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Gender debate flares up over research funding earmarked for women

It is called the YDUN. A one-off programme that in 2014 awarded DKK 110 million in grants to women researchers. But is it worthwhile? And is it fair?

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Campus

My #UCPH: Instagram Pic of the Day, 9 April

Get up close with your ear

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International

Students collect for victims of Kenyan massacre

University of Copenhagen students are lighting 148 candles on Thursday for the victims of the massacre at Garissa University. They will also be doing a charity collection for the deceased, the survivors and their families

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Opinion

Comment: A genuine meritocracy supports qualified women

Response to Hans Bonde and Jens Ravnkilde: You need to fact-check and address the historical disadvantage experienced by women

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Opinion

Comment: Danish gender equity programme founders while men benefit

It is about gender quotas and earmarked funding for women in academia. The Danish government’s YDUN programme was a one-off initiative that provided DKK 110m in research funding to female researchers for 2014. Here two professors puts it into a broader perspective

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Opinion

Comment: No 'gender inequality ocean' among Danish researchers

Targeting funding at women researchers is illegal and not meritocratic argues UCPH Professor in response to two Cosmology Professors claiming a "gender inequality ocean"

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Campus

No more solo disciplines - students organise their own conference

Are your studies cross-disciplinary enough? Students fed up with the lack of mixing between faculties and departments have organised their own conference to bring the disciplines together

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Campus

My #UCPH: Instagram Pic of the Day, 8 April

The door to nowhere

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Campus

My #UCPH: Instagram Pic of the Day, 7 April

Students back from Easter holidays.

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International

We proved that Russia fired artillery into Ukraine

It took months of studying trajectories on Google Earth, zooming in on craters and updating spreadsheets. But their research proved the Russians did it

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