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Prorector: »Good idea to have academic freedom written into the Danish University Act«

Denmark lags behind its Nordic neighbours in terms of academic freedom. Think tank proposes minimum standards for academic freedom enshrined in Danish university legislation.

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Opinion

Does the UCPH workplace assessment of 2022 reflect the real world?

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Opinion

Politics professor after 45 tweets: »Anyone who sees the video clip will think I am an idiot«

For six long months Ole Wæver has been confronted with his misinterpretations of the war in Ukraine. Last Sunday it just got too much for the top political scientist. He responded with a 45-tweet monologue.

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Student life

Half of Danish students have illegally shared textbooks

48 per cent of students at Danish universities have acquired digital textbooks unlawfully.

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Student life

Eight tips for insecure new students

When you start at university you start to question your identity, your future, and even your own intelligence. The University Post’s student reporter, who is about to finish her bachelor's degree, shares a few tips: This is what she wished she knew when she started at uni.

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Student life

Illegal textbooks: »Hard to know what is legal«

»If anyone has found an online version and it is being sent around, then this is always pretty cool.« Three students from UCPH talk about their textbook expenses.

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Opinion

Associate Dean: We insist on respect and inclusion

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Opinion

Using the phrase 'Asian disease' during class is not OK

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Student life

Students on price increases: »My card is often rejected«

»It does not help that they increased the earnings ceiling«. Three students talk about how price increases have affected their finances.

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Science

Trine Dahl-Jensen has Danish geophysicist Inge Lehmann as role model

There are still significantly fewer women at the top of Danish research than men. And if we go back in history, there were even fewer women. But they were there. And they are of great importance to the star scientists of today. We met up with seismologist Trine Dahl-Jensen, who talks about her role model Inge Lehmann.

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