{"id":18826,"date":"2012-01-12T23:27:35","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T22:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=18826\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T02:06:38","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T02:06:38","slug":"board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Board dispute over DKK 2.2m student office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the Penkowa-scandal<\/a> it was decided that students of the University of Copenhagen were to have their own complaints office<\/a>, with a so-called ‘ombudsman’, able to raise independent inquiries at the request of students.<\/p>\n

A key part of the Penkowa scandal that rocked the University of Copenhagen last year was the brain scientist’s attempt to frame a student assistant for her fraud<\/a>.<\/p>\n

University board members all agree that a complaints officer is a good idea. They do not, however, all welcome a proposed annual budget for the office: DKK 2.2 million.<\/p>\n

Dead weight bureaucracy<\/h2>\n

\u00bb2.2 million seems like a huge budget to me, because I don’t imagine that conditions are that bad at the University of Copenhagen,\u00ab says the external board member Peter G\u00e6melke. <\/p>\n

\u00bbThe idea was that the student complaints office would start out by picking up cases that still need weeding out – not take over and create new tasks,\u00ab he adds.<\/p>\n

Several board members fear that with the new office, the University is creating an unnecessary bureaucracy, which will search for, and create, cases to justify its own existence. <\/p>\n

Fully-staffed office of lawyer, secretary, student assistants<\/h2>\n

According to case notes, the question is whether the complaints officer will be bombarded with requests, or essentially have nothing to work with.<\/p>\n

This makes it hard make an informed estimate of the cost of the project.<\/p>\n

The proposed budget of DKK 2.2 million is to cover the cost of a lawyer, a secretary, possible financial support for students and additional costs of running the office.<\/p>\n

No need for a permanent position<\/h2>\n

The case notes stress that if it turns out that there is little correlation between available resources and actual tasks, the board can re-evaluate the budget after the first year. <\/p>\n

Boel Flodgren, a board member, points out that there already are student organisations dedicated to student rights.<\/p>\n

\u00bbA compromise could be to hire a lawyer to handle the task as a part of their regular job,\u00ab she suggests.<\/p>\n

Complaints office to be independent<\/h2>\n

The two student-elected board members warn against opting for a diluted version of the complaints office: <\/p>\n

\u00bbHiring a competent legal advisor with an assistant, and possibly an intern, is a small price to pay. There are many things we can do better at the university, but if we don’t have adequate resources at our disposal, we’ll never know the full extent of the problems,\u00ab says Laura Toftegaard Pedersen.<\/p>\n

All do, however, agree that it is essential that the office is independent of the university management. <\/p>\n

Management plans to submit a structure proposal to the board following their first meeting in 2012 – 27 January.<\/p>\n

