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Pia Quist and Jesper Grodal are fighting to retain their seats as academic representatives on the Board of the University: We have fought hard to show that management cannot ignore the employees. We have won several victories, but our work is far from finished, they say.
It is election time at the University of Copenhagen – and this includes elections to the PhD committees. If you are PhD student, you can take part in the election. But who, and what, can you vote for?
It sounds fancy — the Academic Council — and it is. This is where students and staff meet up with, and give advice to, the dean. The dean then (hopefully) makes good decisions about the future course of the faculty.
It is time for elections at the university – and this includes elections to the study boards. Students are up for election this year, and perhaps there will be contested elections at your department.
It decides what the rector does, and how the money is spent. The Board is the most powerful governing body of the university, and you can help decide who should have a seat in it.
You want to be a good university citizen. And you want to exercise your democratic right to vote. Here is a guide to the University of Copenhagen's elections.
According to the Danish Minister for Higher Education, thousands of international students will be on their way to the Danish universities of the future. Prorector for Education at UCPH Kristian Cedervall Lauta likes the idea. But it does worry him a bit.
It's time for this year's round of university elections. Here are this year's leading candidates for the positions on the UCPH Board.
Nima Moradi is a medical student at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). Between his exams and his work in psychiatry, he fights against the theocratic regime in Iran as an activist in Copenhagen. This includes singing a protest song that silenced its author and had him sent to jail.
After multiple temporary extensions, universities can finally breathe a collective sigh of relief. On the Danish government’s 2024 budget is an increase in government subsidies that will be made permanent from 2025.
