to the new Globe Institut<\/a>e at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (SUND).<\/p>\nA welcome admission<\/h3>\n
This unsatisfactory result was not the only problem addressed in the letter. The critics also claim the process was in breach of the University Act<\/secret>.<\/p>\nThe letter ended with four questions, including whether the board felt that staff had been involved sufficiently in the merger and how they plan to avoid repeating \u00bbsuch an unfortunate process\u00ab.<\/p>\n
The board has now responded in a letter of its own, which answers some of the questions.<\/p>\n
\u00bbLooking back at the process, the board acknowledges that the employees at the BIO were not sufficiently involved in the merger between BIO and SNM,\u00ab they write in a letter to staff at the Department of Biology.<\/p>\n
This admission is welcomed by two of the employees from the Department of Biology who signed the protest letter.<\/p>\n
\u00bbI don\u2019t think we could have hoped for a more accommodating reply, so all in all, it is very positive. It is important that they take responsibility and admit that the process was not in line with the legislation or strategy,\u00ab says academic employee Caspar Elo Christensen.<\/p>\n
\u00bbThe contents of the letter are very positive\u00ab says Professor Lars Ellgaard.<\/p>\n
\u00bbBut,\u00ab he adds, \u00bbwe are also interested to see what it will actually lead to.\u00ab<\/p>\n
Looking back at the process, the board acknowledges that the employees at the BIO were not sufficiently involved in the merger between BIO and SNM<\/p>\n
Letter from the board to employees at BIO<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
No specific promises<\/h3>\n
The letter from the board does not make any specific promises, but they do pledge to discuss the now-cancelled merger process with the university management, \u00bbincluding how best to handle future organisational changes.\u00ab<\/p>\n
\u00bbOf course, we would have preferred something a bit more concrete, especially about how staff will be involved in the future. We would like to know whether the new guidelines will bring back the department councils \u2013 and require management to consult them in a serious manner,\u00ab says Caspar Elo Christensen, with reference to the department councils, which were finally disbanded in February 2018.<\/p>\n
Lars Ellgaard agrees that the department councils should be revived and urges the university management to incorporate employees\u2019 perspectives in a more structured way:<\/p>\n
\u00bbIt would reassure the employees if there were a set of guidelines that specified exactly how the rector, dean and head of department would involve employees in important decisions. We also expect that employees would be consulted in the development of such guidelines,\u00ab says Lars Ellgaard.<\/p>\n
Uniavisen wanted to ask the UCPH board whether they have any specific plans, but the chairman of the board, Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen was not available to give a comment.<\/p>\n
Satisfied at SUND<\/h3>\n
The board is probably relieved to note that there is a more positive tone at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (SUND). Here, employees are satisfied with the process that led to the creation of the new Globe Institute<\/p>\n
This new department employs five of the top researchers from the Natural History Museum of Denmark\u00a0 – including Eske Willerslev and Minik Rosing – \u00a0who left SCIENCE as a result of the failed merger between the museum and BIO.<\/p>\n
According to Claus Juul L\u00f8land, professor at the Department of Neuroscience and member of the Academic Council at SUND, there are no hard feelings about the arrival of the top researchers at the Faculty, even though some of their research interests may not appear to be compatible with Health Sciences.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think we could expect a more accommodating reply, so all in all, it is really very positive<\/p>\n
Caspar Elo Christensen, Biologisk Institut<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u00bbBoth the Academic Council and other groups at SUND were involved in the process early on, and we have given input and expressed our opinions. So I feel that the process has been very constructive,\u00ab says Claus Juul L\u00f8land.<\/p>\n
\u00bbWe welcome the new Globe Institute and the most important thing to do now is to look ahead and figure out how we can use each other. I am curious to find that out.\u00ab<\/p>\n
Is anyone confused or dissatisfied by the fact that researchers who study ecology and geology, among other things, will be joining your faculty?<\/em><\/p>\n\u00bbNo, nobody is dissatisfied. I think we should look at it from a broader perspective. Perhaps it doesn\u2019t seem SUND related at the moment, but once we have talked to each other, I am sure we can figure something out.\u00ab<\/p>\n
And you are comfortable with the proposed solution?<\/em><\/p>\n\u00bbYes, we are.\u00ab<\/p>\n
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Bottom row, from left: Signe M\u00f8ller Johansen, Eske Willerslev"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Standfirst","subject":"Protest letter","text":"This is a story about what will follow","use_post_excerpt":true},{"acf_fc_layout":"Byline","is_author":true,"contributors":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>Signed by 193 staff members, the protest letter sent by employees at the Department of Biology (BIO) to the UCPH board on 11 June clearly meant business.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/almost-200-sign-protest-letter-from-department-of-biology-to-ucph-board\/\">In the letter<\/a>, staff members criticise their managers for not listening to them regarding the merger between the Department of Biology (BIO) and the Natural History Museum of Denmark (SNM).<\/p>\n<p>The merger has since been called off, resulting in the transfer of five top museum researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/se-topforskernes-aftale-om-nyt-institut\/\">to the new Globe Institut<\/a>e at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (SUND).<\/p>\n<h3>A welcome admission<\/h3>\n<p>This unsatisfactory result was not the only problem addressed in the letter. The critics also claim the process was in breach of <secret text=\"Specifically, paragraph 10, part 6: The board ensures staff and student co-determination and involvement in important decisions.\">the University Act<\/secret>.<\/p>\n<p>The letter ended with four questions, including whether the board felt that staff had been involved sufficiently in the merger and how they plan to avoid repeating \u00bbsuch an unfortunate process\u00ab.