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Cleaners stressed, depressed as they now lose their jobs

26 cleaning assistants have been fired after the Faculty of Health and Medicine Sciences has terminated its contract with cleaning company Alliance+. Some of them have been working at the Panum building for 30 years

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Politics

Stand-off over Danish language at meetings

One professor pulled his weight and insisted on speaking Danish at a staff meeting. Disrespect to non-Danish staff and scientists, a PhD student protested. But a language compromise seems impossible

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Campus

Scientists frustrated by Danish e-mails and meetings

Defying university policy, e-mails, newsletters, invitations and meetings are still just in Danish, discriminating against a large minority of scientists and staff

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Campus

Staff satisfied with jobs

Glowing overall review for University of Copenhagen in workplace assessment

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Campus

Touchy, feely new interactive screens on the way

Human touch can not be recognised by phone or tablet computer. As of now. But Copenhagen co-operation opens up utopian ideas like touching loved ones through screens

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Opinion

Comment: Climate Change and Obesity?

In this featured comment, a Copenhagen health scientist argues that good policies to prevent diseases like heart disease, cancer and diabetes are often good policies to prevent climate change

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New report: Terror threat remains high

Denmark is still a preferred target for Islamist terrorists: Report shows that the number of terror-related incidents is more now than in the aftermath of the Mohammed cartoon crisis

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Campus

Here are Copenhagen’s new international students

Hundreds of newcomers were given their first official orientation briefing at the University of Copenhagen

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Campus

Thousands of kroner for doing ´nothing´

600 kroner (after tax) for your shit. These days, students are willing to do just about anything, or in this case...'nothing'... for some extra money, including being a guinea pig for medical experiments, and collecting your waste. Me (Nathia) and Joachim were no different

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Culture

Erotic crime novel by University of Copenhagen professor

Aspiring students, university intrigues and sex-addiction. Key ingredients in a new erotic crime novel written by a professor at the Faculty of Health and Medicine Sciences

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