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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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Campus

University managers get the top salaries

[From Danish site Uniavisen.dk] Academic reps criticize the growth in top administrative personnel, and their earnings

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Science

Today: Workshop on climate change response policies

Society's 'response' to climate change is just as important as the science. A workshop series at the department of Political Science looks beyond hard science to the community, and to social adjustments

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Science

Diving into the fountain of youth

A health scientist explains why ageing may no longer be Nature's law

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Politics

International specialists top Danish earnings list

While Eastern Europeans, Turks, and Pakistanis in this country have to work hard to earn far less that what the average Dane earns, other groups of migrants, especially those from Western countries, are pocketing hundreds of thousands every month, report media

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