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STATUS QUO – UCPH chairman Niels Strandberg Pedersen guarantees that board member Jakob Thomasen will not see his place affected by the fact that he is no longer the CEO of Maersk Oil.

The Architect Bjarke Ingels has designed student apartments in old shipping containers, which are powered by solar energy and float on a pontoon. The company behind the units, Urban Riggers, will soon open a floating collegium on Kalvebod Brygge for students at the University of Copenhagen.

After 30 years at UCPH, the internationally renowned geology professor Hans Thybo was suspended in the beginning of September and threatened with dismissal. Now, 106 students signed the petition against the suspension.

The University of Copenhagen will invest DKK 170 million in shares, some of which risks being invested in companies within the oil, coal and gas industries.

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.