INTRODUCTION to the GKX DNA
Global Knowlex, shortly recognized as GKX, is a Danish, private-owned company primarily supporting International Students (16-21 yrs) living in Denmark without parents or other adult supervision.
Our service program is based on 15 years of experience in classical high school exchange programs. We acknowledge that young students are independent and can handle a lot on their own, but we have also experienced that the safety of having adults around them for guidance and consultancy is essential for good learning, integration, and, most importantly, social wellbeing. Our most valued job is to guide and support them, – and we want students and parents to see us as their Danish family. Therefore we offer students a one-year membership in Global Knowledge, where we commit ourselves to guide the students carefully through their first year in Denmark.
The GKX philosophy is that when a student is well home-based with a local family or at college/ dorm, s/he gets better results all over. The student engages themselves stronger in their studies, s/he is able to socialize with peers, and are also more ready and open to start establishing a strong local network of companies, organizations, and local volunteers. Network that can be essential for their future career, because the students get a unique insight into living in Denmark via these meetings. It sounds very simple and logical, but the fact is that it is only used in quite limited content. Her mission is to train and inspire the students to become future leaders and CEO’s in Danish companies with departments in the student’s home countries. They know their home country’s culture and language better than most Danes will ever be able to and from their years in Denmark, they also have a clear understanding of the Danish culture. This cultural combination combined with a strong educational background makes them able to make great results in their future companies and they are probably interested in staying there longer than an expatriated Dane.
Britta Brandt, founder and owner of GKX, has worked in international setups for more than twenty years. In 2022, she started Global KnowleX as she discovered a need to support European High School students studying and living without parents in Denmark.
She and her husband have hosted almost 20 students from around the world in their home since 2007 and placed and supported another 200 students in other families. With these experiences making teenagers "feel at home" and her former professional background in local politics, working abroad, and advising start-up companies in textile production in China and East Europe, she has followed a personal call to combine these areas.
In a time when global citizenship is becoming increasingly common and more young people begin studying abroad at an early age, she aims to highlight that success is not solely dependent on choosing the right school and managing practical matters. Rather, it is fundamentally about feeling secure and, most importantly, achieving a true sense of belonging and feeling at home in the foreign environment on all levels.
