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New internal documents from the university's management show that controversial investments have skyrocketed. Management maintains that the investments are OK, even though several of the companies are blacklisted by the United Nations.
Danish halt to sixth year of student grant will affect students from homes with low incomes and students who switch study programmes, says think tank Rockwool Foundation.
After a lot of wrangling and multiple preliminary drafts, the UCPH 2030 strategy has finally landed. Here is a summary of the content.
Liora Sion is the only associate professor in Hebrew on the Middle Eastern Studies programme. She is Israeli, but is doing research on how the enemy is portrayed in Israeli war songs. At work, she teaches activist and pro-Palestinian students. »I have often been asked why I have chosen to do research on Israel when it is akin to walking around with a target on my back.«
The war between Israel and Hamas is in almost all of the conversations on the Middle Eastern studies programme at the University of Copenhagen. Students disagree over subtle details: but all the sympathy is on one side, says one student on the Arabic-language line.
»If you're going to reach out to young people, you have to be in their place. And this is on platforms like TikTok,« says professor of chemistry Thomas Just Sørensen.
With two huge grants behind him, Professor Kristian Strømgaard can now spend three to five years closely studying the development of proteins in brain cells.
Student of Middle Eastern Studies Jonathan Keren-Klaris often stays silent about his Israeli ancestry. But he encourages students to talk to each other, even if they have different backgrounds. Because the public debate isn't sufficient in the ongoing conflict.
About 75 people had made their way to CSS campus on Monday to hear associate professor emeritus Jørgen Bæk Simonsen lecture on Palestinian history. »Don't ask Google, ask me,« he said at the event that was organized by Students against the Occupation.
