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A recurring annual DKK 100 million deficit has led to widespread layoffs at the Faculty of Science. Critics decry both the impact on core tasks and the lack of budget oversight, which the Academic Council calls »a collective failure of management«.
New opportunities for collaboration, but less proximity to researchers. That’s how research adviser Heidi Weje describes life in the UCPH Research and Information Security unit after the reform.
Three communications staff on having stronger professional ties — and on the challenges of centralisation
The administration reform has made a less fragmented University of Copenhagen, according to two employees. But the implementation of it is still ongoing.
Six months on from the administration reform and campus officers reflect on more tasks, more management, and what the point of it all was.
With the new administration at UCPH, union representative Anders Hartvig Hartzen has seen colleagues go on sick leave due to stress.
The faculty lets go of more than 100 staff members in total. Union representative wonders why management didn’t act sooner.
Chaos in the org chart, pressure on support staff, and a management that seems keen to keep a lid on things. Report from staff working in the University of Copenhagen's IT unit.
Personal stories of managerial pressure, a culture of silence, and psychological violence in academic workplaces are at the core of a new campaign by the Movement for a Free Academia. Minister for Higher Education and Science Christina Egelund says the stories are serious and promises greater focus on academic freedom.
Here is the full list of job functions and their aggregated pay at the University of Copenhagen in 2025.