<\/p>\n<p>The board has now responded in a letter of its own, which answers some of the questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbLooking back at the process, the board acknowledges that the employees at the BIO were not sufficiently involved in the merger between BIO and SNM,\u00ab they write in a letter to staff at the Department of Biology.<\/p>\n<p>This admission is welcomed by two of the employees from the Department of Biology who signed the protest letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI don\u2019t think we could have hoped for a more accommodating reply, so all in all, it is very positive. It is important that they take responsibility and admit that the process was not in line with the legislation or strategy,\u00ab says academic employee Caspar Elo Christensen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThe contents of the letter are very positive\u00ab says Professor Lars Ellgaard.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbBut,\u00ab he adds, \u00bbwe are also interested to see what it will actually lead to.\u00ab<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Looking back at the process, the board acknowledges that the employees at the BIO were not sufficiently involved in the merger between BIO and SNM<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Letter from the board to employees at BIO<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>No specific promises<\/h3>\n<p>The letter from the board does not make any specific promises, but they do pledge to discuss the now-cancelled merger process with the university management, \u00bbincluding how best to handle future organisational changes.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbOf course, we would have preferred something a bit more concrete, especially about how staff will be involved in the future. We would like to know whether the new guidelines will bring back the department councils \u2013 and require management to consult them in a serious manner,\u00ab says Caspar Elo Christensen, with reference to the department councils, which were finally disbanded in February 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Lars Ellgaard agrees that the department councils should be revived and urges the university management to incorporate employees\u2019 perspectives in a more structured way:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt would reassure the employees if there were a set of guidelines that specified exactly how the rector, dean and head of department would involve employees in important decisions. We also expect that employees would be consulted in the development of such guidelines,\u00ab says Lars Ellgaard.<\/p>\n<p>Uniavisen wanted to ask the UCPH board whether they have any specific plans, but the chairman of the board, Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen was not available to give a comment.<\/p>\n<h3>Satisfied at SUND<\/h3>\n<p>The board is probably relieved to note that there is a more positive tone at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (SUND). Here, employees are satisfied with the process that led to the creation of the new Globe Institute<\/p>\n<p>This new department employs five of the top researchers from the Natural History Museum of Denmark\u00a0 – including Eske Willerslev and Minik Rosing – \u00a0who left SCIENCE as a result of the failed merger between the museum and BIO.<\/p>\n<p>According to Claus Juul L\u00f8land, professor at the Department of Neuroscience and member of the Academic Council at SUND, there are no hard feelings about the arrival of the top researchers at the Faculty, even though some of their research interests may not appear to be compatible with Health Sciences.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I don\u2019t think we could expect a more accommodating reply, so all in all, it is really very positive<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Caspar Elo Christensen, Biologisk Institut<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00bbBoth the Academic Council and other groups at SUND were involved in the process early on, and we have given input and expressed our opinions. So I feel that the process has been very constructive,\u00ab says Claus Juul L\u00f8land.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe welcome the new Globe Institute and the most important thing to do now is to look ahead and figure out how we can use each other. I am curious to find that out.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p><em>Is anyone confused or dissatisfied by the fact that researchers who study ecology and geology, among other things, will be joining your faculty?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbNo, nobody is dissatisfied. I think we should look at it from a broader perspective. Perhaps it doesn\u2019t seem SUND related at the moment, but once we have talked to each other, I am sure we can figure something out.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p><em>And you are comfortable with the proposed solution?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbYes, we are.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"Dansk","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Receive a weekly newsletter in your inbox","button_text":"Tilmeld nu","class":""},{"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"},{"term_id":46,"name":"Science","slug":"science","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":46,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":830,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":469,"name":"Biology","slug":"biology","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":469,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":9,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":1665,"name":"Board","slug":"board","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1665,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":8,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":1621,"name":"Fusion","slug":"fusion-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1621,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":2015,"name":"SUND","slug":"sund-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2015,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"}],"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":11485,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bestyrelse048.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88372","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\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88372"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88389,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88372\/revisions\/88389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}