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UCPH's language policy contradicts research-based education objectives

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Education

New research: European students »surprisingly« unfamiliar with plagiarism rules

Researcher says the numbers are »concerning« and criticises universities for »leaving students in the lurch« by not preparing them sufficiently.

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People

He was a rapper, then he turned scientist. The two jobs have a lot in common

Mikkel Skovrind's discovery of a new hybrid whale, the narluga, went global. Now he recounts his path to the DNA lab via his hip-hop career.

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Science

The future is now: UCPH softens up on AI rules

The University of Copenhagen is looking in to how new AI technology can be used in the exams of the future. ChatGPT is still banned at the vast majority of exams at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). And cheating can be detected, says a student.

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Education

Three rectors look back: 20 years with 30 Danish university reforms

How has a 20-year storm of Danish university reform affected the University of Copenhagen? The rectors of the period, Linda Nielsen, Ralf Hemmingsen and Henrik C. Wegener, give us the inside story.

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Opinion

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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