Learning resources and student support
The faculty focuses on making sure that adequate resources are available to support student learning. It is important that the faculty provides positive learning and study environment frameworks.
Values Underpinning the Quality of Education and the Quality Culture at the University of Copenhagen provides the framework for learning resources and student support.
The frameworks
The dean is responsible for ensuring positive frameworks for the learning and study environment. The frameworks can be divided into three groups:
- Physical environment
- Information and supervision for students
- Contact between students, lecturers and researchers
Physical environment
- Read more about the faculty’s work to support student learning, student life and the physical environment.
- Learn how students are involved in this work.
Who is responsible
The faculty management is responsible for the physical environment on campus. The main support units are the Operations Department and ‘SAMF-IT’ (Centre for Social Science Computing).
Information, guidance and administrative services
Information and guidance are an important part of student support. It is a requirement that information for students is presented in a way that is clearly understandable and easy to find.
- Read about SAMF Student Services here.
- Read about Special Support by Disability here.
- Read about what the educational advisors are offering students
- Read the procedure for student counselling and career guidance here.
- Read the procedure for internationalisation here.
- Read the procedure for the study-start programme here.
Who is responsible
The faculty management has overall responsibility for the information, guidance and administrative support for the students. The Director of Studies is in charge of information and counselling work and supporting students at the faculty level.
Contact between students and teachers/researchers
Read about assurance of research-based teaching and student contact with research in:
- Policy for deploying and developing the skills of full- and part-time academic staff
- Procedure for programme evaluation
- Study Environment surveys and UMV
Who is responsible
The Faculty Management has overall responsibility for assurance of research-based teaching and student contact with research. The Heads of Departments are responsible for assurance of research-based teaching and student contact with research within their departments.
Evaluation of the study environment and wellbeing
The systematic teaching-environment evaluations are important management information tools for supporting of the study environment and the student wellbeing.
Who is responsible
The Faculty Management is responsible for the systematic evaluation of the study environment and wellbeing, and for subsequent follow-up work. Educational Services is the administrative support unit with regard to evaluations of the study environment and wellbeing.