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»In these difficult times, it is important that we stick together across the organisation«. This according to an employee at this year's KU festival, which included a concert with Danish singer Sanne Salomonsen, brilliant quizzes, and a huge karaoke party.
If they wanted to, the University of Copenhagen could easily avoid investing in companies with activities in the West Bank, says a researcher on sustainable investments at the Copenhagen Business School.
We need something that unites us in times of division. Here it is: The annual festival for all students and staff is on Friday 31 May.
It is neither »controversial nor radical« to be critical of university management, say a group of employees. They see the protest camp as a learning space for students.
About 100 protesters have set up camp at the University of Copenhagen Monday demanding that it change its Israel policy. The University has accepted the presence of the camp, but refuses to give in to the protesters' demands.
The future is now in the balance for technical and administrative staff with the upcoming reform to University of Copenhagen (UCPH) administration. A total of DKK 300 million is to be cut from the budget. 380 full-time equivalent staff positions are to be abolished. Many employees are to be placed in new units.
A green circular building on North Campus has become a kind of ‘Dragon’s Den’ for budding new businesses.
Gender-segregated prayer rooms and a Ramadan dinner with a Quran recitation do not belong in a public educational institution like the University of Copenhagen. This is according to MP Mikkel Bjørn of the Danish People's Party. And the rector agrees with him.
»I'm disappointed and sad,« students say after the University of Copenhagen’s governing Board decided to continue a current investment strategy which includes companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements.
The Faculty of Law is well equipped for wheelchair users. We were given a guided tour by law student Emilie Ghali, who has only positive things to say about the accessibility at her faculty. She feels one hundred percent included.
