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Government agency: Niels Bohr Building to be completed in March

The Niels Bohr Building ordeal is finally slated to end in March. This is according to the Danish Road Directorate, which says that it will hand over the operation of the building to the University of Copenhagen at the end of next month.

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Science

More space for scientists at Arctic Station after renovation project

The Arctic Station is teeming with scientists from throughout the world. A renovation project will now offer space to 50 per cent more.

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Science

She wants to find out why your uncle gets radicalized on the internet

Digital fan culture researcher Line Nybro Petersen is to head a major European research project on extremism on social media among 45-65-year-olds.

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Opinion

We need a better policy for academic scholarships so we can bring back knowledge to Denmark

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Opinion

If a scientist is posted abroad, it should be categorised as such

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Education

300 student places cut at the University of Copenhagen’s humanities faculty. Here is the detailed plan

Plan released with details on which study programmes at the Faculty of Humanities will have fewer places in 2025 as a consequence of the Danish government relocation agreement. Here is an overview of the closure and relocation of student places.

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Opinion

Criticism of my research center is unfair

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Politics

Controversial Danish university law now 20 years old. The man who crafted it only regrets one thing

The Danish Universities Act — a piece of legislation that set the direction for Denmark’s universities — has been loved and hated. Does the man who crafted it 20 years ago really still regret nothing?

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Working environment

She led the fight against the theft of research. Now she's quitting the University of Copenhagen: »I knew it would be completely kamikaze«

She has persistently fought against the theft of research and for more research freedom. First with the 'Please don’t steal my work' campaign and later with the 'Set research free' campaign, both of which received widespread support from Danish researchers. Now Maria Toft has resigned and will leave the University of Copenhagen. And she is happy to slam the door on her way out.

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Education

‘Girls' Day in Science’ is now ‘Science Day’: »Young people don't always see themselves in binary gender categories«

The annual event is to change its name and concept to involve young people across genders, ethnicity, culture and religion.

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