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OPINION: Proposals for new exam formats are either driven by anxiety at best or by efficiency at worst

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The Dean and Vice-Dean's proposals for new exam formats that must take into account the challenge from GAI are at best anxious and at worst a streamlining of our degree programmes, writes the students Mathilde Vadsager Andresen, Julie Marie Vedel Spottag, Maya Fedder Williams, Malene Flensted Dideriksen and Bálint Márk Sosovicska on behalf of the Classical Studies Council.

COLUMN: So, AI writes better assignments than students? But what about columns?

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Dean of Arts Maja Horst and Vice-Dean Niels Lehmann believe that AI is better at writing texts than students. They recently wrote about this in Politiken and Omnibus. Is that true? And is AI also better at writing columns than columnist and associate professor of linguistics Peter Bakker? He investigates this in his latest column.

COLUMN: Quite simply, studying should be fun – but well-being has other benefits too

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It makes sense, both from a human and a strategic perspective, to ensure a good study environment that supports academic development and social well-being. That’s why AU’s 400 student associations can look forward to being supported in the coming year, pro-rector Berit Eika writes in her column.

OPINION: When everyone protest with one voice, you should listen

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It’s unusual for so many parties at all levels of the organisation to respond so quickly and with such identical criticism, as is the case in the protest against the faculty leadership team’s decision to shut down the PhD administration at Arts as an independent entity. For that reason, the leadership team should listen, writes Associate Professor of History Charlotte Appel.

OPINION: Should students miss out on learning how to create new knowledge?

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GAI is a babbling and "hallucinating" parrot-like technology that isn’t developed to promote creativity, originality, intelligence and other valuable human qualities in the scientific process, which should be in focus when educating students, Associate Professor Jens-Bjørn Riis Andresen writes in a response to a feature article written by the Dean and Vice-Dean of Arts.

REPLY: Maybe we don't disagree that much - just on one point

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Dean Maja Horst and Vice-Dean Niels Lehmann respond to criticism in an opinion piece written by Professor of History Mary Hilson.

OPINION: "I don't accept the premise that implementation of AI is predetermined and unstoppable"

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Professor of History Mary Hilson misses both greater ambitions and deeper reflections on the ethical, environmental and educational consequences of the introduction of artificial intelligence at the university in a feature article written by Dean Maja Horst and Vice-Dean Niels Lehmann.

OPINION: Summoning students doesn't solve the problem – it just hides it behind fear

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The Danish Rights Alliance is stepping on someone who is lying down when they want more fines for already financially stressed students. Instead, one should address the real problem; that textbooks are a heavy item in a student budget, and that the opportunities for reselling textbooks are poor, writes Christian Hansen, who is the representative of the Student Council at Aarhus University.

COLUMN: New agreement on knowledge-based innovation is a major recognition of the universities

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A political agreement that makes knowledge-based innovation and entrepreneurship a core task for universities reflects the fact that politicians see the outstanding research and excellent education provided by universities as part of the solution to the major challenges facing Denmark and Europe, writes Lone Ryg Olsen, director of enterprise and innovation.

OPINION: “It hurts to see my university prioritise in a way that makes me actively explore the possibility of transferring to Copenhagen”

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In smaller language programmes, you wouldn’t know that AU has had a large financial surplus over the past three years, writes Leah Buchwald, who studies Japanese Studies at the Faculty of Arts. According to her, the reality is fewer teaching hours, fewer permanent teachers, and ultimately lower academic quality. When discussing financial responsibility and the university of the future, we should also consider what knowledge we are willing to lose, she points out.