Dinamarca: University layoffs

Dinamarca: University layoffs
Copenhagen’s university prepares to lay off more than 100 staff next year to as part of cost cuts

The University of Copenhagen plans to cut up to 130 jobs in January as part of a plan to save more than 90 million kroner.

The university employs about 8000 staff.

Head of communications, Jasper Steen Winkel, said that the coming round of firings would not be enough to offset the budget deficit completely. Letting go of 130 staff would save between 60 and 70 million kroner for the university.

‘We will be operating with a deficit of 21 million kroner after this round,’ Winkel said.

The spokesman said about 20 employees would be fired from areas of common administration, but that layoffs in individual institutes and departments had not yet been decided.

The Copenhagen Post, 27/11/09