uni-avis@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n

Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by signing up for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the scandal of brain scientist Milena Penkowa, university board members agree that students need to be protected by an independent complaints office (an ‘ombudsman’). They do not, however, agree on the complaints office’ DKK 2.2m cost<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":18829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","expression-news_article"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nBoard dispute over DKK 2.2m student office<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Board dispute over DKK 2.2m student office\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After the scandal of brain scientist Milena Penkowa, university board members agree that students need to be protected by an independent complaints office (an 'ombudsman'). They do not, however, agree on the complaints office' DKK 2.2m cost\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uniavis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-01-21T02:06:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MIGRATED_ARTICLES FROM_OLD_SITE\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Uniavisen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Uniavisen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MIGRATED_ARTICLES FROM_OLD_SITE\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"MIGRATED_ARTICLES FROM_OLD_SITE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b4df0b22f9be3943039e58e94c400606\"},\"headline\":\"Board dispute over DKK 2.2m student office\",\"datePublished\":\"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-21T02:06:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":471,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/01\\\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\\\/\",\"name\":\"Board dispute over DKK 2.2m student office\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/01\\\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-21T02:06:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b4df0b22f9be3943039e58e94c400606\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/01\\\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/01\\\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg\",\"width\":620,\"height\":380,\"caption\":\"How much should it cost to avoid repeat cases of Penkowa's attempt to frame a student? University of Copenhagen board members disagree\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Board dispute over DKK 2.2m student office\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/\",\"name\":\"University Post\",\"description\":\"Independent of management\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b4df0b22f9be3943039e58e94c400606\",\"name\":\"MIGRATED_ARTICLES FROM_OLD_SITE\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b6c147fc36e92c08c95515aba962dbc89107ed33613c690182f7e243d0c0a2ab?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b6c147fc36e92c08c95515aba962dbc89107ed33613c690182f7e243d0c0a2ab?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b6c147fc36e92c08c95515aba962dbc89107ed33613c690182f7e243d0c0a2ab?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MIGRATED_ARTICLES FROM_OLD_SITE\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/author\\\/migrated_articles\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Board dispute over DKK 2.2m student office","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Board dispute over DKK 2.2m student office","og_description":"After the scandal of brain scientist Milena Penkowa, university board members agree that students need to be protected by an independent complaints office (an 'ombudsman'). They do not, however, agree on the complaints office' DKK 2.2m cost","og_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/","og_site_name":"University Post","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uniavis","article_published_time":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-01-21T02:06:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":620,"height":380,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MIGRATED_ARTICLES FROM_OLD_SITE","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Uniavisen","twitter_site":"@Uniavisen","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MIGRATED_ARTICLES FROM_OLD_SITE","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/"},"author":{"name":"MIGRATED_ARTICLES FROM_OLD_SITE","@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/#\/schema\/person\/b4df0b22f9be3943039e58e94c400606"},"headline":"Board dispute over DKK 2.2m student office","datePublished":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-21T02:06:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/"},"wordCount":471,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/","url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/","name":"Board dispute over DKK 2.2m student office","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg","datePublished":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-21T02:06:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/#\/schema\/person\/b4df0b22f9be3943039e58e94c400606"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg","width":620,"height":380,"caption":"How much should it cost to avoid repeat cases of Penkowa's attempt to frame a student? University of Copenhagen board members disagree"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Board dispute over DKK 2.2m student office"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/","name":"University Post","description":"Independent of management","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/#\/schema\/person\/b4df0b22f9be3943039e58e94c400606","name":"MIGRATED_ARTICLES FROM_OLD_SITE","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b6c147fc36e92c08c95515aba962dbc89107ed33613c690182f7e243d0c0a2ab?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b6c147fc36e92c08c95515aba962dbc89107ed33613c690182f7e243d0c0a2ab?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b6c147fc36e92c08c95515aba962dbc89107ed33613c690182f7e243d0c0a2ab?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"MIGRATED_ARTICLES FROM_OLD_SITE"},"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/author\/migrated_articles\/"}]}},"advancedCustomFields":{"layout_group":[{"acf_fc_layout":"Headline","use_post_title":true,"headline":"","style":"default","highlighted_words":"","text_size":"medium"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":18829,"id":18829,"title":"bestyrelsen-1","filename":"bestyrelsen-1.jpg","filesize":46218,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/board-dispute-over-dkk-2-2m-student-office\/bestyrelsen-1\/","alt":"","author":"0","description":"How much should it cost to avoid repeat cases of Penkowa's attempt to frame a student? University of Copenhagen board members disagree","caption":"How much should it cost to avoid repeat cases of Penkowa's attempt to frame a student? University of Copenhagen board members disagree","name":"bestyrelsen-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":18826,"date":"2017-01-19 10:26:09","modified":"2017-01-19 10:26:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":620,"height":380,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1-480x294.jpg","medium-width":480,"medium-height":294,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg","medium_large-width":620,"medium_large-height":380,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg","large-width":620,"large-height":380,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":620,"1536x1536-height":380,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":620,"2048x2048-height":380,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1-290x178.jpg","featured-soft-width":290,"featured-soft-height":178,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1-290x180.jpg","featured-hard-width":290,"featured-hard-height":180,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg","narrow-width":620,"narrow-height":380,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg","extended-width":620,"extended-height":380}},"style":"screen","text_placement":"metadata-below","image_link_url":"","image_link_title":"","caption_prefix":"","enable_alternative_caption":false,"alternative_caption":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"Standfirst","subject":"","text":"After the scandal of brain scientist Milena Penkowa, university board members agree that students need to be protected by an independent complaints office (an 'ombudsman'). They do not, however, agree on the complaints office' DKK 2.2m cost","use_post_excerpt":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"Byline","is_author":false,"contributors":[{"use_registered_user":false,"user":false,"contributor_name":"Claus Baggersgaard, English version Sebastian Zieler","contributor_title":" ","contributor_image":false}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>Following <a href=\"\/node\/10058\" title=\"Penkowa for dummies\">the Penkowa-scandal<\/a> it was decided that <a href=\"\/node\/12276\" title=\"Students to have their own complaints officer\">students of the University of Copenhagen were to have their own complaints office<\/a>, with a so-called ‘ombudsman’, able to raise independent inquiries at the request of students.<\/p>\n<p>A key part of the Penkowa scandal that rocked the University of Copenhagen last year was the brain scientist’s attempt to <a href=\"node\/9566\">frame a student assistant for her fraud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>University board members all agree that a complaints officer is a good idea. They do not, however, all welcome a proposed annual budget for the office: DKK 2.2 million.<\/p>\n<h2>Dead weight bureaucracy<\/h2>\n<p>\u00bb2.2 million seems like a huge budget to me, because I don’t imagine that conditions are that bad at the University of Copenhagen,\u00ab says the external board member Peter G\u00e6melke. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThe idea was that the student complaints office would start out by picking up cases that still need weeding out – not take over and create new tasks,\u00ab he adds.<\/p>\n<p>Several board members fear that with the new office, the University is creating an unnecessary bureaucracy, which will search for, and create, cases to justify its own existence. <\/p>\n<h2>Fully-staffed office of lawyer, secretary, student assistants<\/h2>\n<p>According to case notes, the question is whether the complaints officer will be bombarded with requests, or essentially have nothing to work with.<\/p>\n<p>This makes it hard make an informed estimate of the cost of the project.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed budget of DKK 2.2 million is to cover the cost of a lawyer, a secretary, possible financial support for students and additional costs of running the office.<\/p>\n<h2>No need for a permanent position<\/h2>\n<p>The case notes stress that if it turns out that there is little correlation between available resources and actual tasks, the board can re-evaluate the budget after the first year. <\/p>\n<p>Boel Flodgren, a board member, points out that there already are student organisations dedicated to student rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbA compromise could be to hire a lawyer to handle the task as a part of their regular job,\u00ab she suggests.<\/p>\n<h2>Complaints office to be independent<\/h2>\n<p>The two student-elected board members warn against opting for a diluted version of the complaints office: <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbHiring a competent legal advisor with an assistant, and possibly an intern, is a small price to pay. There are many things we can do better at the university, but if we don’t have adequate resources at our disposal, we’ll never know the full extent of the problems,\u00ab says Laura Toftegaard Pedersen.<\/p>\n<p>All do, however, agree that it is essential that the office is independent of the university management. <\/p>\n<p>Management plans to submit a structure proposal to the board following their first meeting in 2012 – 27 January.<\/p>\n<p>uni-avis@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">signing up for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":48,"name":"Politics","slug":"politics","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":48,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1036,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11496,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bestyrelsen-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36330,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826\/revisions\/36330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}