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A SHARED EFFORT TO STRENGHTEN FUTURE THE PRACTICE-BASED EDUCATION PROGRAMS - PUT ON HOLD

Ambitions were sky-high, and all the necessary conditions were in place: financing, foundation funding, and an approved local plan that had been unanimously adopted. However, it is with regret that we have learned that the construction of a new Hotel and Restaurant School in Valby has now been halted, and that the DKK 266 million in foundation funding must be returned.

The decision is due to the government, via the Danish Agency for Education and Quality (STUK), pausing construction projects involving educational facilities that are part of the Epx reform, which is expected to be implemented in 2030.

The project consists of an overall local plan for Allergrunden in Valby, enabling a new Hotel and Restaurant School of 14,800 m², designed as a timber structure rising up to six storeys. The vision was clear: to create a flexible, workshop-based, and sustainable school—developed in close collaboration with professional communities and with the ambition of becoming the world’s most sustainable culinary school.

The school was intended to be a flagship for practice-oriented learning—aligned with the goals of the Epx reform to strengthen vocational and practice-based education. It therefore appears highly unusual and almost counterproductive that this very reform is now halting a fully financed project with the same ambition.

We know what it takes to create strong learning environments. When physical settings and didactics are integrated from the outset, environments emerge where learning, well-being, and professional pride can flourish. This is precisely why this project carried particular weight - because it combined our professional core with a sector and an education in rapid development.

We still hope that a way forward can be found, so that the energy, engagement, and shared commitment that have characterized the process are not lost - but can instead be transformed into the school and learning environment that both the industry and society need.

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