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UCPH taming researchers’ free speech with illegal secrecy clauses

The University of Copenhagen has entered into contracts with the Ministry of the Environment which include non-disclosure clauses, contrary to Danish laws on public administration. “Regrettable,” says Dean John Renner Hansen of the Faculty of Science, who approved the contracts himself

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Science

The truth about the world's oldest shark

The story of a Greenland shark, with an estimated age between 272 to 512 years has gone round the world. PhD student at the University of Copenhagen Julius Nielsen talks about the efforts to estimate the shark's age, and the challenge of getting the media to understand the main message of his research.

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Culture

Get your gay on: Rainbow party at the Pride parade

More than 400 University of Copenhagen’ers paid tribute to the city's diversity and yelled Eurovision Song Contest classics at Saturday's Copenhagen Pride

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Campus

All alone with anorexia

Anorexic philosophy student shares her personal stigma. Looking back at her bachelor she says: People like us need a platform to speak from

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Education

Copenhagen students work the hardest

59 per cent of young people in the Danish capital region work part time jobs while studying. Good job opportunities – and high living expenses – are sending young Copenhageners on to the job market, says an expert

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Culture

UCPH to celebrate diversity in Copenhagen

Be a part of the celebration when the University of Copenhagen dances with Copenhagen Pride Saturday 20 August

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Politics

More scientists forced into silence

Researchers are increasingly being forced to sign government non-disclosure agreements, so they can’t talk about their scientific results in the media. But many contracts are illegal

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Education

Copenhagen the second best university in continental Europe

The University moves up five places to 30th in the global Shanghai ranking, the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities

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Campus

Here are the most expensive areas to live in Copenhagen

In just three years, average rent has increased by 19 percent in Copenhagen. ”A large increase,” according to one consumer economist, with prices rarely under DKK 4,000 a month

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International

UCPH students win bronze medals at the Olympics

Four students from the University of Copenhagen are currently at the Olympic Games. Supported by the university and the national Danish team, they combine their studies with their lives as elite athletes. And two of them, rowers Anne Dsane Andersen and Lærke Berg Ramussen, have just won bronze medals.

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