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The university has not met them.<\/p>\n<h2>Shortfalls<\/h2>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/bestyrelse.ku.dk\/moeder\/44\/pkt06_bilag1.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\">summary (in Danish here)<\/a>, the university has been making strides, but has fallen short of its PhD targets during the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008 and 2009 respectively, the university fell 53 and 101 PhD places short of its target. Last year, the university aimed to create 801 new PhD places &#8211; it managed to create only 700. <\/p>\n<p>According to the summary, the 2005 agreement is severely under-funded, and there has been a decline in interest from private institutions to fund PhDs. <\/p>\n<p>This, combined with late payments from the independent research councils have put the university in a position where it must operate at a loss if it is to have any hope of achieving its goals, the summary explains.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009 alone, the university\u2019s PhD program ran at a DKK 113.5 million loss. However, by 2011 the University expects this annual deficit to be reduced to DKK 44.6 million.<\/p>\n<h2>Has a plan<\/h2>\n<p>According to head clerk in the university\u2019s Education Strategy Unit Therese Bruun, the university has a plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIn 2010 the University of Copenhagen aims to create 863 new PhD places. This is in accordance with the target in the agreement between the University of Copenhagen and the Ministry,\u00ab Therese Bruun confirms to the University Post.<\/p>\n<p>The figures cover both Danish and international PhDs.<\/p>\n<h2>Hopes for foreign PhDs, China<\/h2>\n<p>The University of Copenhagen is hoping for better infrastructure through graduate schools and a new generic PhD. <\/p>\n<p>There will also be increased dialogue with foreign institutions in the hope of increasing international admissions, the summary states.<\/p>\n<p>The university is also considering conducting PhD education and research outside of Denmark -for example, at a new centre in China. <\/p>\n<p>Uni-avis@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University is determined to meet 2010 targets via new strategies, it 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In return for extra funding, the University would increase the number of new PhD places to be in line with agreed targets. The university has not met them.<\/p>\n<h2>Shortfalls<\/h2>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/bestyrelse.ku.dk\/moeder\/44\/pkt06_bilag1.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\">summary (in Danish here)<\/a>, the university has been making strides, but has fallen short of its PhD targets during the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008 and 2009 respectively, the university fell 53 and 101 PhD places short of its target. Last year, the university aimed to create 801 new PhD places &#8211; it managed to create only 700. <\/p>\n<p>According to the summary, the 2005 agreement is severely under-funded, and there has been a decline in interest from private institutions to fund PhDs. <\/p>\n<p>This, combined with late payments from the independent research councils have put the university in a position where it must operate at a loss if it is to have any hope of achieving its goals, the summary explains.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009 alone, the university\u2019s PhD program ran at a DKK 113.5 million loss. However, by 2011 the University expects this annual deficit to be reduced to DKK 44.6 million.<\/p>\n<h2>Has a plan<\/h2>\n<p>According to head clerk in the university\u2019s Education Strategy Unit Therese Bruun, the university has a plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIn 2010 the University of Copenhagen aims to create 863 new PhD places. This is in accordance with the target in the agreement between the University of Copenhagen and the Ministry,\u00ab Therese Bruun confirms to the University Post.<\/p>\n<p>The figures cover both Danish and international PhDs.<\/p>\n<h2>Hopes for foreign PhDs, China<\/h2>\n<p>The University of Copenhagen is hoping for better infrastructure through graduate schools and a new generic PhD. <\/p>\n<p>There will also be increased dialogue with foreign institutions in the hope of increasing international admissions, the summary states.<\/p>\n<p>The university is also considering conducting PhD education and research outside of Denmark -for example, at a new centre in China. <\/p>\n<p>Uni-avis@adm.ku.dk<\/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":42,"name":"Education","slug":"education","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":42,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":661,"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":11489,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Snorresgade_17-19_Faldefaerdig_bygning_d_2008-12-04_03-1280x857.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23305","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=23305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39319,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23305\/revisions\/39319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}