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Prorector Lykke Friis now a government minister

University of Copenhagen's Lykke Friis gets top government post

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International

UK universities bail students out

As a result of delays to loans and grants, 75 percent of British universities have been forced to bail out students with emergency cash

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Campus

Out of Africa, and into suburbia

Two international students from the Faculty of Life Sciences took off their shoes, and entered a Danish home

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Campus

Struck down with swine flu, I missed my exam

100,000 people in Denmark are right now infected with influenza A. The illness stranded rhetoric student Eydna and her son in the Faroe Islands

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Campus

Brains battled for cash and glory

The brainiacs at the Faculty of Life Sciences had a chance to show what they, and - in some cases - plenty of other things, were made of Friday 20 November. See a video from this year's '15 Minutes of Brain'

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Science

Termites have had farms for millions of years

Most of our food production is based on large-scale cultivation of single crops. We have spent ten thousand years of cultural evolution adopting this practice. Research has now shown that farming ants and termites have been at it for a good millions of years longer

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Culture

Erasmus students adopt Danish drinking habits

International students in Copenhagen drink more than they do at home

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Culture

Stop before five, say health experts

So Erasmus students drink a bit, and alcohol can have serious health consequences. But how much is too much?

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Education

Copenhagen staff: Yes to more courses in English

Teaching staff at the University of Copenhagen accept the need for more courses taught in English but also fear the consequences for the Danish language

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Education

Teaching in English makes a difference

Students can be made part of their discipline, using English terminology, or they can be made part of their society, using their own language. Swedish students illustrate the stark choices

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