It was research on popular culture that got Erik Steinskog into Le Monde and the Washington Post. But his heart and soul is with opera too. It's all a part of the same musical orbit.

About 2,700 new students were welcomed by UCPH rector and deans (and the University Post) at the Matriculation Ceremony last Friday. Our photographer was there too.

Thursday, 16th August had new students meeting each other for the first time on South Campus. It was a day with joy, anxiety and rousing speeches from the Student Council. Our student reporter was there.

The majority of students at the Department of Psychology are women under 25 from affluent families. The department’s management calls for more diversity on the programme and has set off a debate on future admission procedures.

In a column published in the scientific journal Science, former UCPH researchers Lars Lønsmann Iversen and Mette Bendixen argue that research foundations should actively participate in improving working conditions for researchers by incorporating a code of conduct into grant applications. One fund, Villum Fonden, says it is not their responsibility.

There is an urgent need for 22,000 student homes for in Denmark, according to the Danish Construction Association. And 8,400 homes are needed in Copenhagen alone. The Social Liberal Party proposes setting up a general fund to build 20,000 new student homes.

Four new partnerships between the University of Copenhagen and the Capital Region are to bring the latest research in pediatric asthma, cancer, osteoarthritis and child infections out to doctors and patients.