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Education

Musicology to fire music teachers

[From Uniavisen.dk] New program description means that musicology students will soon be stronger in philosophy of science and academic writing than singing and playing instruments. Educators are alarmed

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Culture

Salman Rushdie coming to Denmark after being denied entry 17 years ago

DANISH NEWS - World-famous British-Indian author Salman Rushdie to get literature award

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Politics

Comment: Against tuition fees

If tuition fees were introduced into Denmark, it would go just like it has done in England, Hungary and everywhere else, argues Student Council chairman Gwen Gruner-Widding. Fewer students, and loan sharks prowling through campus

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Campus

Turkish PhD student: Protests are for human rights everywhere

The stand in Istanbul is a stand for you, says a physicist in Copenhagen

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Campus

Rector takes quarter million pay cut - keeps severance, perks

[From Danish site Uniavisen.dk] Rector Ralf Hemmingsen must accept a significant pay cut on his new contract. But he is awarded a generous severance pay, and will subsequently remain employed as a professor at the University. He also receives a free newspaper, cell phone, and mobile connectivity

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International

Denmark ‘second-most peaceful country’

DANISH NEWS - Peace comes in small European democracies, new index suggests. Denmark comes in second, only exceeded by Iceland

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Student life

Review: Otto Mønsteds Kollegiet

Are the residents children or grown-up's? This weeks reviewer is not sure, but living at Otto Mønsteds Kollegiet sure sounds like a lot of fun

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Science

'Lego physicist' wants his ATLAS detector in the shops

ATLAS — the particle detector from CERN — has been shrunk down to 560 Lego pieces by a University of Copenhagen physicist. Now it could be on the way to a toy shop near you

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Campus

Mystery intruders force closure of campus tunnel

People seen, furniture found, parties detected. All happening in Science's underground passageway

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Politics

Students should pay for tuition, says opposition

DANISH NEWS - the opposition has called on the government to appoint a new commission to consider the use of user fees for college and university students

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