Student Influence on the study environment and learning resources

At the Faculty of Social Sciences, students have influence over their study environment and learning resources. Students are involved in the work on ensuring a good study environment and good learning resources. 

As student you can read more about your opportunities in relation to influence on your study environment and learning resources, at KUnet under the box ‘Your Student Life’ (requires login).

Students are involved in the work on ensuring a good study environment and good learning resources by:

  • course evaluations
  • educational environment assessments

Students are also involved systematically in the work in their capacity of representatives on the following committees and councils:

  • The Students Dialogue Forum
  • The Academic Council
  • Boards of studies

The organisational diagram of student organisations at the Faculty is available here (in Danish).

Course evaluations

The purpose of course evaluations is to ensure that lecturers, boards of studies and management possess knowledge about the outcomes of the courses at the study programmes. The course evaluations are used to continuously improve the teaching and guarantee students good conditions for learning. Read more here.

Study environment survey

Student well-being and the physical study environment are assessed by The study environment survey, which is conducted across the University. On the basis of the survey, a report and an action plan are drawn up for each faculty. The action plan describes the initiatives that the Faculty will take to improve its study environment. he reports are also included in the statutory survey of the study environment.

Additional information about the University of Copenhagen's The study environment survey is available here.

Boards of Studies

The board of studies consists of an equal number of lecturers and students. The boards of studies are responsible for the organisation, implementation and development of study programmes and teaching. Read more here.

The Students Dialogue Forum

The purpose of the dialogue forum is to generate dialogue between the Deanery and the students at the Faculty of Social Sciences on issues related to educational policy and the study environment. Read more here.

The Academic Council

The Academic Council advises the Dean on the internal distribution of grants, and on research, education and plans for knowledge exchange. It also makes recommendations to assessment committees and confers PhD degrees, doctorate degrees and prizes. Read more here.

Responsibility

The Dean is responsible for safeguarding the framework and the possibilities of student involvement at the Faculty. At the respective departments, the head of department is responsible for safeguarding the framework and the possibilities of student involvement in their local study environment