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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.
When it comes to getting in the media, the political scientists dominate the University of Copenhagen list, followed by the lawyers and the economists. Here is the list of researchers who are most often quoted in the media.
Three months after graduation, 26 per cent of all international students have left Denmark. The Danish government wants to cut down on the programmes where the fewest international students find jobs in Denmark.
It can be hard to pull yourself together when your sofa is your bed, and there is a Magnum ice lolly in the freezer. Lucky for you, the University Post has set up this extensive (but not exhaustive) guide to Copenhagen's many reading rooms. So now you are at least one step closer to getting the curriculum over with.
The sea is awash with forgotten plastic bags and old car tyres. Students armed with nets and diving masks are removing some of the trash that otherwise would never see land again.
The University of Copenhagen now has the support of the Liberal Alliance education and research spokesman Henrik Dahl in the dispute over who should pay for cost increases to the Niels Bohr Building.
The Danish Building and Property Agency wants the University of Copenhagen to pay DKK 445m of the extra bill for the construction, which amounts to an additional DKK 32 million in rent. The university has now brought the case against the agency before a court of arbitration.
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.
The University of Copenhagen admitted 6,873 students this year. Women make up 63% of them. What are they studying? What aren’t they studying? This list breaks it down.
