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Low turnout for Penkowa briefing

Only an estimated 200 people turned out for the management briefing on the Penkowa case late Tuesday. This was in spite of an e-mail circular sent out to all staff and students. Subsequent comments suggest that staff and students were at work, and that the message did not get out to everyone

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Politics

Minister lashes out at University in Penkowa-case

The Minister of Science has put the University of Copenhagen under close government supervision, after the University's own board cleared its own management of responsibility in Penkowa case Tuesday

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Politics

Rector Ralf Hemmingsen off the hook

University of Copenhagen management did nothing that was not in line with standard procedure, says Board chairman

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Politics

No notes from call to Spanish company

Board believes Rector Ralf Hemmingsen's claim that he made the call to the laboratory to check up on it. He didn’t take notes

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Politics

Report: Rector's actions were legal

The University's legal advisors, 'Kammeradvokaten', conclude that Rector Ralf Hemmingsen did not break the law at any point during the Penkowa case

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Politics

E-mail circular: To brief students, staff at 15.00

Chairman of the Board sends e-mail to all students and staff: Open invitation to briefing on the Penkowa case at the Panum Institute at 15.00

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Education

Danes slow to finish Master's

Danes that follow the exact same degrees as their Swedish counterparts are a year behind, data shows

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Education

Government offers cash for fast graduates

The Danish Government is ramping up a scheme to curtail the lengthy tradition of the Master’s thesis

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Culture

Top 10 public works

The many building sites in Copenhagen right now have you doing a slalom between holes, excavations, and piles of sand. Here is the University Post hit parade of the most interesting public works going on right now

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Politics

Penkowa: Offices changed, paperwork put in boxes

Her department looked »like a ghost town« said Milena Penkowa, as she came out of her former offices at the Faculty of Health Sciences after her search with lawyers and police from the fraud squad. She is now formally charged by police

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