Chapter 1: The Danish Government’s vision of Better Education
Qualifications and competences
Flexibility
Innovation and entrepreneurship culture
Free choice
Output management
Chapter 2: Educational policy action areas
General education
The Folkeskole
General upper secondary education
Reform of the Gymnasium
Reform of the higher preparatory examination (HF)
Development of the vocationally oriented general upper secondary programmes (HHX and HTX)
Vocationally oriented programmes
Vocational education and training (EUD) and continuing vocational training programmes (AMU)
Renewal of the commercial vocational education and training EUD programmes
Renewal of the framework of the technical vocational education and training EUD programmes and changes in individual programmes
Initiatives to strengthen a new coherence between EUD and AMU programmes
Further development of the AMU programmes - development of skills with immediate relevance for the practical training
Increased European cooperation on mutual recognition within the EUD and AMU areas
Courses building on the vocational education and training EUD programmes
Vocational basic programmes (EGU) organised by production schools
Higher education
Short and medium-cycle higher education programmes
The development of flexible education and training courses within the framework of the further education system for adults
University programmes
Strengthening of the university programmes
Reform of the content of the university programmes
Improved researcher education programmes
Research-based teaching
Bachelor programmes admission requirements
Subject-specific competence for teaching in general upper secondary education
Admission of graduates from a professional bachelor programme to the universities master’s programmes
Art and architecture programmes
Increased professional orientation
Introduction of a 3+2 structure
Strengthened research in design
Geographical distribution and more specialised professional environments
Raising of IT-level
Improved further education and continuing training courses
Maritime programmes
Coherence and flexibility
Quality measurement and "taximeter" structure
Academic further education possibilities
Easier access to vocationally oriented qualifying adult education
Basic and further education in the health area
Cross-cutting initiatives
Improved cross-sector guidance
Strengthening of natural sciences in the entire education system
Greater internationalisation of the programmes
Improved recognition of prior learning in the education system
Increased flexibility and better credit transfer possibilities in the programmes
Improved educational achievement through the use of IT
Danish for adult foreigners
Entrepreneurship culture in the education system
Better institutions for better education
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