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Students at the university on Svalbard get a week-long safety course which includes shooting with rifles: They share territory with polar bears. We met up with two UCPH students close to the North Pole who say their experiences are 'supreme' and 'absurdly beautiful'.
Gender-segregated prayer rooms and a Ramadan dinner with a Quran recitation do not belong in a public educational institution like the University of Copenhagen. This is according to MP Mikkel Bjørn of the Danish People's Party. And the rector agrees with him.
The various stages of a comprehensive reform of the entire UCPH administration are now falling into place. Voluntary resignations will be optional starting from the summer of 2024.
»I'm disappointed and sad,« students say after the University of Copenhagen’s governing Board decided to continue a current investment strategy which includes companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements.
Assistant Professor Marie Larsen Ryberg has observed courses where students were completely overwhelmed. But she found that this was precisely where the students learned the most. Here she offers up her advice on how teaching can open up a space for uncertainty.
Danes used to have the world record in eating it. It was the slayer of the blue whale. It possibly killed even more humans. And it was a harbinger of our times. Medical Museion now has a exhibition on margarine.
The Faculty of Law is well equipped for wheelchair users. We were given a guided tour by law student Emilie Ghali, who has only positive things to say about the accessibility at her faculty. She feels one hundred percent included.
The extent of sexist incidents for PhD students is shocking, says the rector. He says new initiatives based on the VIVE report will be on the way.
New report sheds light on the everyday sexism and abusive behaviour that PhD students face. Minister says the results are »completely unacceptable«.
