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University deans get better pay than minister

A university dean now ranks among the highest paid jobs in Denmark. Deans manage to negotiate wages that exceed that of the Minister of Science

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Politics

New politician a key mandate for Penkowa inquiry

In just a few days, Professor Niels Høiby is to become a member of parliament. Once in, his mandate can tip the scales in favour of a majority for an independent inquiry into the Penkowa scandal. This is his investigation model

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Campus

Final Voting: The bad, the worse and the ugly

We are giving away a brand-new iPad 1 as a reward to the best or worst experience our readers have unfortunately had at the University of Copenhagen. And you need to help us choose the winner!

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Campus

Staff and management quarrel over new e-mail

Staff reps are angered by a University of Copenhagen plan to harmonise the e-mail addresses of all faculties. But the new system is only common sense, says the University's IT head

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Education

Demo action planned against library closures

As five social science department libraries are threatened with closure, students prepare to protest

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Opinion

Anonymous student evaluations and their discontents

ANALYSIS - Lecturer in sociology at the Universtity of Copenhagen Leopold Galicki unpacks what anonymous student evaluations say, and don't say, about the quality of a course at university

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International

Spanish ‘indignant’ protest in Copenhagen

Copenhagen student Alba shows her solidarity with Spanish protesters in Madrid

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Opinion

Comment: Where have all the women gone?

There are many women PhDs, but the numbers dwindle at the top of the Danish academic hierarchy, with an embarrassingly thin presence of women professors, writes Anamaria Dutceac Segesten

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Politics

Penkowa loses prize, uni to pay the bill

University of Copenhagen will be forced to pay DKK 200,000 back, as Minister retracts Milena Penkowa prize

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Politics

Uproar as Faculty plans to close five libraries

Students fear that a decision to close all five department libraries at the Faculty of Social Science will be carried out hastily, and without their consultation

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