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It's time for this year's round of university elections. Here are this year's leading candidates for the positions on the UCPH Board.
In the dawn of time, Danish university students were men studying to become priests. Then they turned into exalted, rebellious youths reading poetry and wanting to overthrow society. But who are the students today? Some say they are self-absorbed and coddled. Others say they are critical and reflective.
The N-word had just been spoken. One group of students just got up and left. Another group of students stayed and defended the instructor. It can be difficult for both students and teaching staff when the ghosts of the past haunt today’s auditoriums. But what is prudence and good practice in teaching at university in 2023?
Magnus Pharao Hansen read Tolkien at the age of ten and fell for it. As a teenager, he wrote a dictionary of Old Norse. Today he deciphers ancient Mesoamerican languages and has just got an EU grant of DKK 11 million.
Is it the subject, or is it the students? What is the problem when 27.3 per cent of students fail a course?
Can you study at a foreign university without a valid passport? Yes, according to the Danish government, which has just tabled a bill on virtual exchange programmes for Danish students. The University of Copenhagen supports the measure.
After multiple temporary extensions, universities can finally breathe a collective sigh of relief. On the Danish government’s 2024 budget is an increase in government subsidies that will be made permanent from 2025.
Disagreements with the rector Henrik C. Wegener have led to heated exchanges. And so I, with the lowest rank, must withdraw, says Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen. He steps down as head of the Faculty of Social Sciences in the spring of 2024.
A new 'code of conduct' at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) is a new series of guidelines for good scientific practice. The purpose: To clear up ambiguity and uncertainty.
It's in his head constantly. When he sleeps, when he goes for a walk, or when he leads a conversation. Maths professor Søren Fournais has got DKK 15 million to solve Schrödinger's equation riddle.
