Voxpop: What do you do to ensure the quality in your degree programme?
Omnibus has toured the campus in Aarhus to ask the students how they try to bring quality into their degree programme.
 | »I’ve been an instructor for two years and try to create quality in that way. If the students get off to a good start, they’re less likely to drop out. One of the things I tell the new students is that they must be prepared to make mistakes. If you can do that, you’ll also learn better. Sometimes you think that you’re the only one finding it difficult, but that’s not the case at all.« Martin Philip Carlsen, 23 years old, studying Finance and International Business |
 | »I do a lot to get involved socially. If you feel comfortable with each other socially then it’s also going to make it easier to get involved in both teaching and project work. And in that way create a basis for improving the academic level. When we have class lessons I take my share of responsibility for ensuring that the discussions go well.« Kathrine Hartvigsen, 25 years of age, studying cognitive semiotics |
 | »I’m involved in a local degree programme committee for the engineering degree programme. We’re a handful of students and teachers, who for example discuss concordance between course descriptions and the teaching itself. You can’t place responsibility for quality with either the student or the university. It’s an interaction. Just saying: ‘It’s your fault!’ is a way of refusing to take responsibility.« Mikael Nørregaard, 26 years old, studying engineering |
 | »Some people prefer to study before a lecture, others after. It’s up to you, but you should at least make sure you know what the lecture you’re going to is about. And you can’t expect the lecturer to simply serve everything on a silver plate for you. Last semester a lot of students got by using the lecturer's slides as a basis. But that’s not enough this year.« Sukanya Sakthivel, 20 years old, studying medicine |
Translated by Peter Lambourne