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Dean: We want to give books away

The University of Copenhagen is looking for a way to give away the books it had planned to burn, according to a press release

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Education

Book burn institute librarian: We have no choice

The first piles of books are down in a skip in the cellar, waiting to be either recycled or burnt. And the whole process will take a year and a half, says chairman of the Saxo Institute's library, who explains to the University Post why it has to happen

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Education

Anger after book burning plan

Why burn the books? Politicians are angered by a University of Copenhagen decision to burn several hundred thousand tomes to make room for a new knowledge centre

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Politics

Restaurant: The whole thing was a misunderstanding

Owner of restaurant Bindia explains to the University Post that they always pay staff for trial-periods

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Education

Books to be burnt at University of Copenhagen

Hundreds of thousands of books are to be burnt when the Faculty of Humanities merges its libaries into a new knowledge centre in 2013

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Education

Life Science: Record student numbers from abroad

Preliminary data from the Faculty of Life Sciences show record numbers, with large student numbers from other Scandinavian countries and Europe. No figures yet from further afield

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Campus

New centre to look like 'cell division'

The new Copenhagen Plant Science Centre is to look a bit like a chain of organic looking plant cells, 'cell dividing'. This can be seen from the winning design sketches for the new centre, which will be finished in 2015

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Education

Knocking on death's door - forensic medicine in Copenhagen

The Institute of Forensic Medicine investigates the causes of strange, bloodcurdling and sad deaths. Located at Rigshospitalet, the conclusion of the autopsies helps to inform further litigation and give closure to cases

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Politics

University turns surprise 160m profit

The University of Copenhagen made a DKK 160 million profit in 2010. But the good news from the annual accounts comes after dire predictions of a DKK 25 million loss. Losses that were the main argument for laying off 120 employees last year. Now staff representatives question the University’s ability to steer its budgets

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Science

Study trip went to hi-tech particle accelerator

University of Copenhagen PhD students in France use huge circular particle accelerator facility for course in advanced X-ray physics

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