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More dyslexic students get the chance to study at UCPH

Of all the students at the University of Copenhagen with a disability, the largest group has dyslexia, and the group is growing. There may be a good explanation

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Campus

UCPH risks receiving a conditional positive accreditation

The University of Copenhagen does not often enough check whether individual study programs are research-based, according to an assessment from a panel of experts. This means that UCPH only receives a slightly pleased smiley and possibly two years of government control rather than the freedom to establish new study programs.

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Politics

Employees and students to be sent outside - ministers to take control of UCPH Board of Directors

New bill from the Minister for Education and Research Søren Pind (V) means that students and staff will lose their influence on the appointment of the chairman and the external members of the University’s Board of Directors.

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Science

Hacking and cyber espionage - just a normal day at UCPH

Center for Cyber ​​Security concludes that Danish research is an easy target for hackers

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Politics

Professors: The University of Copenhagen has a job security problem

While it may make sense for Thybo’s boss to fire him, UCPH as a whole has been damaged by the case. Professors calls for job security, even for the scientists who are difficult

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Opinion

Wegener's first working day

Henrik C. Wegener has sat down in the rector’s chair in the office on Nørregade street. He will follow a big predecessor – and he has inherited a big problem.

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Politics

Retreat rooms aren't Islamic - they're designed for something called multifaith

A 'Retreat room' or prayer room at The University of Copenhagen has recently been widely debated, even in the Danish Parliament. Two major parties want a national prayer room ban, arguing that such spaces are used by Muslim students to exert social control over their peers. So we took a look at the literature, and it turns out the story of prayer rooms is more complex than that.

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Opinion

Has the government even read Harry Potter?

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Campus

See my student job: Kristian works on the health sector's IT

Students at the University of Copenhagen work jobs an average of five hours a week, but what do they do when they clock in at a student job? The University Post asked several students how they spend their days.

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Campus

Come September, UCPH students will live in containers

The first student homes in scrapped containers could be ready for the start of the semester this September.

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