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For those who get it: SU reform details

Here are the main points in the just agreed SU student grant reform, of interest to those who already get the grant

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Politics

Deal struck on SU study grants, EU ruling

Government makes bargain with opposition parties to ensure DKK 2.2 billion cuts. Recognises EU court ruling that allows non-Danes to receive SU benefits - will keep track of costs

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Culture

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest

In Oscar Wilde's classic comedy, the worries of life are taken in like a nice platter of old English cucumber sandwiches. So dig in, while supplies last!

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Culture

Berlin-inspired student ping pong bar

At Dupong in Copenhagen you can combine a night out with a social game of ping pong. With inspiration from Berlin, four students have started their own ping pong bar. With success

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Science

China co-operation: New Fudan centre opened

University managers, ministers, ambassadors and other VIPs packed the opening of the new Fudan centre at the University of Copenhagen Tuesday

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Opinion

Comment: An unexpected lesson in life

In this featured comment for the University Post, a Chinese University of Copenhagen student explains how six weeks of volunteering in Indonesia changed her world

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Politics

SU grants for internationals disputed in talks

The right wing Danish People's Party has pulled out of talks on an economic growth package, saying it will not support Danish study grants to international students. The European Students Union protests what it calls a 'lame excuse' to attack internationals.

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Culture

Classy, not trashy: it´s burlesque

The University of Copenhagen's sports club, USG, offers many athletic activities. There's basketball, tennis, yoga, pilates...or the sensual dance art of burlesque

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Education

Students to help hire professors

Student representatives will, from now on, take part in academic appointment committees

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Science

The length of a metre

The weight of kilogrammes, the length of metres, and the duration of seconds were subjects Klaus von Klitzing covered in his talk at Panum

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