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Somali student refused entry to Denmark — classmates take action

Mustaf Mohamed Takoy was denied entry to Denmark this summer, despite holding an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for study at UCPH. His fellow students have taken matters into their own hands and appealed the decision.

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Politics

Chair of working group: Retreat rooms could have stayed open while being rethought

Lars Cyril Nørgaard led the investigation into the use of the UCPH retreat rooms. Here he sheds some light on the facts that were uncovered by it.

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Working environment

Research and information security unit after the reform: Tasks pushed up the chain

New opportunities for collaboration, but less proximity to researchers. That’s how research adviser Heidi Weje describes life in the UCPH Research and Information Security unit after the reform.

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Campus

University of Copenhagen needs 75,000 m² cut to offset financing shortfall

The University has yet to find funding to balance the books on campus infrastructure from 2028 onwards. Its savings will only stretch as far as 2026.

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Working environment

Communications staff after the reform: Thriving centrally, missing the local touch

Three communications staff on having stronger professional ties — and on the challenges of centralisation

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Campus

Prorector defends decision to close retreat rooms: They failed their purpose

Retreat rooms at the University of Copenhagen are history, and they will not return in their previous form, says Prorector for Education Kristian C. Lauta in this interview with the University Post.

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Politics

Student Council wins, but suffers setback in university election 2025

Emma Due of the Student Council gets her seat on the UCPH board as student rep. The new Free Retreat Rooms list wins nearly 10 per cent of the vote

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Working environment

Innovation unit after the reform: New colleagues, better ideas

The administration reform has made a less fragmented University of Copenhagen, according to two employees. But the implementation of it is still ongoing.

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Science

Can openness save us? University of Copenhagen revives a message from the nuclear age

75 years after Niels Bohr’s open letter to the United Nations, researchers warn that science — once again — is caught up in a collaboration and security dilemma. New geopolitics initiative wants to help the university find its way in an era where research has to be both open and protected.

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Working environment

Campus officers after the reform: Same job just got harder

Six months on from the administration reform and campus officers reflect on more tasks, more management, and what the point of it all was.

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