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Only money for cheap champagne

There is still a lot to fight for, maintain activists, as they celebrated 100 years of the students’ union

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Education

Lost generation may find their way yet

A generation of university graduates wonders how they are ever going to get a job that matches their qualifications. But according to new European statistics, there is hope

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Culture

Guide to Denmark's summer festivals 2012

Summer is right around the corner and so are the many festivals that sweeten this time of year. The University Post brings you 10 festivals worth looking forward to, including NorthSide - where you can win tickets in our photo competition.

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Culture

This Sunday: Piano virtuoso to play John Cage

Artistic event to feature mushrooms, silence, and music. Special guest is virtuoso pianist Rolf Hind who will play avant garde master John Cage. Free entrance for everyone

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Science

Historians debate Copenhagen links to Nazis

University of Copenhagen scientists kept co-operating with Nazified German scientists during the 1930's, and the official University upheld a co-operation policy with the Nazis from 1940. Recent conference sheds light on a murky period in Danish history

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Culture

Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk gets Sonning prize

Prestigious cultural award goes to a man who has 'challenged cultural boundaries', says jury

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Opinion

Comment: Responsibility – where did it go?

Ministers, instead of lashing out at young academics, should speak more about their own responsibility in creating jobs. So says the chairman and vice-chairman of the University of Copenhagen in this featured comment, where they also call for a broader definition of 'innovation'

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Campus

See photos from the Life Sciences revue

The revue spirit is spreading throughout the university. Our photographer visited the former Faculty of Life Sciences over the weekend as the students got on stage to mock university life

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International

In Greece, social media replaces cash

The Greek crisis is boosting a new social phenomenon. So says an Athens PhD student who is living through the crisis and researching it at the same time

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Politics

Jobless students, a new 'cognitariat'

Europe has vast numbers of young, unemployed academics. They need to stop paying their debts and start stealing from supermarkets: Most importantly, they need to change the way they think, argues Italian theorist Bifo

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