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Minister faced critical student crowd in SU debate

Morten Østergaard was given a 'warm' welcome at the Faculty of Humanities. Students packed the auditorium to hear what he had to say, and proffered critical questions

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Culture

Sunday night is Oscar night at Studenterhuset

The red carpet will be rolled out Sunday and the fine folks at Studenterhuset will be covering the whole film-awards live

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Politics

Here is the Danish SU student grants reform

The government wants to reform the generous Danish SU student grant system. Now they have released the details. A majority is in place, so this is close to what it is going to be

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Campus

Uni must learn to use both languages

It is early days. But the University of Copenhagen will, eventually, learn to incorporate Danish and English into its daily life. This is according to the head of the Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Use (CIP), who encourages university administrators to work actively with language use

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Campus

Fire at KUA (updated)

Staff and students have returned after electrical fire broke out, say sources

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Opinion

Comment: Time to stop being nationalistic

In industry, speaking and writing in English goes without saying, argues a University of Copenhagen scientist. And if Danish science wants to make it internationally, the university has to actively counter its provinciality

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Danish staff speak up in language dispute

The attempt to please international scientists is creating a one-sided, and unsustainable, focus on speaking and writing in English, say Danish staff. The latest in a heated debate on the University of Copenhagen's parallel-language policy

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Politics

Minister to face down critical students on Wednesday

Students to confront Minister of Education on SU grants Wednesday. Student Council chairman hopes the Minister will listen to students' arguments

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Science

Hands on learning in DIY biology competition

iGEM competition allows students to use knowledge learnt in school in real life, all disciplines welcome to participate

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Science

Copenhagen one of the two R&D capitals of Europe

Scandinavia has the highest EU rate of international collaborations in patents, a Science article shows.

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