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12 percent of the technical-administrative staff covered by the University of Copenhagen’s administrative reform report sickness absence due to work pressure and stress. University Director Søren Munk Skydsgaard calls the figure »too high« and links it to new managers, new tasks, and an administration where not everything has yet fallen into place.
Final DKK 50 million cut postponed to 2029–2030 — equivalent to 150 full-time salaries. Management expects no major rounds of layoffs, but does not rule out unit-specific dismissals.
He is a »big Kendrick Lamar fan,« he says referring to the US rapper and songwriter. He plays jazz and tennis in his spare time, and he is still trying to find out what it actually means to be a university director. But Søren Munk Skydsgaard says he is fortunate that it is precisely at the University of Copenhagen that he has landed the job.
