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The University of Copenhagen should not take part in activities that take place on occupied land, the rector emphasizes, because that is what Danish foreign policy is. But the university should never, on its own initiative, restrict its own freedom because then the institution loses credibility. The University Post has spoken to Henrik C. Wegener about an academic boycott.
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.
Rector remains the highest-paid employee at the University of Copenhagen. This is what he, and the rest of senior management, earn a year.
Salaries ranged between DKK 128,999 (EUR 17,200 ) and DKK 19,969 (EUR 2,663) a month at the University of Copenhagen in 2024. Here is the full list of job functions and their aggregated pay.
The debate over the administration reform has been raging for so long that you may have forgotten where it all began? Here is an overview.
University employees are showing their support of students' goals and methods and putting pressure on UCPH managers for an academic boycott of Israel.
The police have now twice been involved in protests by the student organization Students Against the Occupation. This is »completely outside normal standards,« students say. But the University of Copenhagen management says that at a university, you are free to speak, but with responsibility – and without masks.
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.
The organisation Students Against the Occupation blocked the central administration quarter of the university Wednesday morning. Six people have been arrested, Copenhagen police said.
UCPH is to reduce new student numbers already from 2025 following the Danish master's degree reform.
