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The researchers who have not fled the war are publishing less — and worse — research. The University Post visited a faculty in Kyiv that has a lecture hall in a bomb shelter, a gallery on a wall showing the students who are at war, and a dean who tries to keep track of all the colleagues who have left.
The University Post spoke to university director Søren Munk Skydsgaard about the reform to the administration at the University of Copenhagen, the hiring freeze, and upcoming layoffs.
A number of researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have signed a petition against a new, ironically phrased, campaign by the Danish intelligence agency PET. They deem the PET campaign to be racist, and to cast unnecessary suspicions on non-Danes. The intelligence agency responds that the threat to Danish research is »significant«.
The University of Copenhagen can admit up to 180 new international students this summer. Prorector for Education says its »great news« but has not yet decided where the student places will be set up.
One younger research activist, and one established professor. They come from two different places. But they both reach the same conclusion: Research is in big trouble. Maria Toft and Ole Wæver want to set up a free Nordic research movement with the space for creative, playful, and experimental research.
As a part of the Danish reform of master’s degrees, the government wants more international students at Danish universities. But what is it like to be an international student in Copenhagen? We turned up at the Studenterhuset café and met up with students from India, Jerusalem and Brussels. They all want to get more Danish friends.
To limit the number of upcoming layoffs UCPH is now imposing a so-called qualified hiring freeze on all technical/administrative staff positions.
Only a few students in Denmark even consider the option of negotiating their salary when they start a student job. This is according to a new study from the Danish trade union Djøf. They offer you a few tips here on how to get started with your pay conversation.
