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Congratulations to the many students whose time at the University of Copenhagen is drawing to a close… but what now? How should you live? Who should you become? Based on a reading of the wise and unpretentious graduation speeches by the now deceased Kurt Vonnegut, The University Post here presents some life advice to the soon-to-be adults.
The Board of Directors at the University of Copenhagen want to spend millions of kroner on 11 projects to turn the university's strategy into more than just a policy document.
After budget overruns on the scale of billions of kroner for the Niels Bohr Building and the Maersk Tower, a new major construction task towers up on the horizon. Now the University of Copenhagen's new Natural History Museum of Denmark is to be excavated in the middle of the capital city. Is this at all possible on budget? Yes, says the government’s new building contractor. Perhaps, says a construction researcher.
Geologist Minik Rosing won the Rungstedlund award in April, an honour normally reserved for authors. But then again: Rosing has been telling stories all his life.
Four students tell us what it is like to be a parent at university. Read also about SU and maternity/paternity leave.
Foreign researchers and PhD students may now hold sideline jobs without having a separate work permit. It presupposes, however, that the job is related to their field of research. Employees on the Danish so-called pay limit scheme (for high salary contracts) are not, however, included.
The Niels Bohr Institute is to make a DKK 5 million payroll cut. Partly because the scientists have been good at getting research funding from councils and foundations.
To have, or not to have, academic parents. This makes a huge difference, according to a group of students who have set up a network for first generation scholars.
Project manager Thomas Haaning Christiansen from the Faculty of Law won this year's TAP Prize for technical/administrative staff. It was awarded at the Spring Festival on Friday, 25th May.
In several homicides, statistics researcher Therese Graversen from the University of Copenhagen has helped British police to identify a probable offender. She uses a unique method, for the first time in English legal history, and which will set new standards for future legal proceedings.
