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Science

Danish Press Council to assess controversial science programme

Professor Peter C. Kjærgaard describes how the deception continued after the interview. Public service broadcaster DR rejects the criticism.

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Campus

Glitter cheeks and frothy beer: See the pictures from the KU Festival

The University Post had set up a makeshift photo booth for when the entire University of Copenhagen partied at the KU festival. See the pictures and let yourself be infected by the atmosphere.

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Student life

»When you have knitted something, you have ever so slightly changed the universe. It has one more sock!«

Every day, on the different campuses of the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Kamille offers cake and tips on needlework. In the interdisciplinary knitting club, things move in a quiet, calm rhythm. It is enough to just be there and knit.

Academic life

Vegan students: »You end up feeling lonely if you can't share a key part of your identity«

Jakob Bredahl and Shivanii Hansen wanted a vegan alternative to the University of Copenhagen canteens. Now they meet up with their peers to discuss animal ethics and their philosophies of life.

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Student life

In the 'international' classroom, it is the Danish students who thrive

International students are often perceived as deficit learners, not having their previous knowledge recognized by lecturers and students at their host institutions. We need to consider the international student as a ‘whole person’ beyond just the university, says anthropologist Vera Spangler.

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Politics

The Niels Bohr Building: Delay #13

The Niels Bohr Building has now been delayed for the 13th time. According to the owner of the project, the new opening date will be »on the other side of the summer recess«.

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Culture

»A pearl«: Professor reviews Nobel Prize winner's book on the quirks of physics

The University Post asked physics professor Mogens Høgh Jensen to review the new book 'Inside a murmuration of starlings — the beauty of complex systems' by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Giorgio Parisi.

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Student life

In the Breathing Space they talk about everything student-related — except the syllabus

Students at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences use board games, mentoring schemes, and armchairs to prevent stress and remind each other that student life has much more to offer than just textbooks.

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Politics

NATO centre co-operation is not »guns and ammo«

The news that the Niels Bohr Institute is to collaborate with NATO has set off mixed feelings among staff. Head of department Jan W. Thomsen explains that the new centre will mostly strengthen the technological edge over adversaries in the quantum area.

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