Environmentally conscious students will have fewer opportunities to get involved at University of Copenhagen\u2019s (UCPH) sustainability group in the future. This is after the initiative has cut back on paid student positions.<\/p>\n
Green Campus usually employs several students to help out with green initiatives, but they will reduce these positions as a result of budget cuts, it says.<\/p>\n
“In recent years, it has not been many students we have employed on a part time basis. We\u2019ve had two to three people on an ongoing basis, but we are forced to reduce this number to one student on average,\u201d says Anders Boe Hauggaard-Nielsen, Deputy Director of Campus Service. <\/p>\n
Hauggaard-Nielsen does not believe that these reductions will have a huge impact on Green Campus initiatives, however, as they hope to move green initiatives closer to normal department activity. <\/p>\n
In addition, the effect of the reduction in student part-time employees will be less visible because of other university cutbacks. For instance, Green Campus student employees will not be involved in this year\u2019s Spring Festival, as they usually are, because the festival has already been cancelled. <\/p>\n
There will be some visible reductions, however. \u201cWe will make a little less reporting going forward, but it will not be zero,\u201c relays Hauggaard-Nielsen. <\/p>\n
Reducing the number of student positions at Green Campus was inevitable, given the university-wide budget cuts, according to Hauggaard-Nielsen.<\/p>\n
“For me, this is a logical cost reduction,\u201d says Hauggaard-Nielsen. “It\u2019s a terrible situation, but we are forced into doing that. It\u2019s the same cuts that are affecting almost 500 employees.”<\/p>\n
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