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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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Campus

Eftervederlag til KU-chefer i sikre job er afskaffet - enkelte får dog stadig bonus

Der er enkelte eksempler i KU's ledelse på folk, der får eftervederlag, selv om de er garanteret at kunne fortsætte i et vellønnet job. Ifølge fællestillidsmand bør de overveje at frasige sig deres bonus, men det vil de ikke.

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What we don't talk about

Emilie and her panel are on call for your quarter-life crisis, your dating questions, and other dilemmas in the podkassen.

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Politics

DM union members bring their jobs back home

It is completely normal to check work mail or have your work phone open outside normal working hours. This is according to a survey among members of the union DM, the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs.

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Campus

Maersk Tower price tag not known before 2020-21

Five legal battles to be fought out before the final bill for the expensive Maersk Tower can be made up. It will take a few years.

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International

Scientists from six countries to investigate threat messages

What constitutes a ‘threat’? International project led by a UCPH associate professor is to identify the key elements in threats.

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