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Allianceplus: Cleaners will not be fired

Cleaning staff at the Faculty of Health Sciences lost their battle against the University of Copenhagen's outsourcing drive. But for now, their jobs are secured, says service company Allianceplus to University Post

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Ethics courses to prevent future Penkowa scandals

University of Copenhagen to set up mandatory ethics courses for PhD students in the wake of scientific fraud scandal. Deans support the initiative, but PhD student says the course may not be completely necessary

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Penkowa hearing: Avoiding the P-word

Students get complaints officer

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Health staff attempt to lift language barrier

Faculty members struggle to comprehend Danes and Danish, and make themselves understood in English. A new network at the Faculty of Health Sciences will try to confront the issue of being lost in translation

University cleaning staff fired after outsourcing

Nine out of 37 cleaning staff have lost their jobs at the Faculty of Health Sciences. This is after management outsourced them to a private cleaning company. The original staff had offered to do a better job for less, but to no avail

Student Council: Let us hear your merger ideas

At a Student Council brainstorm, students were urged to see the merger as an opportunity, not a threat

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Rector proposes merger into two super faculties

Staff, students angered by 24 hr warning

Rector: This is not a 'coup'

Dean: I hope we can all stand together

Merger controversy addressed head on

Rector, Dean hit by shower of questions

Comment: We need new statute for selecting leaders

Comment: Explain why we need the merger, please

Merger controversy addressed head on

At the Faculty of Health Sciences, staff and students were interested, though sceptical, when Rector Ralf Hemmingsen and Dean Ulla Wewer introduced the proposed merger on Tuesday 20 September. Unlike at the morning meetings, staff and students seemed to be more receptive

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Comment: Explain why we need the merger, please

Rector proposes merger into two super faculties

Rector proposes merger into two super faculties

In a shock move, University of Copenhagen board and management now propose merging Life Science and Science; Health and Pharma into two larger faculties

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Rector: This is not a 'coup'

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Systems Biology expects big win in relay

As University of Copenhagen teams get ready to run the world’s largest fun-run, the DHL Relay race, on Monday 29 August, there is one lab already projecting a massive win