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Opening its historical buildings to the public<\/a> has been a costly affait for the University of Copenhagen. Earlier this year, thieves took advantage of the open doors in Fiolstr\u00e6de to get away with 24 Wegner-chairs, to the total value of DKK 240,000.<\/p>\n

If this was not enough, five copper PH-lamps valued at DKK 50,000 were stolen from the gate of N\u00f8rregade 10. The university has to cover its losses itself, as it – like other public institutions – is self-insured.<\/p>\n

Erwin Koster Kristensen, the manager of Campus Service City says that it is a crying shame that people cannot keep their hands to themselves.<\/p>\n

Increased surveillance vs. an open university<\/h2>\n

Campus Service City had ‘K\u00f8benhavns Universitet’ (University of Copenhagen, ed.) engraved into the lamps five years ago, according to Kristensen, after a bunch of them were stolen. But this has apparently not been enough to deter the criminals.<\/p>\n

\u00bbTheft comes in waves. We’ve had far fewer incidents in the last five years, following a rough patch,\u00ab says Erwin Koster Kristensen. \u00bbBut now it looks as though the thieves have returned,\u00ab<\/p>\n

The CSC manager is considering installing more cameras and locking the doors of more buildings, but stresses at the same time that it is important to respect the University’s wish to be an open organisation – a living part of the city.<\/p>\n

Fewer designer classics = less theft<\/h2>\n

Increased surveillance has been a ‘success’ at the Faculty of Humanities, when the university started working with the police on the matter in 2004. The year before, DKK 1 million worth was stolen. Now ‘only’ approximately DKK 100,000 is stolen per annum.<\/p>\n

Kristensen does not believe it possible to avoid theft altogether: He recalls an episode from a few years back, when a man waltzed in to an exam on the central campus area at Frue Plads, grabbed two Fritz Hansen chairs, and left.<\/p>\n

\u00bbWe can’t really plan for that sort of thing, so the best option is probably to stop buying expensive designer classics. There are, after all, plenty of gifted young architects making wonderful things,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n

Cut staff, keep the furniture<\/h2>\n

A more fundamental question is perhaps what has been brought up by a reader, Elizabeth Hansen, in response to a Danish version of this article.<\/p>\n

\u00bbAt a time when taxpayers, as well as staff and students at universities face cuts, why should publicly-funded institutions be in possession of large assets in furniture at all?\u00ab<\/p>\n

clba@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n

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The university has to cover its losses itself, as it – like other public institutions – is self-insured.<\/p>\n<p>Erwin Koster Kristensen, the manager of Campus Service City says that it is a crying shame that people cannot keep their hands to themselves.<\/p>\n<h2>Increased surveillance vs. an open university<\/h2>\n<p>Campus Service City had ‘K\u00f8benhavns Universitet’ (University of Copenhagen, ed.) engraved into the lamps five years ago, according to Kristensen, after a bunch of them were stolen. But this has apparently not been enough to deter the criminals.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbTheft comes in waves. We’ve had far fewer incidents in the last five years, following a rough patch,\u00ab says Erwin Koster Kristensen. \u00bbBut now it looks as though the thieves have returned,\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>The CSC manager is considering installing more cameras and locking the doors of more buildings, but stresses at the same time that it is important to respect the University’s wish to be an open organisation – a living part of the city.<\/p>\n<h2>Fewer designer classics = less theft<\/h2>\n<p>Increased surveillance has been a ‘success’ at the Faculty of Humanities, when the university started working with the police on the matter in 2004. The year before, DKK 1 million worth was stolen. Now ‘only’ approximately DKK 100,000 is stolen per annum.<\/p>\n<p>Kristensen does not believe it possible to avoid theft altogether: He recalls an episode from a few years back, when a man waltzed in to an exam on the central campus area at Frue Plads, grabbed two Fritz Hansen chairs, and left.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe can’t really plan for that sort of thing, so the best option is probably to stop buying expensive designer classics. There are, after all, plenty of gifted young architects making wonderful things,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<h2>Cut staff, keep the furniture<\/h2>\n<p>A more fundamental question is perhaps what has been brought up by a reader, Elizabeth Hansen, in response to a Danish version of this article.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAt a time when taxpayers, as well as staff and students at universities face cuts, why should publicly-funded institutions be in possession of large assets in furniture at all?\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>clba@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":44,"name":"Campus","slug":"campus","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":44,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1547,"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":11493,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/designtyverier_plager_faellesadministrationen-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19498","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=19498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36629,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19498\/revisions\/36629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}