Welcome to TLU

Welcome to The Teaching and Learning Unit of Social Sciences (TLU)

The purpose of The Teaching and Learning Unit of Social Sciences is to equip students for the academic challenges of studying and to help academic staff become skillful lecturers and supervisors.

All our services are provided free of charge to both students and staff from the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

Staff

Thomas Harboe, who has a PhD and is the daily leader of The Teaching and Learning Unit of Social Sciences

Christina Juul Jensen, who has an MA in Educational Studies and Psychology

Julie Marie Isager, who has an MA in Rhetoric

Rikke von Müllen, who has an MA in Rhetoric and Pedagogy

Ingeborg Netterstrøm, who has a PhD in Adult Education

David Wright, who has an MA Distinction in Linguistics and English Language Teaching

Laura Pérez Skardhamar, who has an MA in Ethnology and a PhD

Laura Skram, who studies Political Science.

What We Offer

For assistant professors and postdocs

Find information about The Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Programme here

For all lecturers

Find information about the two-day course in PhD Supervision here

Find information about the University Teaching Course 2013 here

We seek to promote deep learning and understanding through seminars and workshops for lecturers and through dialogue and joint developmental projects with individual lecturers and board of studies. Read more.

For students

For students writing their Masters' thesis, we establish feedback groups where 4 or 5 students who study for the same degree and who are all in the process of writing their Master's thesis meet every two weeks or so, and offer each other feedback on their respective drafts. Read more about feedback groups and how to join.

Through individual supervision and feedback, we also help and advise students who experience difficulties studying. Read about individual counselling/feedback/supervision.

You can read our guides for international students "Study Skills" and "Writing Groups - Why and How" here or you can pick up a hard copy at the Student Counsellor's Office at your department. The booklet "Writing groups" gives concrete instructions on how to set up and conduct a successful writing group and passes on many years of experience with pitfalls and best practices. 

The Teaching and Learning Unit of Social Sciences have produced 12 tutorials about study skills such as reading, writing and working in peer groups. Thet are now available with English subtitles. See them here.