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Education

Two years was enough. Dean quits Faculty of Humanities. Management team up for replacement

After just two years on the job as dean of a hard-hit-by-budget-cuts Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen, Jesper Kallestrup is leaving his post to become a professor in Scotland. According to the Rector of the University of Copenhagen, Kallestrup has »attempted to discuss« the difficult choices that the faculty faces.

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Science

Copenhagen heads of department are publishing like crazy

Scientists' soaring research outputs hold steady after taking on job as head of department

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Education

»We hate it when politicians go in and micromanage the university«

The University of Copenhagen was more complicated and far more time-consuming to manage than the Chairman of the Board Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen had ever imagined. It is the arm wrestling with the politicians that has been the most demanding, he says in this retrospective.

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Campus

Most influential board seat in the Danish university sector is up for grabs

The chairman of the UCPH board will be replaced at the end of the year. Potential candidates can apply now

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Campus

When the staff get stressed, the middle managers kick down

The working environment is rarely improved when employees get sick with stress at a workplace. Many middle managers focus instead on the employee’s personal life as an explanation for the problem. This is according to research carried out by a research group from the University of Copenhagen. The human resource department is looking for inspiration from the study.

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