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UCPH students struggling with stress

Every second student at the University of Copenhagen has experienced sleeping problems and difficulty with their concentration, while every fourth student has been afflicted by depression within the last six months. This is according to a new survey by the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs

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Education

Rector’s last welcoming speech 2016

Rector welcomed new students at UCPH for the last time in his career. He then asked them to shake his and prorector Lykke Friis' hand – affirming the university’s basic values of insight, diversity and openness

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Campus

UCPH staff have low level of confidence in their managers

Confidence in management is down, and fewer staff members will recommend colleagues to apply for a job at UCPH. This is according to the annual workplace assessment

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Campus

She has the solution to the housing crisis

There are abandoned office buildings throughout Copenhagen. Yet 9,500 young people have no place to live. These two things just don’t square up, says a just graduated architect, who wants to rebuild no-longer-viable commercial property into modern homes for young people

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Campus

Meet three new faces at UCPH

The new semester has brought many new faces to the University of Copenhagen. We met a couple of them. Jonas who is still looking for a place to live, Trine who got into the law programme right after her upper secondary school, and Michela from Italy who is researching vaccines for farm animals

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Education

Government wants to cut DKK 1,200 from the Study Grant

Venstre wants to reallocate the SU system so that loans will make up half of the students study grant. The monthly payment to students will decrease by almost DKK 1,200 before taxes

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Opinion

Complaint is based on a falsity

”Uniavisen’s article about my case against Kristian Heegard should not stand alone," writes former lecturer Michael Bjørn Hansen in this featured comment. He sued law student Kristian Hegaard for not adhering to the facts in a complaint about his teaching

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Education

Lecturer takes student to court after teaching complaint

A complaint about the quality of teaching, has led to a lecturer in law suing a student for defamation. A district court will decide whether the lecturer should receive compensation

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Campus

How to avoid falling victim to housing scams

The start of the semester marks the beginning of a housing hunt for many students, but unfortunately also for housing fraudsters who trick people for thousands of krones. Deputy Chief Superintendent Claus Birkelyng provides some tips on how you can avoid falling victim to housing scams

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Science

Women scientists lag behind the men in salary race

Female professors earn an average of DKK 24,000 less than their male colleagues in annual salary. Especially the Faculty of Humanities' women are falling behind. They get an average of DKK 86,000 less than the faculty’s male professors – and DKK 113,000 less than the men in the Faculty of Health and Medicine

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