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University to remove student tables - occupational therapists not happy

The Faculty of Humanities is to remove the tables from classrooms to make room for more students without breaking social distance rules. The Danish Association of Occupational Therapists says that it can lead to physical disability and concentration difficulties.

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Campus

Anne doesn't know who has been stalking and harassing her: »I feel like I have been blindfolded«

For several months, a man called Anne up and shared his sexual fantasies about what he and Anne's male colleagues at the University of Copenhagen would do to her. And it did not stop there.

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Campus

8 things you should know about your Danish co-workers

At University of Copenhagen more than a third of all researchers and faculty members come from abroad. University Post spoke to a handful of them to find out what they see as their Danish co-workers’ defining features.

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Campus

86 employees of the University of Copenhagen have experienced inappropriate sexual advances in the past year

The University of Copenhagen’s guidelines for handling offensive behaviour have been the subject of great debate recently. A new study of the psychological work environment concludes that more than 300 employees have been victims of bullying and harassment in the past year.

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Politics

Temporary staff have finally got through to humanities management

The prospect of better employment contracts, regular meetings with management, increasing international cooperation, and a future postdoc-portal. This is what has come out of UCPH getting an association that advocates for the rights of temporary researchers. Representative for technical-scientific staff Dan Hirslund says that it is about countering an academic ‘precarisation’.

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Campus

Staff reps warning before deadline on collective agreement

Staff reps at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) are preparing their colleagues for a possible strike and are calling on them to sign up to the AC union to get strike pay.

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Campus

The dos and don'ts of the reading room

Do you chew celery, eat herrings, or bang on the keyboard in the reading room? Then please stop. An exam-stricken student guides you through some reading room etiquette.

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Opinion

When will we get a complete UCPH smoking ban?

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Politics

Professors: The University of Copenhagen has a job security problem

While it may make sense for Thybo’s boss to fire him, UCPH as a whole has been damaged by the case. Professors calls for job security, even for the scientists who are difficult

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Opinion

Acknowledgement in the fish tank – on moving in to KUA3

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