Andrea must postpone dream life: Was not admitted to study despite many available places

Andrea must postpone her dream life: Was not admitted to the programme despite many vacant seats

In the teacher training programme for preschool and primary school teachers, four out of ten seats are vacant, yet Andrea Thorsen has been rejected from the programme.

Andrea Thorsen in front of her current workplace in Aarhus. She had hoped to swap Magasin for a study place, but she will have to wait after being rejected from the teacher training programme. 56 minutes ago

Many young people have been sitting ready in front of their computers today. Full of expectation and excitement to find out what they will be doing after the summer holidays. Will they be admitted to the programme they applied for?

For many, the answer ends in tears of joy and big smiles. For others, disappointment hits hard when a rejection lands in their inbox. And this happens even when there are vacant seats on the programme.

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Rejection despite vacant seats

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In Aarhus, 23-year-old Andrea Thorsen has applied to be admitted to the teacher training programme in the large student city, but she can wave goodbye to that dream. She has been rejected. This is despite the fact that there are vacant seats on the programme, though in other cities such as Viborg, Ikast and Holstebro.

"I also thought it was a bit embarrassing that I couldn't get in. I felt like a failure," says Andrea.

According to the National Union of Early Childhood and Youth Educators (BUPL), there are more than 2,400 vacant seats on the teacher training programme after this year's admissions. This means that 40 per cent of the study places on this welfare training programme are empty.

Andrea Thorsen, who works at Magasin in Aarhus on a daily basis, was actually quite sure that she would be admitted to the programme. She used her gap years to travel, attend folk high school and work in a kindergarten. It was there that she discovered she wanted to work with people.

"It just made really good sense to me in my everyday life. I completely fell in love with the profession," she says, adding that she really had to bite her lip when she received the rejection.

"I did what I was supposed to do in my gap year, so I had to bite my lip a bit about not being a little angry."

When the worst of the disappointment had settled, Andrea picked up the phone to call VIA University College, which offers the programme, and they did acknowledge that Andrea had a good CV. Andrea Thorsen’s standard rejection letter does not indicate why she in particular was not admitted.

"We talked about what I could do to optimise my quota-2 application, but there wasn't much to optimise."

So Andrea Thorsen has to decide for herself whether she wants to start the programme in another city and hope to eventually be transferred to the Aarhus location.

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The dream life was supposed to begin here

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But those considerations were not exactly part of the plan for Andrea Thorsen. She and her boyfriend had moved to Aarhus to start their dream life with studies, friends and everything else that comes with a youth life in a big city. But she will have to wait a little for that dream.

"The dream is of course to become a teacher, but it was just as much about studying in Aarhus. Having a beer after school with study mates. I could probably get a good community in another student city. It's just difficult when I've moved here to Aarhus to build a base," she says.

The disappointment is not made any smaller by the fact that her boyfriend has been admitted to the programme. It has been difficult for Andrea Thorsen to both be happy on her boyfriend's behalf while also dealing with her own disappointment.

"It really weighs heavily that my boyfriend has been admitted to a programme here in Aarhus. This is our city, all our friends and social circle are here, so it's hard to see myself moving away from that when he can stay in the dream we had together," she says.

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