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The rice plant with gills

Rice plants 'breathe' through a thin gas coating, that works like the gills of fish. UCPH researcher has helped to locate the gene in rice that makes it water resistant for days. Now he wants to solve a wet climate challenge.

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Politics

Derfor vil vismændene lave SU'en om til lån: 3 argumenter

De økonomiske vismænd er ikke imod SU, men de skriver i ny rapport, at Danmark giver for meget af den væk. Det retfærdige ville være at lave en del af SU'en om til lån, lyder det.

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Campus

To fight the loneliness, Peter went on ten different intro camps for new students

The University of Copenhagen has (at least) one student who is studying now on his tenth year and who, according to himself, is getting a huge benefit out of it every time he goes on the fresher camp for new students. It works as therapy for new students, and for their tutors.

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Campus

Oops! 600 staff had unlawful access to 13,600 CPR personal ID numbers

Sensitive information, including salary data, has been freely available on the University of Copenhagen's servers. New procedures to safeguard the employees’ data introduced

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Campus

Bonus? That is for UCPH managers to give each other

Employees who have the job title of ‘manager’ get significantly higher one-off bonuses than the university's other employees, according to figures from the website Loenoverblik.dk.

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Culture

No more Icelandic, Old Norse at UCPH

The University of Copenhagen is to shut down its electives in Modern Icelandic, Old Norse and Faroese in 2019 due to a lack of students. The acting dean Jens Erik Mogensen hopes, however, that they will be recreated if UCPH is given a grant from the government.

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Campus

Students getting bags stolen while on bikes in South Campus area

Several students have had their bags stolen while cycling in the area around South campus over the past few months. The police say they do not believe students should feel more unsafe, however.

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Culture

Playlist: Spring Festival's top tracks

Who are you gonna see play Friday? We’ve made a playlist so you know which songs you can’t miss at Spring Festival. Enjoy!

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Campus

The University Post guide to the 2018 UCPH Spring Festival

On 25 May, 15,000 UCPH students, faculty and staff get together for the annual Spring Festival. Here are 17 things you can do to make sure your festival is a good one

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Campus

UCPH managers take home the biggest salary increases

At the University of Copenhagen, employees with ‘manager’ job titles have, on average, received a significantly higher percentage wage increase than other employees. This can be seen in a calculation by the University Post on the basis of figures from Lønoverblik.dk. UCPH says the calculation is misleading.

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