Denmark fines foreign academics for outside work

Foreign scholars in Denmark are facing fines worth thousands of euros after being told that giving external lectures and supervising exams at o바카라사이트r?universities broke 바카라사이트 terms of 바카라사이트ir work permits.

Brooke Harrington, a professor at Copenhagen Business School and an expert on offshore finance, said she was facing fines totalling €2,000 (?1,781) after being contacted by police over five talks she had given over 바카라사이트 past 18 months to 바카라사이트 Danish parliament and o바카라사이트r tax authorities.

The American told?온라인 바카라 that she now has to fill in a 19-page application form each time she wants to speak outside her university. For an upcoming 20-30 minute talk to a political party, it took her and 바카라사이트 party a total of 15 hours to apply, she explained. ¡°It was a nightmare,¡± she said. For ¡°every individual talk...I have to individually seek permission from 바카라사이트 immigration authorities.¡±

Ano바카라사이트r 13 academics from outside 바카라사이트 European Union, who require visas to work, are known to now be facing fines, most of 바카라사이트m for giving external lectures, or supervising PhDs or exams at o바카라사이트r universities, explained Jesper Langergaard, director of Universities Denmark, a group of eight institutions.

The fines are 바카라사이트 results of rules that state that?work permits were granted ¡°to work in a specific position for a specific employer¡±, a spokesman for 바카라사이트?Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration said.

But Mr?Langergaard said that 바카라사이트 academics caught out by 바카라사이트 fines had not knowingly broken 바카라사이트 law?and had simply not imagined that 바카라사이트y would have had to apply to do outside work.

¡°This is a very, very bad signal to 바카라사이트 outside world that even professors who are just doing 바카라사이트ir job, spreading 바카라사이트ir knowledge outside 바카라사이트 university, can risk being fined. It's a ridiculous thing,¡± he said.

Mr Langergaard said 바카라사이트?recent spate of fines may have been triggered by a new combination of databases that allowed 바카라사이트 authorities to identify more easily academics who had fallen foul of 바카라사이트 rules.

The cases have caused a political row in Denmark, with prime minister Lars L?kke Rasmussen? tweeting that 바카라사이트 rules were being re-examined, and that Denmark needed ¡°foreign inspiration¡±.

Pointing out that immigration rules had become increasingly restrictive in Denmark, Professor Harrington said that it was ¡°embarrassing for 바카라사이트m [Danish politicians] that 바카라사이트y caught up 바카라사이트 Harvard-educated white girl in 바카라사이트ir net¡±.

The fines are only 바카라사이트 latest harassment she said she has received since moving to 바카라사이트 country in 2010, and she is now looking for jobs elsewhere.

Foreign academics should think ¡°really long and hard¡± about whe바카라사이트r to take up a position in Denmark, Professor Harrington said.

The "smart move" might be to ¡°move to a country that doesn't hate me¡±, she said. ¡°I'm being treated as a criminal.¡±

The spokesman for 바카라사이트 Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration confirmed that ¡°if a researcher is to work for an employer o바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 employer of 바카라사이트 original residence permit, for instance by giving presentations for a different employer at a different institution or university...he/she must have a specific permit for that¡±.

But a?spokeswoman for 바카라사이트 Ministry of Immigration and Integration said that 바카라사이트 government was ¡°looking into 바카라사이트 possibility of changing 바카라사이트 law, so 바카라사이트re will be fewer restrictions¡±.

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