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The stories we kept: Inside family photo albums

We take more photos than ever. But we are losing our connection to them. Professor Mette Sandbye has looked at family photo albums from the 1960s right through to our current age of algorithms.

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Science

What do PhD students and ICE agents have in common? Career pressure

People who are under pressure in their professional lives are willing to act brutally to climb the career ladder. And this can be exploited, new Copenhagen study shows.

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Student life

First friends, first phrases: Soft landing at the University of Copenhagen

Before the semester starts, exchange students can take a course to get to know their new city — and have a go at the tricky Danish language.

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Student life

Growing up meant leaving the fantasy genre — or so she thought

Maren Lemb has just debuted with a fantasy novel that she started to write at the age of 11. On the Comparative Literature programme at UCPH, where she is a student, no one finds the magical princess twins out of place.

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Politics

Chair of working group: Retreat rooms could have stayed open while being rethought

Lars Cyril Nørgaard led the investigation into the use of the UCPH retreat rooms. Here he sheds some light on the facts that were uncovered by it.

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Student life

University of Copenhagen management shuts down all retreat rooms

Retreat rooms are soon to be gone for good. Management is closing the controversial spaces so they can be incorporated into better facilities for students with disabilities.

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Politics

These University of Copenhagen profiles are running for office in local elections

Danes and many internationals students and staff can vote in local elections 18 November. The University Post has compiled an overview of the UCPH candidates that are on the ballots.

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Student life

Christian students carve out a sacred lunchtime space

How strictly should we observe the Sabbath? And how do you best talk to God? Every Thursday, a new Christian lunch club meets up on central campus to read the Bible and pray. The University Post dropped by for lunch.

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Student life

From sexism to safe spaces: Political Science reinvents intro week

The controversial Political Science intro programme is now focussed on shaping an inclusive community. The University Post turned up to see what this looks like — ten years after the scandals erupted.

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Student life

Student of German: »I’ve found joy in following my true calling«

Sigurd Lund has his sights set on diplomacy. Here he reflects on what it is like to study German on a year cohort of just 30 students.

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