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Faculty of Science rethink: Specialised one-year master’s degrees

Faculty drops idea of short versions of traditional subjects and launches a series of new, more specialised degrees. At the same time, it is working »flat out« to get companies to take on students for business master’s degrees.

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Student life

Can you live on DKK 50 a day in Copenhagen? Five things I learnt from trying

I survived the whole month of February in Copenhagen on a budget of DKK 1,500. My experiment is over. Here are my tips if you, by necessity or by choice, have to live on the cheap.

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Student life

Living on DKK 50 a day: My all-or-nothing relationship with money

The experiment in which I have to live on less than DKK 1,500 for a month is finally drawing to a close. I think back to my school trip to Austria, and I reflect on our social and personal relationship with money with a behavioural economist and a savings expert.

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Student life

Living on DKK 50 a day: My spreadsheet is disappointed. I’m not

My financial experiment has entered a new phase. I’ve cracked the code of saving — but is that enough for a good life? And are you doomed to fail as a partner if you’re poor?

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Culture

Can you live on DKK 50 a day in Copenhagen? A student experiment

According to a study, one in four students in Denmark live on less than DKK 1,500 a month after expenses. So now I will test this on my own body: Can I live on that for the month of February?

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Education

UCPH braces for master's degree reform: »We can’t afford to get it wrong«

In the face of what they call »a colossal development task«, University of Copenhagen management has scaled back its criticism and is now hard at work trying to make the reform a success. The prorector for education explains what they are doing to create new programmes.

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Politics

Danish government moves to ban the niqab in schools and universities

Plans to ban the face veil at the country’s educational institutions follow recommendations from a former government's women’s rights commission. Scholar of Islam says he has never actually seen a niqab there.

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Science

Historian gets DKK 12 million to do antisemitism research

Antisemitism is surging online — University of Copenhagen historian is now to lead a new research and outreach initiative

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Education

Recorded maths lectures on video — now she's lecturer of the year

Elisenda Feliu teaches mathematics to biology students. Their initial resistance has been converted into results

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Politics

Danish student grant shuts internationals out of internships

Master’s student Réka Joo wants to do an internship so she can get a foothold on the Danish labour market. But as an international student, she simply can’t make ends meet.

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Annonce