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UK students prepare for more protests

British students plan to occupy university buildings and demonstrate in the coming weeks

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Politics

Calls for new Penkowa inquest rejected

Chairman rejects open letter from staff calling for impartial investigation into the highly controversial Milena Penkowa case. Rector's office has no »professional, economic or personal interests or relations to Penkowa«, he says

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Science

For fish, it is best to have no boss

Insects and fish have an uncanny ability to navigate in groups. And they do this with no clear leadership

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Politics

Down and out in Wannabe University

FEATURE: Professor went undercover to find out how a large US university really worked. She found an institution in the thrall of auditing, corporate ideology and obsessive rankings

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International

Nordic countries top ‘intellectual capital’ rank

Denmark and other Scandinavian nations will prosper in the future, shows study on innovation. It also debunks the hype over China and India

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Politics

Director: University heading towards abyss

Universities now need to know where they stand, says university director Jørgen Honoré. As financial meltdown looms, he calls for a political deal on financing

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Politics

Meaning of LIFE proved elusive

To this reporter, who didn’t speak Danish, the meeting to explain budget cuts was as clear as mud

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Campus

5 things to avoid in Copenhagen

Blogger Mart Virkus from Estonia debunks the guide book myths with his own list of Copenhagen no-no’s. (This article originally appeared in 2010)

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Politics

Minister at odds with Rector on gender issue

Minister of Science believes a university plan to hire more women is discriminatory, but Rector disagrees. The hiring process should merely encourage women to apply, he says

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Campus

Typhoid outbreak was just a rumour

Danish section Universitetsavisen apologises after news blunder: Copenhagen dorm guest was not infected with a tropical disease after all

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