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Minister: University explanation not good enough

Wants phone call notes, explanation of Rector’s role. Key parliament meeting coming up

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Culture

Copenhagen didn’t live up to fairy tale

Life in the ‘real’ Copenhagen turned out to be much harder than in the Erasmus bubble

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International

Student activist sells tickets to Texas execution

University of Copenhagen student will auction five tickets to Texas lethal-injection execution, to provoke a debate about death penalty

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Politics

Mystery deepens over top men's Penkowa role

Former science minister Sander helped his friend Penkowa to penalise opponents, say media reports. Focus on Rector Ralf Hemmingsen’s oversight

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Politics

Prorector: Denmark's tax system is not fair

Top researchers are forced to pay high Danish taxes without reaping all the benefits, argues University of Copenhagen prorector

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International

Swedish students in Egypt protest

Copenhagen’s Swedish neighbour, the University of Lund, has students in the embattled Tahrir Square

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Politics

Copenhagen held back by Europe

Elite PhDs from abroad can help put this university among the world’s best. The problem: European degree formats and the Bologna process, says prorector

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International

Cairo: A strange tale of a truce

In this report from the streets of Cairo, the war of stones turned into a spontaneous, but fragile, peace. University Post source retells the story

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Politics

Media: Brain scientist faked lab reports, lied

University of Copenhagen now files police charges against Milena Penkowa. Media write that she also lied about family deaths

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Politics

New friends in 48 hours? Not here in Denmark

The Danish slow-to-get-to-know-you culture is not good at attracting the best, says University of Copenhagen prorector

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