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State employees — including university staff — can now look forward to more pay, better parental leave terms, and more flexibility. This is after an agreement that also focusses on stress-related illness, says a UCPH union representative.
At the Royal Danish Academy, David Dreyer Lassen spoke of fierce competition, an increase in fixed-term appointments, and the need for new criteria for recruitment of academics.
The soya bean is set to be replaced by the Danish pea in plant-based food. University of Copenhagen associate professor explains the sustainable food initiative.
After years of relying on awareness campaigns, a copyright enforcement group is now stepping up its efforts to combat illegal textbook copying by students at Danish universities.
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?
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.
Both research and teaching will feel the aftershocks of the large-scale cuts at the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, with entire research fields set to disappear. The dean announces tighter financial controls.
When their contracts expire this summer, two popular literature lecturers at the University of Copenhagen stand to lose their jobs — or get stuck in positions without any allotted time for research. Their story is not just about them. It is about what research-based teaching should look like in the future.
An internship in Australia set off a research project on functional disorders. Now, two Danish students have published their results in one of the world’s leading medical journals.
Sergey Rosbakh left the Faculty of Science in December 2025 and now says that the credibility of UCPH as an employer has been undermined. According to the dean at the faculty the risk of reputational damage is a »genuine concern«.
