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Ahlers, Minister for Education, to ease up on students (slightly)

Minister for Higher Education Tommy Ahlers (V) proposes extending bachelor graduates’ legal right of admission to master’s programmes to three years, removing grade bonuses, and making it easier for students to design their own programme of study. He will not, however, change the study progress reform and cap on education programmes.

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Politics

HR manager: This is what the zero tolerance policy on sexual harassment means

Lisbeth Møller, Deputy Director for HR at UCPH explains what is actually meant by zero tolerance towards sexual and other types of harassment.

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No more dirty jokes: UCPH to introduce zero tolerance policy on sexual harassment

The University of Copenhagen is now to introduce a zero tolerance policy on sexual harassment and other violations. The Danish government is also to amend the Law on Equal Treatment so that a casual workplace atmosphere can no longer be a mitigating factor.

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Campus

The great guide to Friday bars at the University of Copenhagen

It is a proud tradition to celebrate the week’s academic achievements by burning off brain cells. Read all about the UCPH campuses’ best bars and clubs here (updated July 2021)

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Science

“Bold” ideas granted millions in research funding

For the second year running, the Villum Experiment programme has made grants to scientific research. This year, the University of Copenhagen will receive 37.5 million kroner to fund wild ideas

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Science

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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