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Three out of four staff with job-related psychological illnesses lose their jobs

Employees with psychological health issues say they are being ill-treated by their workplaces. They have the highest risk of being fired, according to research projects from the Department of Psychology at UCPH.

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Science

UCPH censured for its contract with agriculture

The University of Copenhagen needs to sharpen up its freedom of research wording on future contracts with external parties. This is according to the supervising authority the Danish Agency for Institutions and Educational Grants.

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Education

Forgot national holidays – law faculty had to move exam 5 weeks

The Faculty of Law had forgotten to include the spring season’s national holidays and had put course instruction and exams in the same time slot. The solution – moving all the exams by up to 5 weeks – has set off a series of new problems: Exams are now on top of each other, and students fear that it will impact their grades.

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Science

11 young UPCH scientists to share DKK 84m from Villum Fonden

The Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen has done well this year in terms of getting funding from the Villum Fonden's Young Investigator Programme. 10 out of the 18 young grant recipients are from this faculty.

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Education

Dentist shortage: Department of Odontology ready to train more

The Minister of Higher Education and Research is considering increasing dentistry student admissions. But this requires more instructors at the Department of Odontology.

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Campus

This is why the University of Copenhagen has agreed to a visit from Puigdemont

Arrest warrant or not, the exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is welcome at UCPH so students can meet politics in all its real complexity. This is according to Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, Head of the Department of Political Science.

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Education

EU students can sneak out of repaying their Danish SU loans

1,700 international students have a total of DKK 123 million in Danish SU student loans which are they are not repaying. But the EU Commission does not plan to help the Danish government recover its debts.

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Science

Research project to turn bioplastics into viable alternative

Plastics made from biomass are still too costly and too energy-intensive to be able to compete under normal market conditions. A UCPH scientist now wants to make this change.

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Science

Three UCPH scientists get DKK 60 million – each

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has granted a total of DKK 360 million from the foundation's Challenge Programme, divided into six different projects. Three of the recipients are UCPH researchers.

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Campus

The dos and don'ts of the reading room

Do you chew celery, eat herrings, or bang on the keyboard in the reading room? Then please stop. An exam-stricken student guides you through some reading room etiquette.

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