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WINNERS – The Carlsberg Foundation’s Research Prize 2016 goes to mathematics professor Tobias Holck Colding and professor of international development law Morten Broberg. Each prize winner will receive DKK one million.
An expedition led by University Post student reporter Jack Robinson set out to conquer 12 UCPH Friday-Bars in one night. Would the challenge prove too monumental?
The Department of Nordic Research will see more than a third of its funding cut and will be merged with a neighbouring institute. Four employees are protesting against the cutbacks and the Dean’s portrayal of them as ‘parasites’
Dean Ulf Hedetoft responds to critcism from four employees at the Department of Nordic Research (NFI) following cutbacks and an upcoming merger with the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics.
Five Danish researchers have each received the coveted giant grants from the European Research Council of 1.5 million Euros. Four of them are from the University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
Is it fair to have to attend an exam on a Saturday or Sunday? The president of the Student Council believes that it shows a lack of respect for the spare time of students. The Vice-Dean for education at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (HEALTH) believes they are doing everything they can to avoid exams on the weekend.
Cuts will be made to the SU grant because it has come under pressure from foreign students, says the Minister for Higher Education and Science. But the costs of foreigners receiving SU are just an excuse to make cuts,according to critics.
The University of Copenhagen’s salary bill for administration has grown by half a billion Danish kroner since 2007. This is according to a response to the minister from Liberal Alliance’s ‘against bureaucracy’ spokesman Henrik Dahl. However, the number of administrators per researcher at UCPH has dropped
Female students at the UCPH campus in Frederiksberg report being harassed by groups of young men of Middle-Eastern appearance. The university responds by calling on young women to not travel alone Friday night on campus
The University of Copenhagen drops from number 82 to number 120 in the world on Times Higher Education’s new ranking – surpassed by Aarhus as Denmark's best university. The explanation: UCPH reputation has been hit by cuts to research and education
