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No legal hurdle to school-wide smoking ban

Some local councils in Denmark have already banned employees from smoking during working hours. The university could do the same. But a union rep says the proposal is a non-starter

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Campus

Where there’s smoke, there’s disagreement

After a proposal last week to force smokers off campus, University Post headed out to the scene of what could become a crime

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Politics

Laws against ‘honour-related’ crimes overkill, dissertation concludes

Danish legislation aimed at preventing so-called honour-related crimes is largely ineffective, according to the findings of a recent doctoral dissertation

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Education

Latest THE World University Rankings gives high marks Humanities at UCPH

The Faculty of the Humanities rose seven places to 63rd in the 2018 Times Higher Education ranking

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Science

Five UCPH scientists awarded €1.5m EU Starting Grants

EU grants – Five rising academic stars in a diverse range of fields have been granted highly competitive European Research Council Starting Grants

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Culture

At Beyoncé course: “Some people think that this subject does not belong at university"

A new course at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies has sparked a debate. The University Post was there for the first class of ‘Beyoncé, gender and race’

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Opinion

When will we get a complete UCPH smoking ban?

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Science

University of Copenhagen now revokes Milena Penkowa’s doctorate

The Academic Council of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) has deprived neuroscientist Milena Penkowa of her doctorate in medicine. Penkowa writes on Facebook that she will fight to keep her degree and that she will take UCPH to court.

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Education

10 things I should have known before I started university

Go to re-examination, forget about your grades, and make demands. At the university, there are many new things to deal with, and one is easily overwhelmed. Here, an experienced student tells what she wishes she had known, when she was on the threshold of student life.

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Science

Quantum computer: Microsoft now on campus

A dozen Microsoft employees are currently working with scientists at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). The goal is to build the first functioning quantum computer. At the University of Copenhagen alone, Microsoft has invested a three-digit million (DKK) amount.

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