Politics

The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) stands to lose DKK 13 million a year with a new grant distribution policy. This is a loss that UCPH can live with. Far worse, says the rector, is the continued annual two per cent grant cut, the risk of increased bureaucracy, and that politicians are now meddling with the inner workings of the university.

Uniavisen har talt med fem studerende fra Københavns Universitet, der kan sætte kryds ud for deres eget navn til kommunalvalget. En af dem er Andreas Weidinger, der stiler op for Konservative.

For Denmark, having international students is a profitable thing. This is according to a new analysis by the universities’ interest organisation Danske Universiteter. And it applies even though international students who get SU study grants cost the Danish government DKK 400 million in defaulted debt payments.

According to the Danish government, public employees are not entitled to a paid lunch break. And it is ready to support lower-level public managers who take away their employees’ paid break. A staff representative at UCPH responds: Does the government agency want people to be inflexible?

The Danish Building and Property Agency has been removed from the scandalous Niels Bohr Building project. The director resigns from the project. Management of the project has been inadequate, according to a report. Minister says that UCPH does not have to pay the largest part of extra costs.

Local politician Jonas Bjørn Jensen is collecting signatures in favour of youth housing for a couple of thousand students in the old B&W factory halls in the Refshaleøen island district. The current owners of the buildings had never heard of the project, but they don’t reject it offhand.

The University of Copenhagen forecasted a DKK 101 million budget surplus in 2017, but according to the latest forecast, this year will end on a much bigger DKK 250m. The Chairman of the Board says the university risks an image problem

The Danish Eastern High Court has reduced a penalty given to UCPH for using a foreign examiner without a work permit. UCPH keeps its fast-track license.

Things don’t look good for the trust between management and staff at the University of Copenhagen. Yet the Board now moves to close down departmental councils which aimed to ensure employee and student involvement. The Board believes in other methods.