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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.
More and more academics have to make do with short-term jobs. So many, that the temporarily hired are the largest group of researchers at the University of Copenhagen. Now they are organizing themselves, and demanding better working conditions. They say it will benefit research.
See what the different salary groups earn at the University of Copenhagen
On research leave, Lykke Friis recently travelled through Germany to gain a first-hand impression of the election. The University Post got the chance to ask her how she experienced the election 'in situ' and if it surprised her.
The University of Copenhagen has announced its annual elections! Here is all about the boards and committees of UCPH that staff and students are voting for in this year's election.
In a response to Mette Reissmann of the Social Democrats (S), the Minister for Higher Education and Research Søren Pind has specified what the Danish government's two per cent so-called re-prioritization contributions will cost the different educational institutions. The University of Copenhagen is, by far, hit the hardest.
