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Response: These are the rules if your bachelor’s or master's thesis is to be worked into a scientific article

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Science

Thrilled to bits: Natural history museum in turnaround after losses

The Natural History Museum of Denmark had 452,000 visitors in 2022. This is a tripling of its visitor numbers over the course of five years. According to museum director Peter C. Kjærgaard, the boost in numbers is due to a transformation towards using the museum as a laboratory and in understanding how reality changes.

Opinion

An absurd University of Copenhagen rule is shoving talented researchers to the back of the queue

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People

Rush to get Judith Butler seats: »We knew that there would be some interest, but this was a surprise«

All 470 seats for Judith Butler's guest lecture at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) were booked in just four days. A »completely unheard of« interest in what will be a theoretical, philosophical and political lecture, has come as a surprise to the organisers.

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Science

Getting brains to fix themselves at 4,400 metres altitude

If you can get the brain to produce EPO by giving it less oxygen, it can help people with memory or concentration problems. This is often an extra complication in psychiatric disorders. New project could be groundbreaking, says professor.

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Education

We are not good at keeping international students in Denmark after graduation

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Education

Two young men offer cheap therapy to their troubled generation

In a luxury flat in the hip Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, two young entrepreneurs are offering the kind of therapy that they needed themselves: Where psychology students help other young people, and where it is cool to take care of yourself.

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Education

On weekdays she studies at university. On Saturdays she studies at the mosque. And she is not the only one

Muslim women want to know more about their religion. This is why they seek out Islamic teaching at the mosques, according to a new PhD dissertation from the University of Copenhagen.

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Politics

Timeline: The controversial 1-year master’s degree — this is how it came about

The new 1-year master’s degree programme is one of the most comprehensive Danish university reforms in recent times. But how did this proposal actually get off the ground? Here is an overview.

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Student life

Review: Tietgenkollegiet — »As a dorm, it is pure luxury«

Tietgenkollegiet was made to be the best possible setting for the best possible dorm. It is, almost, say residents. But only almost.

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