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Students against animal experiments: »I don’t want to have to roast earthworms in class«

Earthworms »squirming with pain« do not belong in the classroom, medical student Clara Turner wrote on Facebook. She got a ‘love storm’ from her fellow students, but a shitstorm from the press.

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Politics

Protester: Why am I worth more than a humanities student?

On the day of the Danish universities' deadline to report cuts and relocations of study programmes to the ministry, students demonstrated in front of parliament.

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Politics

What we know so far: This will be moved or shut down at the University of Copenhagen

It has not yet been announced exactly which studies will be affected by the relocation agreement. We do know a few things, however, and so we offer you an overview here.

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Politics

»YOU should move instead!« Students protested against Danish university relocations

The relocation agreement will destroy the future prospects of young people. This was the message from angry students who demonstrated in front of the Danish parliament buildings at Christiansborg. According to the organisers, there are more protests on the way.

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Student life

Review: Kollegiegården — a dorm with an upgrade to a cheap apartment

Kollegiegården is a peaceful dorm with low rent,and living there gives you access to a cheap two-bedroom apartment shortly after moving in. And the residents repaint the corridors every year

Student life

Review: Grønjordskollegiet — get yourself 1,000 roommates

It is not pretty, but the Grønjordskollegiet is cheap, and it's huge. And with 1,000 roommates, you will always find someone you like hanging out with, no matter whether you are into parties, or Dungeons and Dragons.

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Campus

»Many people still see computer science as something you do in the IT room with a bag of crisps and a coke«

The Department of Computer Science celebrates its 50th anniversary. In those 50 years, there has been an increase in the number of computers, and a small increase in the number of women. Still, the department has maintained a tightknit, small-scale spirit and has the university's only student-run canteen.

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Education

Yes, the economics programme can be improved. But the Critical Economics Students group is exaggerating the problems

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Student life

Review: Elers’ Kollegium — a historical oasis in the centre of Copenhagen

Elers' Kollegium is stacked with oil paintings of grey-haired men and dusty books with Latin titles. But between all this old stuff, a handful of happy residents cherish their lives within a strong community with traditions.

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International

Top 10 stories on the University Post in 2021

Which stories from 2021 were the most read on the University Post?

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