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A general strike threatened for next month would affect all aspects of university life, from maintenance to ground-breaking research. Staff can be allowed to work if it’s a matter of life or death, but not if it’s a matter of death only: medical-school cadavers could wind up decomposing before they can be dissected
Students at the largest faculty at UCPH are ready to prevent non-organised staff from working during an upcoming lockout. Education cuts and the employees' salaries and rights are related, say students.
Union reps report that both academic and technical administrative staff are largely unclear about the consequences of the lockout. They now make the invitation to four information meetings in the coming week.
A Science Ministry committee charged with improving university education has some good recommendations. It also has one that students and administrators warn is bad. Very bad
A report published last month looking into the effects of Brexit on research suggests it will lead to less collaboration between the Denmark and the UK. University administrators foresee a “bureaucratic nightmare”
The dismissal of the geologist Hans Thybo has led to a feeling of insecurity among researchers at the University of Copenhagen. Because if it is so easy to get rid of an unwanted employee, then they could be next in line.
The renowned geology professor Hans Thybo was fired in November 2016 from the University of Copenhagen. One year later, the two sides settled in a court of arbitration. Now Thybo presents his version of the most controversial personnel case in recent years. University management has not wished to comment on this story.
Sophie Løhde, the Danish government's head negotiator and Minister for Public Sector Innovation, has announced at a press conference that the government will lock out state sector employees in response to the trade unions' strike warning on 2nd March.
Union group AC issues notice to 6,000 state-employed academics for a strike. The University of Copenhagen has initially been kept out of the dispute.
The students who interrupted the Inger Støjberg event submitted a featured comment from a fictional spokesperson. The University Post has now deleted the comment and the group apologises.
