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UCPH surplus grows to DKK 250 million – and this is a problem

The University of Copenhagen forecasted a DKK 101 million budget surplus in 2017, but according to the latest forecast, this year will end on a much bigger DKK 250m. The Chairman of the Board says the university risks an image problem

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Politics

UCPH keeps license to easily hire foreign scientists

The Danish Eastern High Court has reduced a penalty given to UCPH for using a foreign examiner without a work permit. UCPH keeps its fast-track license.

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Science

Necessity, the mother of all digitization efforts

Severe funding cuts threatened to decimate the staff at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen. Until someone had a crazy idea.

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Campus

Snapshot from the teaching of urban history

Associate professor in history Jes Fabricius Møller is walking the city with his students. This is about the gentrification of the Islands Brygge district, where "the whole hipster crowd moved in."

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Politics

UCPH Board of Directors discusses crisis of trust between management and staff – then shuts down co-operation body

Things don’t look good for the trust between management and staff at the University of Copenhagen. Yet the Board now moves to close down departmental councils which aimed to ensure employee and student involvement. The Board believes in other methods.

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International

Listen up! Here are some cool podcasts you have to check out

Whether you are going for a run or commuting to uni - podcasts always come in handy. We talked to two podcast experts. They recommended 18 podcasts.

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Science

Denmark gets bottom score in freedom of research within the EU

A new report comparing freedom of research across 28 EU universities has ranked Denmark in 24th place. According to several experts, the university act does not adequately protect the academic freedom of researchers.

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Culture

Winter 2017: A Museum Odyssey through time, sound & hygge

Student culture reporter Léa Severino has scoped out the museum scene around Copenhagen and recommends four hygge-rated day trips for you and a friend.

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Campus

What’s in Ulla’s purse?

She is the unofficial University of Copenhagen fundraising champion. Ulla Wewer describes her 11 years as Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences as a 'golden age'. We asked her how she does it.

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Education

Michelle needs to be headstrong to cope with uni

Michelle Jensen managed, despite her mental disability, to go through the first year of her agricultural economics studies in the prescribed time. Yet she fears she may be forced to drop out if she now applies for dispensation for a delay. After the Study Progress Reform, Danish universities do not often give students with disabilities extra time to complete the studies, as this would set off financial penalties.

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