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Women academics written out of UCPH history

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Opinion

The UCPH election merry-go-round continues

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Campus

Campus parking ban frustrates students

Students may no longer park on South Campus. But several of them say that their daily lives depend on being able to get to their studies by car.

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Politics

They owe study grants, yet international students bring in good money for Denmark

For Denmark, having international students is a profitable thing. This is according to a new analysis by the universities’ interest organisation Danske Universiteter. And it applies even though international students who get SU study grants cost the Danish government DKK 400 million in defaulted debt payments.

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Politics

Staff rep: Abolishing lunch breaks will bleed staff dry

According to the Danish government, public employees are not entitled to a paid lunch break. And it is ready to support lower-level public managers who take away their employees’ paid break. A staff representative at UCPH responds: Does the government agency want people to be inflexible?

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Politics

Government agency stripped of Niels Bohr Building control

The Danish Building and Property Agency has been removed from the scandalous Niels Bohr Building project. The director resigns from the project. Management of the project has been inadequate, according to a report. Minister says that UCPH does not have to pay the largest part of extra costs.

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Politics

Owners had never heard of plan for 1,500 youth homes in their own property

Local politician Jonas Bjørn Jensen is collecting signatures in favour of youth housing for a couple of thousand students in the old B&W factory halls in the Refshaleøen island district. The current owners of the buildings had never heard of the project, but they don’t reject it offhand.

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Culture

Winter 2017: A Museum Odyssey through time, sound & hygge

Student culture reporter Léa Severino has scoped out the museum scene around Copenhagen and recommends four hygge-rated day trips for you and a friend.

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Politics

The academic precariat strikes back

More and more academics have to make do with short-term jobs. So many, that the temporarily hired are the largest group of researchers at the University of Copenhagen. Now they are organizing themselves, and demanding better working conditions. They say it will benefit research.

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Science

UCPH scientists contributed to sensational neutron stars discovery

By combining measurements of gravitational waves and observations of light, the scientists have discovered and described a clash between two neutron stars. Analyses of light from the explosion - called a kilonova - show the creation of heavy elements, solving an older scientific problem.

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