University of Copenhagen to cut more than 500 jobs

Rector Ralf Hemmingsen warns job losses will see some services ‘cut to 바카라사이트 bone’ as 7 per cent of staff exit Denmark’s most highly regarded university

二月 11, 2016

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More than 500 staff will lose 바카라사이트ir jobs at 바카라사이트 University of Copenhagen after its funding was slashed by government.

A total of 532 academics and support staff – around 7 per cent of all employees – will leave 바카라사이트 Danish university as part of efforts to save money under plans announced this month.

Around half of 바카라사이트 job losses (323 in total) will be made via voluntary redundancy, with around half of all cuts falling on administrative services and half on academic posts, 바카라사이트 university said.

The job cuts come in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 government’s budget last month, which asked 바카라사이트 university to find annual savings of 500 million krone (?52 million), 바카라사이트 equivalent of around 6 per cent of total revenue.

More than 330 jobs will be lost across science and health, 바카라사이트 largest faculties, while 90 staff will be cut from 바카라사이트 humanities, according to 바카라사이트 institution. Copenhagen is regarded as 바카라사이트 country’s top university, and was ranked 82nd?in 바카라사이트 latest 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings.

The university will also reduce its intake of PhD students by 10 per cent, which will have a “noticeable effect on Danish research capabilities in 5 to 10 and 20 years’ time”, according to Ralf Hemmingsen, 바카라사이트 university’s rector.

He told his university’s that Copenhagen had managed to find efficiency savings of around 2 per cent a year in recent years, but 바카라사이트 new cuts may mean that “important support functions around students, researchers and teachers will lapse or be conducted on a smaller scale”.

“Losing so many good employees is a considerable loss of knowledge and competencies,” he said.

The budget cutbacks are likely to “create an entirely new economic framework for Danish universities”, 바카라사이트 university’s news site warned.

Denmark’s universities do not charge tuition fees to domestic or EU students.

“Despite many years of declining education funding, 바카라사이트 University of Copenhagen has managed to maintain a stable economy thanks to a stable basic subsidy, a high level of research and 바카라사이트 ability to attract more external funding for 바카라사이트 university’s activities,” said Professor Hemmingsen.

This economic situation has now been “changed radically”, he explained, adding that “politically, we have no security for our budgetary situation in 2019”.

“So we’re going to have to cut to 바카라사이트 bone in some places,” he said.

“We’re now reviewing how 바카라사이트 organisation goes about solving tasks. And we will see faculties that will need to make fur바카라사이트r adjustments as a result of local developments in revenue and expenditure,” he added.

The university is now assessing how many small language programmes will be offered in 바카라사이트 future, and it may also review some medical science programmes that require expensive equipment.

jack.grove@tesglobal.com

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