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War of the Wardrobes: Krakow student fashion

Students from Krakow, Poland reckon themselves a serious challenge to Copenhagen's claimed fashion supremacy. See them face down biology students at the Biocenter, Faculty of Science

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Campus

15 life science brains, three winners

Students competed for fame – and a cash prize – as they speed-presented their theories to the audience at Fifteen Minutes of Brain

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Politics

Faculty mergers approved by slim majority in Board

Merger plan passed with 6 out of 11 members majority. Dissenters pointed to lack of staff support, problems in implementation

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Politics

Coming up: Decision on merger

Crunch time for the plan to merge the faculties: Sceptical staff and student reps will face management, and possibly external members in key Board meeting at 10.15

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Science

Large Hadron Collider machine entirely in Lego

Will it find the Higgs particle? Copenhagen physicist has built a model of CERN's atom smasher detector in toy bricks

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Opinion

Comment: Less Kafka, more clarity

A US-inspired tenure track system would attract more international talent from abroad, and stop the 'brain drain' of Danish scientists the other way, argues Prorector Thomas Bjørnholm in this featured comment

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Education

Boost to Erasmus good news for Copenhagen

A 70 per cent increase in Erasmus programme funding will help universities send and receive more students from abroad. Good news, says International Office to the University Post

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Campus

Corpse examinations too expensive, say police

The Department of Forensic Medicine is to shed 20 members of staff. Why? The government and police reckon it costs too much to do autopsies

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Politics

Danish government split after European drama

Governing partners off message after weekend's EU clash puts Denmark in a dilemma

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International

Mixed Danish reaction to Durban deal

Empty words or the real deal. As the climate negotiators reach agreement in Durban, Danish politicians disagree on whether it is a good one or a bad one

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