New language centre to further internationalisation

Posted on 20 December 2007

University of Copenhagen aims to attract more international researchers and students. To further that goal, the Board of University has decided to set up a new Language Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Competencies (CIP) at the Faculty of Humanities in August 2008.

CIP is a collaboration between Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies and Department of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics. The Centre’s first task will be to map the need for upgrading the lecturers’ language skills and then develop further education for Danish lecturers that teach in English, and for foreign lecturers that teach in Danish.

- CIP is to make it feasible for the University of Copenhagen to become an international university without losing touch with the Danish community, which continually will benefit from the University’s education and research, says Professor Peter Harder from Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies.

In time, the Centre will also provide services for the administrative staff and PhD-students so that all employees can contribute to the University’s growth in the increasing international competition. The Board The new Board of Centre consists of the following members:

• Head of Department Jens Erik Mogensen, Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies (Chair)
• Dean Kirsten Refsing, Faculty of Humanities
• Head of International Office, John E. Andersen
• Director of HRM Niels Wendelboe
• Associate Professor Dorte Albrechtsen, Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
• Professor Frans Gregersen, Department of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics
• Professor Peter Harder, Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies
• Associate Professor Birgit Henriksen, Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies

Further information Dean Kirsten Refsing, Faculty of Humanities +45 35 32 80 63, e-mail: kre@hum.ku.dk