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Coronavirus

Students are raring to go: More than ever want to study abroad

While universities worldwide were closed due to corona, the number of students on exchange reached an all-time low. Now that the world is beginning to open again, more students are applying to study abroad.

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Student life

Studying abroad during corona »was a magical experience«

Despite the corona restrictions, some students were able to study abroad. The University Post asked three of them what it was like.

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Education

Danes ‘inherit’ their level of education just like in the US

Young people in Denmark get a life that resembles their parents. According to a new study, there is low social mobility in education in spite of generous student grants and a welfare state. What can be done?

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Education

»I have often wondered if you can coach Donald Trump«

A group of students has just completed a course in coaching at the University of Copenhagen. We asked them what they learned.

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Politics

Too few funds, too much control. Astrophysicist lays into Danish research policy

Basic research has been under-prioritised and underfunded for a long time - and it may end up costing Denmark dearly, says Anja C. Andersen.

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Student life

Timeline: Offensive behaviour and identity politics at the University of Copenhagen

It keeps on happening: Stories of sexism and crazy initiation rituals, the global #metoo movement, and guidelines on offensive behaviour keep the University of Copenhagen at the centre of a stormy debate.

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Opinion

Five professors defended Flemming Besenbacher. Now they respond to Heine Andersen's criticism

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Education

New master's degree programme to study Islam »without safe spaces and trigger warnings«

A University of Copenhagen (UCPH) master's degree programme that was cut from the Faculty of Humanities has now been resurrected at the Faculty of Theology.

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Opinion

These five professors should consider what it is that Besenbacher actually did

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Science

Wikipedia is a man – and he's a bit narrow-minded

According to a new master's thesis the online encyclopedia is not quite as democratic and objective as you might imagine. Women and people of other genders drown in a sea of biographical articles about men.

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