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As Trump tears up the rulebook, academics use a new concept

Two University of Copenhagen researchers adopt the concept of the »diplomatic extreme« to make sense of the US president’s statements on Greenland.

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Working environment

Petition launched for University of Copenhagen lecturers in contract limbo

Bureaucracy is preventing two popular lecturers from being rehired in Comparative Literature. Students push back: »Agus was the highlight of my time at university.«

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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

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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Working environment

124 jobs lost at Faculty of Science — academics fear lasting damage

A recurring annual DKK 100 million deficit has led to widespread layoffs at the Faculty of Science. Critics decry both the impact on core tasks and the lack of budget oversight, which the Academic Council calls »a collective failure of management«.

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Science

University of Copenhagen in command of Moon mission

One rock out of place could be fatal for a lunar lander. In 2029, the UCPH-led satellite Máni will map out safe landing sites.

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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

Students confront management: »Will my master’s be a joke degree?«

With more than 10 staff laid off, and 25 staff departing voluntarily, students of Landscape Architecture at the University of Copenhagen are concerned about the continued quality of their education programme.

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Education

Somali student refused entry to Denmark — classmates take action

Mustaf Mohamed Takoy was denied entry to Denmark this summer, despite holding an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for study at UCPH. His fellow students have taken matters into their own hands and appealed the decision.

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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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