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New plan: All administration staff soon to be informed of their future work placement

After the University of Copenhagen cancels its layoffs, the timetable will now be adjusted: Staff members to be informed earlier about where they will be placed in the new organisation structure.

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Campus

The University of Copenhagen: From the Middle Ages to a modern public university

There are stories hidden behind these ageing facades: Social revolutions, violent entrance exams, intellectual duels, and an institution that threw its students into a dungeon if they did not obey the rules.

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Student life

New student at the University of Copenhagen? This is how you match up with other students

Everyone is unique – and yet maybe not quite. Are you one of the many who study within the same subject area as your mother? Do you use snuff tobacco, or artificial intelligence (or maybe a combination of these) to get to grips with your syllabus? Read on and learn more about yourself and your new fellow students.

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Working environment

Staff representative after cancelled layoffs: »Management should have done many things differently«

Technical and administrative employees at UCPH have for a long time been in limbo — awaiting a planned round of layoffs. The layoffs have now been taken off the table. But the criticism of management is still there. The University Director regrets that the process has been so protracted.

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Politics

Warning of Chinese espionage: But Danish universities are still sending students to China

The Sino-Danish Center (SDC) was set up to strengthen research collaboration between Denmark and China. Now it is at the centre of a complex dilemma between academic freedom and national security. And in the meantime, Danish students and researchers continue to be sent to China.

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Student life

»I became the mother of twins before I started my studies«

It was only on her third attempt that 34-year-old Jannie Kjeldgaard Drews succeeded in landing her spot on the prehistoric archaeology programme. With a fascination for archaeological finds and an unconventional path towards university, she combines a career, her studies and her family life.

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Education

University of Copenhagen to cut student admissions by 450 places starting next year

UCPH is to reduce new student numbers already from 2025 following the Danish master's degree reform.

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Education

Student organisation: Applicant numbers reveal damage by politicians

Applicant numbers reveal opposition to the government's education policy reforms. This is in spite of a slight increase in admissions to, for example, the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), according to the National Union of Students in Denmark. Chairperson wants to bring attention to the long-term consequences.

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Working environment

University of Copenhagen spent DKK 57.6 million on consultants

Two experts wonder whether the University of Copenhagen has shown sufficient diligence when almost DKK 60 million has been spent on consultants prior to the administration reform. University director defends the big numbers.

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Working environment

Board approves disputed reform of University of Copenhagen administration

280 full-time equivalent staff will be cut from the administration. Chair of the Board stresses that the cuts must be included in any future political demands for savings.

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