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UCPH wasted half a million on consultants to investigate Thybo for misuse of research funds

The University of Copenhagen spent approximately DKK 500, 000 on a Deloitte audit of the research accounts of now-dismissed geology professor Hans Thybo. The auditors only found what a legal expert deems trivialities.

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Opinion

The head of Hans Thybo’s department on the dismissal case

Op-ed: Department head, Claus Beier: the media’s portrayal of the firing case is one-sided, simplistic and far from the truth.

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Science

International support for fired professor Hans Thybo

Professors from around the world have issued a joint statement protesting the dismissal of Hans Thybo, professor of geology at the University of Copenhagen. They are threatening to hinder the university’s international reputation.

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Campus

UCPH Elections have started - here is how you vote!

Voting for this year’s University Elections has started. Students will choose a representative for the University Board. Find the link below to cast your vote and check out if there is an ongoing battle between candidates to represent your Faculty or Department

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International

UCPH agrees to a settlement: The final bill for the Qatar scandal is DKK 9 million

EXCAVATION - The University of Copenhagen has since 2015 had an outstanding payment of DKK 24 million for an interrupted archeological project in Qatar. UCPH has now managed to settle the dispute and in the process save DKK 15 million. The Department that was responsible for the issue will cover expenses amounting to DKK 3 million.

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Politics

Meet the candidate: Jacob Stendevad from Conservative Students

UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS - Meet Jacob Stendevad - candidate for the student's seat on the University Board.

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Politics

Meet the candidate: Niels Havndrup Kraaer and Aslak Alexander Schou from Frit Forum

UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS - Meet Niels Havndrup Kraaer and Aslak Alexander Schou - candidates for the student seat on the University’s Board

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Politics

Meet the candidate: Elias Westergaard of the Student Council

UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS: Meet Elias Westergaard - candidate for the student seat on the University’s Board

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Education

Disabled students lose study grants if delayed

Students with disabilities are being hit hard by the Danish government’s Study Progress Reform. Even if they manage to get an exemption from the reform’s requirements to finish their studies faster, they lost their Danish SU study grant if they fall behind. ‘Disgraceful’ says a spokesman for the students

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Culture

Great Bake Off winner is a researcher in decaying teeth at UCPH

It was in Paris while an exchange student that Sune Demant got his passion for root canal treatment, and for macarons. The macarons were the cakes he baked and won with at the final of the Danish version of the Great Bake Off

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