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Ministers’ Vienna waltz out of step

Critical reports from EU Commission and European university lobbyists come at the worst possible time

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Advert for new prorector in spite of protest

The job of prorector, formerly held by Lykke Friis, is now advertised by the Rector's office. This bypasses staff representatives, who had refused to nominate a candidate for the job because of other staff cutbacks

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Cheap teachers for cheap students

Official celebrations of the Bologna process in March are seen as a travesty by students and scholars

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New minister had no idea

Charlotte Sahl-Madsen was not expecting to be offered the post of Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, until yesterday. Now she is the government minister responsible for universities

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Helge Sander loses minister post

New minister for the universities, as Minister of Science Helge Sander loses out in major government shake-up

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No more online news at CBS

Over a million kroner down the drain, as one of Denmark’s last independent university newspapers lays its digital version to rest

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Staff reps play hard ball

No new prorector while university employees are being fired, insist staff representatives on the University of Copenhagen's General Collaboration Committee. Defying management plans, they refuse to nominate a candidate for the job

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Why us? Deans attempt to explain in newsletters

Toxic issue of staff cuts in the most-affected Science and Life faculties is taken on by the deans

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Biology staff in joint open protest against cuts

In an open letter of protest, 96 teaching staff from the Department of Biology defy the university board of management and reject the reasoning behind planned cuts

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Firing at home, hiring abroad

The University of Copenhagen is firing its own staff while actively seeking international PhDs. This apparent paradox has a simple explanation, according to the Faculty Director of Life Sciences

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