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Sustainability in a Student Bar

From the fear of global warming to eating insects, this event had it all. DANSIC conference "Reimagine Resources: PLAYGROUND" was an event for networking, intellectual inspiration and moderate thrills.

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Delays on Niels Bohr Building to cost UCPH a fortune

The government now recognizes that the delayed Niels Bohr Building will cost at least 10 per cent more than budgeted – an extra bill that will end up being paid by the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). Unions criticize the government property agency for not learning from its mistakes and for using a cheap construction company

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Education

Top 10: Here are the most popular subjects in quota 2

The number of applicants has dropped a bit, but getting through the Danish universities’ quota 2 application system is still tough at the University of Copenhagen. And the most popular education programme has just got even more difficult to get into.

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Prestigious UCPH construction delayed

The Danish Building and Property Agency blames the now sacked subcontractor for the indefinite postponement of the DKK 1.6 billion Niels Bohr Building at the University of Copenhagen. UCPH director and dean predict that the delay will be costly.

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Education

How does UCPH fare in the great quality measurement

120,000 students and recent graduates from across the country have rated the quality of their education. Teachers at the University of Copenhagen get top marks, but on other measurements UCPH is in the middle of the Danish university field.

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Politics

Parliament split in debate over prayer rooms

Remember the UCPH prayer room out in what they used to call KUA? Now parliament has spent an afternoon discussing whether it (and similar spaces) should be banned.

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Here is your team, Wegener. Hope you like it

As new rector, Henrik Wegener takes over prorectors and deans that he can’t, immediately, remove from his team. We've taken a look at the salaries of the University of Copenhagen’s top executives and written a small progress report on each of them.

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Politics

Three universities to let employees keep days off

Three universities have decided they will continue to recognise ‘customary holidays’, reports Avisen.dk. UCPH's administration has yet to decide whether workers will get the days off

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Farewell Købmagergade, Welcome Søndre Campus!

After 45 years in Købmagergade, The Faculty of Theology is moving out of central Copenhagen. But changes are never easy, resulting in a mix of nostalgia and excitement.

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Thybo tried, in vain, to get Rector to quash sacking rumours

Sacked Professor Hans Thybo rejected a settlement proposal from UCPH and is ready to go to court to get his job back after doubts concerning the University's grounds for dismissal. New documents show that Thybo unsuccessfully tried to get Rector to declare that there were no secret grounds for dismissal

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