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The Arctic mission

ADVENT CALENDAR 2016 - Off the west coast of Greenland is a research station called the Arctic Station. The University Post visited it in late October. How is research done here where the northern lights are all just part of the job? See the photos and read our stories from Greenland in the days up to Christmas Eve

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Politics

Student Council wins Board election in landslide

The Student Council's top candidate Elias Westergaard was elected to the University's Board with 1,480 votes. 15.5 per cent of students voted

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Education

13 tips from an experienced medical student

As a new student you will have to choose between many academic and social options. How do you find your way? Here are 13 good student tips from someone who has been there - PhD student Jonas Olsen from the Faculty of Health and Medicine

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Culture

The Egyptologist, the Writer and the World of Comic Books

LONGREAD - Two men. Two hearts with a deep-seated love for comics. Two stories spanning 30+ years and including almost a decade of studying at the University of Copenhagen. Meet the driving forces behind Denmark’s largest comic book store: Henry and Bo.

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Politics

Self-proclaimed 'Minister for the Future' to head the Ministry of Higher Education and Science

With the appointment of Søren Pind, research and education are represented by someone who guarantees publicity and entertainment. Unfortunately, he has not yet held any opinion in public about his new portfolio

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Science

UCPH joins exclusive association of research universities

The University of Copenhagen secures better opportunities to help inform European politicians and decision-makers about the significance of research-focused universities for society.

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Science

The University’s latest prize challenges

We present UCPH’s newly released prize challenges

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Education

“I am locked into a study program that I don’t want to do at all”

A new law against double studies will hold back Caroline Bayer Frøhling from achieving her dream to study biology. She already has a bachelor in landscape architecture.

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Politics

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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