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Prison to replace bars with windows

Copenhagen’s Vestre Prison, next to the Otto Mønsted student dormitory, is to spoil their inmates. Instead of bars, only windows will separate the hardened criminals from the world outside

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Education

No place for Copenhagen on ranking

University of Copenhagen surpassed by three Swedish unis in new Times reputation ranking. US university Harvard has the best reputation in the world

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Politics

Stats: Danes live longer and complain more

New stats from Statistics Denmark reveals that life expectancy is up and the average age of first time mothers is up as well

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Culture

Desh Jones the DJ at party on Friday

Addicted to making people dance to good music, this DJ will spin records at the University Post Party on Friday March 16 2012. Our music reviewer gave him seven quick questions

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Science

Samir Amin, top world-system economist in Copenhagen

Samir Amin, a top thinker of the neo-marxist ‘world-system’ group, is lecturing at the University of Copenhagen Friday

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Education

Humanities staff angered by stress comments

Statements from the Dean have done nothing to cool off staff tempers at the Faculty of Humanities, as report uncovers a group of administrators that have heart palpitations and that cry their way home from work

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International

Scientist nicked 24,000 library books in Germany

Through a period of time, a geologist from the German city of Darmstadt had taken thousands of valuable books from the library. He made no attempt to sell them

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Education

Wage dispute counsellors get fired

Court battle over wages goes in students favour. A few months later they are all fired. No connection says the University of Copenhagen.

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International

US to DK: Philosophy scandal goes global

As a high profile lecturer, Vincent Hendricks sparked outrage with his use of sexualized schoolgirls to advertise his logic course at UCPH. Strangely the affair unfolded internationally before coming back to Denmark. This is how.

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Campus

Professor's photo controversy

Copenhagen’s Vincent Hendricks chose to be photographed with young girls in microscopic school uniforms. Why? To make formal philosophy look sexy and as an act of charity, the professor in logic argues

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