Academics
Having the SUTROFOR experience in any
of the consortium seems to offer some variations of excitements. What is
peculiar to them all, is that the experiences are worthwhile. Experiences that
would stick around for a long while....
Depending on individual preferences,
academics is blissful in Copenhagen. Haha! You will get to learn stuffs related
to the socio-economic part of forestry in the developing countries. A little in
forest politics, rural livelihood studies and research planning (there are
others of course!) and the teachers are up to the tasks.
We (the students in Copenhagen) are
all afforded a substantial level of freedom to engage in your academic
activities at your own pace, like class attendance is not a must even though
you are obliged to partake in all assessment activities to pass a module. Yeah,
you may be morally inclined to inform a teacher that you would be away from a
class but at the same time, you don’t have to get bored to death in a class
because you must attend (Just saying ;))
Living and
moving around
If you are coming to Copenhagen, get
a bike!
Finding your way in Copenhagen, as a
newcomer is the easiest in the world! (I wished!) I strongly advice, you have a
device with a friendly map. This could save you some hours of cycling in
circles! This may be a reason why the city is flooded with I-phone human
drones. Housing may be an issue. At one time or the other, you will wish you
could teleport a whole building from your home country because of the housing
situation which is plagued by high renting costs and unavailability. You are
coming to Copenhagen? Make housing your first worry, apply for housing early
enough and maybe you would have better days than those who would, by
circumstances, be forced to move from one house to the other in search of
better offers. To summarize housing situations in Copenhagen, ‘time and chances
happen to them all!’
The faculty of science where you
would have most of your lectures is located in a spot which will LIKELY require
you to bike for 10-15 minutes to classes. Except for the very few who live
closer to the faculty. This selected lucky few would have done either of these;
pay high or start house scouting early.
The city is beautiful. Copenhageners
are friendly. You don’t have to struggle with getting lost on few occasions. You
will always get help! An average Copenhagener speaks English, so when you are
stuck in front of a Danish-inclined ATM machine, the fella adjacent to you will
help with a broad smile!
If you have some free time (I
earnestly wish you good luck with that!), there are lots of attractions you
would love to see, and Sweden may just be 15minutes away by Train.
As I struggle to restrain myself from
writing more, I will just tell you this: Coming to Copenhagen promises to be
SUTROFOR-ful! If you are going to be a second year student, you sure know what
I’m talking about already ;). If you are coming for your first year, well,
there is only one way of finding out for sure..COME!
If you have specific questions, feel
free to shoot an email
Yemi Adeyeye.
Wow, thanks for the insight.
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