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According to a new analysis, foreign students at colleges and business academies go home when they have finished their education. Now, the Minister for Higher Education and Research wants to check how many university students stay in Denmark
The government now recognizes that the delayed Niels Bohr Building will cost at least 10 per cent more than budgeted – an extra bill that will end up being paid by the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). Unions criticize the government property agency for not learning from its mistakes and for using a cheap construction company
He was one of the 209 fired from the University of Copenhagen in February last year. But Johan Olsen still works here – now on external funding. He talks about being bitter and grateful at the same time, and on what is missing in his life after getting the sack.
Australians Diana and Adam Shrimpton will receive DKK 8500 back that the Copenhagen Housing Foundation illegally collected to pay for things like administration fees and furniture. An additional 160 cases could be on their way, which means that the refunds that the Housing Foundation could have to pay back, might amount to over a million DKK.
The number of applicants has dropped a bit, but getting through the Danish universities’ quota 2 application system is still tough at the University of Copenhagen. And the most popular education programme has just got even more difficult to get into.
Janine Terra Erler is a successful cancer researcher. But this success has had consequences. Now she is more of a manager, fundraiser and coordinator.
Due to cuts, the Department of Political Science is dropping all its support for the biannual student magazine 'Med Andre Ord'. The editors hope that the magazine can continue with funding from a UCPH study environment fund and from advertisers.
Professors and associate professors only use about one third of their time on research. Administration and the search for funding is eating up a growing portion of their time.
According to a recently completed survey of study programme choices by studentum.dk the Danish cap on education programmes has more young people deferring their education
