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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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Education

Humanities students block Dean's Office

Students blockade the Dean's Office, Faculty of Humanities, Tuesday, 15 November, in response to rumours that it plans to shut down and merge department libraries

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Opinion

Board members protest against grounds for professor dismissal

Dismissal case threatens to breach the trust between management and employees, write UCPH Board’s staff representatives in this post

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Politics

New Rector: Henrik C. Wegener to replace Ralf Hemmingsen

Ralf Hemmingsen's replacement will be the current Prorector for DTU, Henrik C. Wegener

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Science

UCPH stood firm: Sacks top geologist

Professor of Geology Hans Thybo has now been dismissed from UCPH after management accused him of putting undue pressure on a young researcher. At the same time, Thybo now files a complaint to the university rector. He says he expects to be reinstated

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Campus

Students threaten action over library closure rumours

Humanities student council considering blocking access to the Dean's Office at the Faculty of Humanities to signal the importance of libraries which face DKK 3 million cuts.

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