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Danish and international students kicked off the new semester Monday with a seven-night-long marathon party week

The University of Copenhagen is firing its own staff while actively seeking international PhDs. This apparent paradox has a simple explanation, according to the Faculty Director of Life Sciences

Rector Ralf Hemmingsen has informed the university board of the exact number of University of Copenhagen employees to be fired. This was at a board meeting yesterday Tuesday

Hans Magnus Enzensberger used his Sonning Prize acceptance speech to lash out against European institutions

German author and poet Hans Magnus Enzensberger will be awarded the prestigious Sonning Prize at the University of Copenhagen’s Ceremonial Hall today Tuesday at 14.00. Follow University Post for coverage

Both the Rector and the Student Council want an alternative model of university funding. Nonetheless, student politicians feel that the Rector ought to discuss the outlook for subjects hit by cutbacks

Hundreds of students have since early Monday morning blockaded key departments at the University of Copenhagen, protesting cutbacks and the shedding of jobs

This week's blog is CUMINet, which stands for Copenhagen University Middle East and Islam Network. CUMINet aims to allow Danish scholars working on ‘the modern Muslim world’ to communicate with an international audience.

»Swindle and humbug« and »amateurish«. Pia Kjærsgaard of the right-wing Dansk Folkeparti [Danish People’s Party, ed.] and Conservative politician Naser Khader were pulling no punches, after the controversial burqa report was made public. Experts in scientific theory and method defend the University of Copenhagen researchers who compiled the report, and say that the criticism is political.

Neo-nazis and the Ku Klux Klan are victims of racism too, says Danish author, photographer, and Ku Klux Klan member, Jacob Holdt, in a lecture to mark Auschwitz Day at the University of Copenhagen