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More conscripts in Denmark? What the research shows

The Liberal Party wants to double the number of young conscripts to 13,000 by 2035. But according to a University of Copenhagen researcher, the impact depends entirely on what the soldiers will be used for — and whether the armed forces can handle them.

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Politics

Political fight over pesticides in Danish drinking water — what the research shows

More than half of Danish drinking water wells contain pesticide residues. Two University of Copenhagen researchers explain what we know about the risks, what Danish politicians are talking about — and what they believe is absent from the debate.

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Science

Astrophysicists solved mystery of red dots

Research team at the Niels Bohr Institute cracked the enigma of red light sources in the early universe. We talked to the astrophysicists who were first to unravel the mystery.

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Science

Dean: Academic freedom should never be taken for granted

After a summit called by the Minister for Higher Education and Science on academic freedom, a warning from humanities dean Kirsten Busch Nielsen: In a polarised public debate researchers are avoiding sensitive topics.

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Student life

Can you live on DKK 50 a day in Copenhagen? Five things I learnt from trying

I survived the whole month of February in Copenhagen on a budget of DKK 1,500. My experiment is over. Here are my tips if you, by necessity or by choice, have to live on the cheap.

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Campus

Campus puzzle falls into place — except for one piece

The University of Copenhagen wants to balance the property budget and reduce its climate footprint. The Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management has to move: But where?

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Science

Stranded sperm whales end up as rare bones in University of Copenhagen collection

After an unusually high number of whale strandings since the turn of the year, experts from the Natural History Museum of Denmark have secured the lower jaws and other bones from the enormous animals. They will now be cleaned and catalogued so they can be used for research and become a part of the scientific collection.

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Education

University of Copenhagen graduates snapping up jobs quickly

Graduate unemployment at UCPH is dropping, according to the latest figures, garnering high praise from the Danish Chamber of Commerce. It notes that the university’s location in the capital is an advantage. Not for Medicine, however, which goes against an otherwise positive trend.

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Student life

Living on DKK 50 a day: My all-or-nothing relationship with money

The experiment in which I have to live on less than DKK 1,500 for a month is finally drawing to a close. I think back to my school trip to Austria, and I reflect on our social and personal relationship with money with a behavioural economist and a savings expert.

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Education

Formalin and cancer at the University of Copenhagen: Facts and unanswered questions

TV documentary asks whether students may have developed cancer after exposure to formalin in a dissection basement at the Faculty of Health and Medicine.

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