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STATUS QUO – UCPH chairman Niels Strandberg Pedersen guarantees that board member Jakob Thomasen will not see his place affected by the fact that he is no longer the CEO of Maersk Oil.
The University of Copenhagen’s salary bill for administration has grown by half a billion Danish kroner since 2007. This is according to a response to the minister from Liberal Alliance’s ‘against bureaucracy’ spokesman Henrik Dahl. However, the number of administrators per researcher at UCPH has dropped
The University of Copenhagen drops from number 82 to number 120 in the world on Times Higher Education’s new ranking – surpassed by Aarhus as Denmark's best university. The explanation: UCPH reputation has been hit by cuts to research and education
New report by a consultancy for the Ministry for Education and Research recommends politically appointed boards for higher education institutions. But critics don’t like the report's methodology and conclusions
The University of Copenhagen is to invest ten percent of its cash holdings in shares. An incredibly bad idea, says financial expert Finn Østrup. Evidence suggests stock prices are too high, and if interest rates rise, things can go horribly wrong
BUREAUCRACY – Liberal Alliance’s education and research spokesperson has asked the ministry to spell out how large the University of Copenhagen’s administration and communication department is
The University of Copenhagen has entered into contracts with the Ministry of the Environment which include non-disclosure clauses, contrary to Danish laws on public administration. “Regrettable,” says Dean John Renner Hansen of the Faculty of Science, who approved the contracts himself
Researchers are increasingly being forced to sign government non-disclosure agreements, so they can’t talk about their scientific results in the media. But many contracts are illegal
UNIVERSITY POST POETRY - An elegy for the University Post reporter network, by a poet
Plant scientist from Bangladesh entangled in Kafka'esque nightmare of secret rules and uncertainty
