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Review: Regensen's past is a story of love and corpses

The long history of Regensen is an important part of the residents' narrative about themselves; about love, traditions, clubs, and the exclusive Regensen community.

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Politics

Proposals: Convert Danish student grants to loans, cap grade requirements

A one-year master's degree programme, a new admissions system, and the famed Danish student grants converted to loans on master’s degree programmes. These are some of the recommendations that a commission presented Wednesday.

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Student life

»The first time I was allowed to open a display case and touch an object, I was just: Wow!«

From the centre of politics to the most secret rooms in a museum. 73 per cent of all Danish students have a job while they are at university. Sandi Rizvić is a student of classical archaeology and an employee at Thorvaldsen's Museum.

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Working environment

10 fired – 10 voluntary redundant at Social Sciences faculty

Ten staff at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Social Sciences were fired Monday, while a further have resigned voluntarily.

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Academic life

Student choir: »Some of us are employed as church choristers, some of us have never seen musical notation«

The student choir Concentus is a music club that offers the time for immersion into music, and the space for both students and former students. The focus is on the music, the community, and cake

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Science

Scientists now want to find out whether the animals are happy

How can we know what animals are feeling? Researchers at the University of Copenhagen are getting closer at finding out in a large study of pigs.

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Student life

»I get the chores that the scientists don’t want to do themselves. But they are not just chores for me«

From the centre of politics to the most secret rooms in a museum. 73 per cent of all Danish students have a job while they are at university. Clara Franck is studying sixth semester molecular biomedicine and is a laboratory assistant at the the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Centre for Basic Metabolic Research.

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Opinion

Denmark: An embarrassment in terms of freedom of research?

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Working environment

»A professor from my department is known for re-writing master’s theses without crediting the students«

In just a few days, the #PleaseDontStealMyWork campaign has received more than 50 anonymous stories about research theft. With the permission of the organisers, the University Post offers a few examples.

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Science

#PleaseDontStealMyWork: »The testimonies are pouring in«

Through the course of only a few days, the campaign against research theft has received more than 50 stories about stolen ideas and unjustified co-authorships. When the campaign reaches 100, they will be released.

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