Government drops plans to move welfare education to smaller Denmark towns
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- 27 Apr 2023
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The new Danish government has dropped plans to move 800 places on welfare courses from big cities to smaller towns in Denmark, according to national broadcaster DR News.
In 2021 the Social Democrats' government proposed to relocate 25 higher education courses to smaller towns across the country, while cutting university admissions in the largest cities by 10 percent.
The agreement was that 60 percent of admissions to welfare programmes, including nursing, pedagogue, social work and teacher training, would be located in smaller towns. This meant 800 places moving out of the cities and 1000 new places created in towns.
The Liberals party (Venstre) had supported the idea but the new coalition government of the Social Democrats, Liberals and Moderates, now want the welfare departments to be excluded from the relocation plans. This is due to a concern over the current shortage of people working in Denmark's welfare sector. Read More…
