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A report published last month looking into the effects of Brexit on research suggests it will lead to less collaboration between the Denmark and the UK. University administrators foresee a “bureaucratic nightmare”
Many students have exams, or have to give in bachelor’s assignments, at the beginning of April. This is at the same time as the government's announced lockout. UCPH recommends that students continue their studies as usual.
The dismissal of the geologist Hans Thybo has led to a feeling of insecurity among researchers at the University of Copenhagen. Because if it is so easy to get rid of an unwanted employee, then they could be next in line.
Not everyone stays in town when they get their exam papers. Two landscape architects reckon that they have done the right thing by moving to the island of Mors in the Limfjorden straights in Northern Jutland, where they are both working on developing urban and natural areas.
The renowned geology professor Hans Thybo was fired in November 2016 from the University of Copenhagen. One year later, the two sides settled in a court of arbitration. Now Thybo presents his version of the most controversial personnel case in recent years. University management has not wished to comment on this story.
Sophie Løhde, the Danish government's head negotiator and Minister for Public Sector Innovation, has announced at a press conference that the government will lock out state sector employees in response to the trade unions' strike warning on 2nd March.
A new simple complaints procedure is to be introduced for unwanted sexual attention from staff and fellow students at the Faculty of Science.
If the study environment is afflicted by a performance culture, then any changes should start with the students themselves, according to the students behind a club at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.
Molekylærbiolog Anja Groth fra Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC) på KU er én af årets fem modtagere af EliteForsk-prisen.
Union group AC issues notice to 6,000 state-employed academics for a strike. The University of Copenhagen has initially been kept out of the dispute.
