The course introduces the students to different aspects of cultural management across culture-political topics and more practical management challenges. We deal with both publicly funded cultural institutions and private companies in the creative sector. 

I haven’t taught such a diverse group before, and I was very curious to see what challenges and opportunities this brought about. Inspired by the course from before the start of the semester, I decided to introduce the diverse classroom to the students during the first class. I wanted to emphasise the unique opportunity they had to learn something new – partly about other fields of study, but also about their own. I think it’s important that the students become aware of this aspect early on, so they realise the value of collaborating with their fellow students. 

It’s hard to say whether it had a great effect, but I think it set the scene for a positive approach to the students’ differences. In the evaluation, the students indicated that it had been a big success and that they had learnt a lot from each other.