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Rector on cuts to Faculty of Science: There’s no way around it

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Education

Wide disparities at University of Copenhagen law exams revealed

A former law student has mapped out the grades from more than 700 examiners at the Faculty of Law. The results show differences of up to five grade points between examiners on the same exam — enough to mean the difference between failing and getting a top grade.

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Science

The media wants you to believe the US is divided. It’s not, says UCPH researcher

Stories of a deeply polarised United States are overblown. Just 1.1 per cent of Americans want an ethnically homogeneous society. This is according to a new study led by psychologist Séamus Power of the University of Copenhagen.

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Science

Researchers under fire: Where do we draw the line?

Criticism is the driver of scientific progress. But what happens when debates in the media are distorted, and researchers are held accountable for views that they have never expressed? Scholar of Islamic studies Jesper Petersen says that he’s seen it all.

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Student life

From sexism to safe spaces: Political Science reinvents intro week

The controversial Political Science intro programme is now focussed on shaping an inclusive community. The University Post turned up to see what this looks like — ten years after the scandals erupted.

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Opinion

Dreyer should take responsibility and avert layoffs

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Politics

Bangladesh student row escalates — new consultation for minister

As the Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science once again had to answer critical questions following a massive influx of students from Bangladesh, Roskilde University has shut down a master's programme and the chair of its Board has stepped down.

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Campus

Inside City Campus: Bars, basements and hidden gardens

The University of Copenhagen has four campuses. Here’s your guide to one of them: City Campus. The guide has everything you need to know for student life in the heart of the city.

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Working environment

Faculty of Science layoffs »absurd«, says award-winning staff rep

Nynne Christensen has just been honoured for her efforts to make life that little bit easier for Faculty of Science staff affected by reforms. But being a staff representative has got more difficult: It’s not easy to explain spending cuts to other employees when you don’t understand them yourself.

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Academic life

No Danish PhD? No postdoc grant — Danish researchers punished for going abroad

UCPH graduate Andreas Nabil Younan is soon to complete his PhD at the University of Cambridge in the UK. But he is barred from applying for the most relevant postdoc grants in Denmark.

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