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Debate: Swedish higher education policy is icy compared to Danish policy

  • 8 February 2024
  • Av Jacob Farnert
  • Politics, Quality in higher education, Dimensioning, Finance, Debate articles
From left: Esben Bjørn Salmonsen, chairman of the Danish Students' Council and Jacob Färnert, chairman of the Swedish National Union of Students. Photo: Freja Willex & Maria Cruseman
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SFS chairman Jacob Färnert in a debate article with his Danish counterpart Esben Bjørn Salmonsen, representative of the Danish Students' Council (DSF), about the need for a higher education policy that focuses on quality, learning and critical thinking. This is due to the fact that SFS and DSF previously organized a bilateral ministerial seminar with Mats Persson, Sweden's Minister of Education, and Christina Egelund, Denmark's Minister of Higher Education and Research to discuss higher education policy in both countries and what we can learn from each other.

We watch with concern. on the continued erosion of resources and the demands of the labor market increasingly driving the content of higher education. Higher education must remain true to its core mission – to foster critical thinking, learning and personal development.

Read the full article in sydsvenskan.se.

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