Politics

Four out of five University of Copenhagen professors are men. To fight this perceived inequality, the University now has a gender policy that, in effect, favours women. This should be illegal, argues Professor Hans Bonde

The University of Copenhagen is all set to get its share of a proposed larger budget for universities in 2012. A well-needed DKK 30 million. Good news, says university director Jørgen Honoré. Bad news is, that the University still needs to shed staff

Milena Penkowa is her name, but at the hearing it was only mentioned towards the end. Focus was on administration

Aftermath of Penkowa-scandal has University setting up an 'ombudsman', a kind of complaints officer to prevent students from being victimised

The Social Democrats popularity has dropped since their narrow victory in September. Voters believe the party has broken their campaign promises. But Italian Prime Minister checks her out and likes what he sees

Soon-to-be-mergered departments are hotbeds of deep staff and student frustration. This is according to staff and student-elected board members of the University of Copenhagen at last week's board meeting. Rector Ralf Hemmingsen, on the other hand, points to a fruitful academic dialogue

The new Minister of Science and Education will continue his predecessor's supervision of the University of Copenhagen after the Penkowa-scandal. In the meantime, staff and students are invited to an open hearing on Thursday

Every time a young scientist takes time off to have a baby, another employee may lose their job. This is the consequence of a University of Copenhagen policy, that critics say is damaging to morale, and damaging to equality

Nine out of 37 cleaning staff have lost their jobs at the Faculty of Health Sciences. This is after management outsourced them to a private cleaning company. The original staff had offered to do a better job for less, but to no avail

Newly appointed Minister of Science will have real power. Something new for a minister representing the universities