Almost one in four teachers refrain from teaching topics that could be controversial, a study shows. Educational consultant Maria Bjørn calls it ‘five minutes into closing time’ if one is to preserve teaching freedom.Endelig.As a teacher, Maria Bjørn has had a bottle thrown at her because she had distributed an article from Jyllands-Posten, which at the time printed the Muhammad cartoons. She has also seen a student throw chairs and tables in frustration over the day’s topic of civil liberties.
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Young people’s use of social media is reduced when they are forced to consider why they go there, shows a new experiment from the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority.The last thing Olivia Christensen Klinger sees before she falls asleep is a small white ghost. It’s also the first thing she encounters when she wakes up.The little white ghost is the logo for the social media platform Snapchat. This is where all communication with friends takes place, and class events are planned in chats on the platform. Once Olivia is on the app, she is caught up in an endless scroll,…
Almost one in four teachers refrain from teaching topics that could be controversial, a study shows. Educational consultant Maria Bjørn calls it ‘five minutes into closing time’ if one is to preserve teaching freedom.Endelig.As a teacher, Maria Bjørn has had a bottle thrown at her because she had distributed an article from Jyllands-Posten, which at the time printed the Muhammad cartoons. She has also seen a student throw chairs and tables in frustration over the day’s topic of civil liberties.
A one and a half year old son was subjected to attempted rape by his father, who has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison.A 32-year-old man from Horsens was convicted on Thursday of sexual assault and abuse of his own minor son. The man was found guilty, among other things, of attempted rape of the boy when the child was one and a half years old, writes Horsens Folkeblad.The father filmed and photographed the abuse of his son, which according to the indictment took place between October 2022 and June 2024, and shared the material with…
A myriad of topics fill the government’s program for the next six months of the EU presidency. Defense, security and Ukraine overshadow most, while Israel is only mentioned in a passing sentence.It was with an attempt at historic momentum when European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre (V) presented the SVM government’s priorities for the Danish EU presidency, which runs from July 1 to the New Year, in an almost full parliament hall at Christiansborg.”Never again than April 9th,” was the statement from Bjerre, who quoted almost all Danes who lived in the years after the end of World War II.
A new agreement sets out the principles for how much nitrogen farmers are allowed to release onto their fields. The aim is to get farmers to set aside the most polluting fields.How much nitrogen can farmers discharge into their fields in the coming years? That question has been hanging in the air since a political majority last year adopted the historic green tripartite agreement, which will lead to much more wild nature and, not least, a better marine environment.On Thursday, the answer came in the form of a political agreement, which means that the total discharge of nitrogen to the…
Mike Fonseca feared that no one would believe that the Moderates were trying to buy him out of the Folketing.It was the fear of not being taken seriously that led Mike Fonseca to record conversations with top people in the Moderates, including chairman Lars Løkke Rasmussen.Mike Fonseca was afraid that no one else would believe that the party was trying to buy his parliamentary mandate, he told Frihedsbretet on Thursday.”It’s a bit of a stretch in my book. But I simply don’t think anyone would have believed my words or the story I had told if I didn’t have some…
The woman wanted revenge on the man after he had subjected her to violence and theft. It ended fatally.The article was updated at 16:23 with more information about the verdict.A disagreement ended fatally for a 28-year-old man who lost his life last year after being stabbed several times with a knife by a woman on Amager. The stabbing took place on July 3rd shortly after midnight. The two had gotten into a conflict outside a parking lot on Amagerfælledvej, which ended with the woman stabbing the man several times with a knife.The Copenhagen City Court sentenced the 26-year-old woman to…
CEO Jens Lund from DSV takes anonymous criticism to heart and promises changes.DSV’s CEO, Jens Lund, writes to Børsen that he acknowledges that his communication can be perceived as unpleasant, and that he will work to change it. This comes after Børsen on Wednesday reported testimonies from 14 current and former employees who anonymously spoke about their experiences with the CEO.”I am very direct in my communication to managers at the highest levels, both about what is good and what needs to be improved. I acknowledge that this may be experienced as unpleasant by some. It is certainly not my…
If there were an election today, the Moderates would get 10 fewer seats than they got in the last election. The poll is the worst ever, but the party should be positively surprised, experts believe.Bribery, extortion and potentially illegal attempt to buy a mandate.It’s not exactly positive words that have been circulating about the Moderates in the past week, after it emerged on Tuesday that the party had tried to pay MP Mike Fonseca money to hand over his mandate to the party.