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Islamic State propaganda is more than just pure evil

New research project examines Islamic State execution videos. "They are more than just a kind of exceptional evil," says PhD student Simone Molin Friis, who for the last few years has studied the terrorist group’s media strategy

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Campus

Intro week: who bears responsibility for the pig heads and herring gags?

Is it only individual tutors who should foot the bill when an intro week party goes overboard? Or does the problem run deeper? New research shows that there is a link between introduction week activities and the culture within a specific academic field.

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Education

Hundreds of jobs lost at UCPH after government cuts

According to Universities Denmark figures, the annual two per cent cut to education programmes has so far cost hundreds of employees their jobs at the University of Copenhagen.

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Culture

Pop culture is really also high culture

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.

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Campus

The hunt for the golden banjo

A golden banjo belonging to the Department of Musicology has been missing since Friday 13th April. The banjo was last seen in the Roland Bar in connection with a sport science student tour-de-friday-bars event.

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Campus

5 tips from the bike mechanic: How to buy a GOOD used bike

If you are on a tight student budget, money can be saved by buying a used bike. But you should know what to look for. Here are five tips from one of the UCPH student-run bike repair shops.

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Education

Pictures from the Matriculation Ceremony 2018

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.

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Generation Stress

For years now the politicians have given students the stick with reforms and admonitions. Now the politicians and pundits suddenly feel sorry for them. Studies show that students are not happy. But can Generation Stress believe that things will get any better, the author of this article asks, and recalls his own life as a slacker.

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Politics

The budget revolution

University of Copenhagen management wants to internally redistribute funding for research and education. This may be the biggest change at UCPH in recent years.

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Politics

Social Liberal Party wants to restore green card scheme

Small centrist party wants it to be easier for highly skilled non-Danes from countries outside the EU to apply for jobs in Denmark.

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