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We do, actually, have a language policy at UCPH that is quite international

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Opinion

The UCPH language requirements are just nationalist gesture politics

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Student life

The deep lakes' club

An old fellowship has arisen. After a break of more than 20 years, four students have salvaged KUMAG, the University of Copenhagen's Marine Archaeological Group, so they can get together around their niche interest.

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Holdet

The librarian who studied law in Italy and ended up in his dream job on South Campus

From a job as head librarian at the Faculty of Law library to a senior consultant at the University of Copenhagen Library on South Campus. Massimo Soldano on moving from Italy to Denmark and on how technology and centralization took over the world of libraries.

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Working environment

Academics lose status when they teach Danish with an accent

International researchers have to teach in Danish after three to six years at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). But the Danish students give them poor evaluations because they speak Danish as a second language. Alberte Ritchie Green has investigated what it feels like to go from being an academic expert to being a language novice.

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Science

Øresund Aquarium to dissect three sharks during Easter holidays

You can peer into the belly of a shark these Easter holidays. The Øresund Aquarium invites you to turn up for a dissection.

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People

Henrik C. Wegener: Being rector is about solving wicked problems

The University Post followed the 259th person to be made Rector of the University of Copenhagen. We wanted to find out who it is that is weighed down by the gold chain and ceremonial robes of rector. What is his vision?

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Opinion

Response: These are the rules if your bachelor’s or master's thesis is to be worked into a scientific article

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Science

Thrilled to bits: Natural history museum in turnaround after losses

The Natural History Museum of Denmark had 452,000 visitors in 2022. This is a tripling of its visitor numbers over the course of five years. According to museum director Peter C. Kjærgaard, the boost in numbers is due to a transformation towards using the museum as a laboratory and in understanding how reality changes.

Opinion

An absurd University of Copenhagen rule is shoving talented researchers to the back of the queue

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