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Students invited to a debate on how we shape an unpredictable future and get to grips with the new technology.
There have been isolated cases of discrimination on the dentistry study programme, concludes an independent inquiry. But the discrimination is neither recurring, nor clearcut. The University Post has not been allowed to see the report, but has interviewed associate dean Jørgen Kurtzhals about it.
University of Copenhagen staff and students were treated to a taste of summer festival atmosphere Friday when they partied in the sun on North Campus. They heard both newer Danish star acts and oldies.
The 2003 Danish University Act strengthened universities' ties to society. But according to a thorough investigation, the legislation adversely affected the freedom of research, and it damaged the management and running of the universities.
Negotiations are heating up over a reform to Danish master's degrees. But the government and the universities are still far apart. And universities have to make a choice between a rock and hard place if they want to make concessions to the government's ambitions, according to the UCPH prorector.
Denmark is ranked high in an international study of academic freedom. But two researchers are sceptical about the criteria that the study is based on. And they recommend that academic freedom is enshrined in the Danish constitution.
The study programme ends with one major assignment. And it can be stressful, exhausting, and uplifting, to write it. The University Post has found a few bachelor’s and master’s thesis stories.
Søren Fournais is one of the world's leading researchers into quantum mechanical equations. Now he has to solve mysteries that no-one has ever been able to solve before.
