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Construction of Natural History Museum set to begin

Plans for a new, expanded Natural History Museum near the Botanical Gardens are ready to move ahead after the selection of Per Aarsleff as the building’s main contractor. If all goes according to schedule, the museum will open its doors in 2020

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Science

Unexpected alliance yields valuable insight into bacterial survival strategy

Work done by molecular biologists and physicists from the University of Copenhagen provides an explanation for how bacteria survive viral attacks

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Politics

UCPH still risks huge bill for Niels Bohr Building

The University of Copenhagen is likely to have to pay a substantial rent increase on the Niels Bohr Building from government after construction delays and a cost overrun of at least DKK 1.3 billion. Minister for Higher Education and Research Søren Pind will not guarantee that the university will not have extra costs.

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Campus

University of Southern Denmark to move into Law faculty buildings

University of Southern Denmark is now to take over one of the University of Copenhagen’s historical buildings.

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Education

Problems with the administrators? Take the UCPH student ambassador with you to the meeting

Student ambassador Bo Køhlert can now attend meetings between the study programme administrators and students as a neutral third party.

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Campus

Hidden in the bags

Christina Bruun Olsson currently has an exhibition called ‘mandala anthropology’ on South Campus, where she has arranged the content of student and staff bags into beautiful symmetrical patterns. Can the pictures teach us something about each other?

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International

How to learn Danish - 15 tips

Learning Danish can be fun, but it can also be very frustrating. With the help of two expats, Copenhagen's University Post has put together some tips on how to learn Danish.

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Campus

South Campus parking ban upheld for students

Students have not been able to get management to budge on the South Campus parking ban, which comes into force on 1st January 2018. This is clear after the faculty has chosen not to proceed with students’ proposed alternatives.

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Science

Conference on memories

Historic events can be recalled and treated in a variety of ways. Upcoming conference on Memory Studies discuss how the past is recalled and represented.

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Campus

Survey of social science students: Minister’s hairdo, and more

Political science students are fond of the hairstyle of Minister for Education Søren Pind, economics students steal most bikes, and sociologists are those that most often wear their socks in bed. Read the results from the 'CSS survey 2017'.

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