeldt intends to open a dialogue with the police about what can be done, and he also plans to reach out to local high schools.
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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.