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Scientific publishers are reaping huge profits from the work of researchers, and the universities are paying for it

They net bigger profit margins than Google, Amazon and Apple from exploiting the free labour of countless researchers. One critic says the scientific publishers are commercial behemoths that are limiting the free flow of knowledge.

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People

University of Copenhagen students take gold medal for sustainable fishing nets

Nine University of Copenhagen students win world championships gold in synthetic biology. They have developed an idea for hybrid fishing nets made from from spiders’ webs and sea silk that can help stop pollution of the ocean by microplastics

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Politics

Free Forum and Conservative Students lose ground as Student Council wins University of Copenhagen Board seat

The Student Council's lead candidate Kevin Olesen has been elected to the the University of Copenhagen Board with an increase in winning margin.

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Culture

Message from the Commemoration Ceremony: Keep your hands off the university!

The University of Copenhagen's Commemoration 2022 was marked by a strange combination of ceremony and activism.

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Opinion

Rector: »What is the opposite of inflation? It is university innovation«

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Academic life

Protests at University of Copenhagen ceremony: »Give Mikkel Vedby the sack!«

Guests turning up at the Commemoration Ceremony at the University of Copenhagen Friday were met with protesters calling for the dismissal of the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

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Education

Dean on appointing himself temporary head of department: »World's worst idea«

Head of Studies Ayo Wahlberg to become acting head at the Department of Anthropology after management turmoil. This was decided shortly before a dialogue meeting organized by students.

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Politics

Conservative Students’ leading candidate: We want to focus on academic standards

The University of Copenhagen has moved too far away from its original purpose. Academic standards are no longer the purpose or the driving force. This is the main challenge, according to Marlene Budolph, who is running for a seat on the Board of the University of Copenhagen.

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Foreninger

Student Council's top candidate wants to be the students' lobbyist

The Student Council's top candidate Kevin Olesen wants to improve the quality of education, better well-being, and to commit the University of Copenhagen to the green transition.

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Politics

Economics Council’s top candidate: Functional impairments need to be written into the university's strategy

Christian Ramon went into student politics to fight for his own rights and for the growing minority of fellow students with special needs

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