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We don’t want Sunday evening exams

Exams at Medicine and Health Sciences are being set to weekends and late in the evening, but the Faculty does not believe it can be done better, writes Morten Jørgensen. He calls instead for a model, where students do not have to cancel wedding parties and birthdays, because their faculty has them doing their exams on a Sunday

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Politics

Report criticised for politically appointed boards proposal

New report by a consultancy for the Ministry for Education and Research recommends politically appointed boards for higher education institutions. But critics don’t like the report's methodology and conclusions

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Campus

Chaotic, frantic and boisterous: The line of students outside the International House

At the beginning of the semester, close to a hundred international students gather in line in front of the International House to hand in their CPR registration documents, creating a unique and chaotic atmosphere. We stopped by and talked to some of them.

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Education

Dean: Humanities to lay off staff again

The Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, is to find a further DKK 60m in savings as a result of the government's 2015 requirement to cut budgets by two per cent every year over four years. It will have consequences for both employees and students

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Campus

Eight facts about your student life

The person sitting next to you is a woman, you will often say ‘hello’, but rarely say ‘habari’ - and you will end up getting a ‘10’ grade for your dissertation

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Campus

Students forced to stop partying after vandalism

Things got "a little bit dangerous", when students at the Department of Political Science celebrated the new batch of freshmen

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Education

Sociology cuts: Now volunteer students do 1st semester teaching

Department of Sociology decided to stop class teaching in key first semester subject. Now the students respond by organising their lessons themselves

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Politics

UCPH wants to make money in the stock market - invests DKK 170m

The University of Copenhagen is to invest ten percent of its cash holdings in shares. An incredibly bad idea, says financial expert Finn Østrup. Evidence suggests stock prices are too high, and if interest rates rise, things can go horribly wrong

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Campus

How much do you pay in rent?

Is most of your money going to rent payments? Compare yourself with six UCPH students that all live in Copenhagen

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Education

Court acquits student of defamation charge

Law student Kristian Hegaard’s complaint about the teaching in Tax Law was so 'trivial', that it cannot be considered defamation. Ruling from the Helsingør district court

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