Lecturer Sues Student to Court For Filing Teaching Complaint

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In Denmark, a complaint about the quality of teaching has led to a lecturer in law suing a student for defamation. A district court will decide whether the lecturer should receive compensation.

In the original complaint sent to the programme head in tax law, Kristian Hegaard writes that the in-class teaching was a shambles and lists a number of examples of what he thinks is wrong.

The teacher, for example, does not use group work and has not had assigned students to groups despite students’ requests. He also writes that the teacher seems unprepared. He has no notes with him and never really writes anything on the board.

In conclusion, he writes in the complaint, he has attempted to communicate these issues to the teacher, “but he does not seem to be willing to adapt”.

It is this complaint that has had lecturer Michael Bjorn Hansen taking the student Kristian Hegaard to court.