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Review: Egmont Kollegiet — one day a party — one day peace and quiet

The Egmont residence hall has a reputation for being the city's big party dorm, but the place has a lot more to offer than that. The food clubs, a close community, and lots of facilities, all help to bond the 469 residents together.

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Education

Psychology head of department: Our communication has not been good enough

Students are threatening a blockade, but Head of the Department of Psychology Vibeke Koushede says that the two sides are close to agreement. She hopes that a number of new initiatives will prevent an impending conflict.

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Politics

Political agreement: Benefits slashed for new unemployed graduates

A majority in the Danish parliament has cut unemployment benefits for new graduates by more than DKK 4,000 a month. But difficult bargaining is still to come.

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Student life

Review: Frankrigsgade Kollegiet — a nine-storey powerhouse

The Frankrigsgade residence hall is out in the Amager district, and as a resident it is you that decides whether you want to really get involved, or just have a place to live.

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Politics

Prorector on the cap on student places: »Not beneficial for the future of Denmark«

If politicians want to avoid major negative consequences for education and research, they should give the University of Copenhagen permission to keep one third of the places earmarked for cuts. This is according to Prorector at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) Bente Stallknecht, after the university has drawn up a provisional plan to fulfil the terms of the relocation agreement.

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Politics

Minister: »I would have liked to have seen more ideas for relocation«

Minister for Higher Education and Science Jesper Petersen praises the University of Copenhagen for its plan to set up a medical degree programme in Køge and for using graduate unemployment numbers to cut student places. He would have been happier, however, if the university had presented plans to relocate more student places.

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Education

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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