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Advert for new prorector in spite of protest

The job of prorector, formerly held by Lykke Friis, is now advertised by the Rector's office. This bypasses staff representatives, who had refused to nominate a candidate for the job because of other staff cutbacks

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Culture

Copenhagen in the lens of student from Montreal

Sarah Mongeau-Birkett shows us how Copenhagen looks through the eyes of a Canadian exchange student. In her project '25x7, a Danish adventure through my lens', she takes a photograph each day to document her stay

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Science

Ancient Egyptians interpreted through lions and crocodiles

Ancient Egyptian zoology seen in priestly inscriptions

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Opinion

Comment: Colour-coded in Copenhagen

Our literary editor ponders the significance of yellow and the yellow card

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Campus

Women’s day is burka day, says professor

It is women’s day Monday, and a professor provokes a debate by encouraging women to wear a headscarf »any way they like«

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Science

Film courses after dead Greenlander media success

Ancient man’s gene sequence got massive coverage. Now Faculty of Science offers its researchers a one-hour film crash course

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Science

Selfish ant queens sacrifice their colony

Queen ants attempt to look after number one, even if the colony must pay. And this does not go unpunished, shows new Copenhagen research

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Science

Why athletes can’t pee in the jar

Researchers get DKK 530,000 to find out why sportsmen can't urinate during drug tests

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International

From Zimbabwe, but a London writer

Writer Brian Chikwava talks to the University Post about his latest novel

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Campus

Video: Law camp for internationals

100 international law students danced, partied, twisted, sang, curled and limboed their way through the legendary law camp – check out the video below

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