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Czech student at UCPH asked to pay back DKK 50,000 of her SU student grant. But the authorities are misinterpreting the EU rules on who can get SU, says law professor. The Danish government could have been cheating international students out of their money for years

The Progressive Law Students Association (PLA) believes that there is more to studying law than trying to secure a prestigious job, making money or wearing designer suits. They want to use law to make a difference.

The government's wish to protect the student grant system from international students contradicts the ambition of internationalizing Danish educational institutions. Students from abroad are an important resource and they should be helped to transition to the Danish labor market - not discouraged from coming here.

Humanities at UCPH gets financial boost from the Velux Foundation's treasury for four very different projects that all help achieve a sustainable society based on knowledge

Four young people acquitted for sailing refugees from Denmark to Sweden. The court could not determine whether the defendants’ claim of having helped refugees was just a publicity stunt

In the basement of the old Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University deformed animals are kept in formalin. The veterinary collection of deformities has lost its scientific value, but it is a cultural treasure that is in danger of disappearing

The industrial production of insects in Denmark and the consumers’ acceptance of insect food is the subject of an interdisciplinary collaboration between four universities, including UCPH, where four departments are researching the subject

The University of Copenhagen is the best in Denmark at attracting private funding. Prorector Thomas Bjornholm says that academic freedom is not being curtailed by these funding billions

Changes, cancellations, frustration. Medical student David Swan could get no overview of his schedule using the UCPH solution. Now he has made his own online scheduling that can be used by all students.

Study programme administration gets a ‘fail’ grade, bachelor’s degree gets a grumpy smiley, and employees say they are treated miserably. The case files with issues are piling up at the Faculty of Law, but management says they are cleaning up their act