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A new special exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Denmark has a black Tyrannosaurus Rex as its lead act. Even if you, like this University Post reporter, generally get put to sleep by fossils, this dino hits you like a fist in the gut.
Impossible deadlines, money running out, and a future that is suddenly uncertain. This is the situation for two foreign researchers at the University of Copenhagen.
One or more anonymous persons have allegedly attended instruction on the dentistry programme while infected with corona. They have threatened to show up to exams. The study programme’s management has informed the rest of the year cohort, but is still upholding exam schedules.
Forced to stay put in Denmark, international academics have made compromises on travelling, home life and jobs. And learned some life lessons.
University employees will be travelling far less by airplane in the post-Covid-19 future, says team leader at the University of Copenhagen sustainability initiative Green Campus.
In the future, your master's diploma will turn up electronically in your electronic e-Boks. Not even your mail box. Professor understands why students want a more ceremonial end to things.
Educators make online teaching work, »but I would much rather return to the classroom with my students,« says associate professor of linguistics Martha Sif Karrebæk.
