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At the University of Copenhagen, students can get ECTS credits for their own start-up company

A new campaign is to get more students committing themselves to entrepreneurship as a part of their study programme.

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Education

Students: We are being forced to offend minorities in the classroom

Students on the sociology programme at the University of Copenhagen say they are being forced to offend minority groups in a compulsory course where they act out excerpts from a book about life in a poor American city area. The head of the study programme defends the subject’s methodology.

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International

Weekly Intel: Forget Brexit, the populism, the cuts. Staff still believe in internationalisation

The latest university news stories from Copenhagen and beyond

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Campus

The full programme for the Spring Festival

Cancel your weekend trip to Berlin. Here is the lineup for the Spring Festival on 10th May...

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Campus

20 facts about Danish students

Danish students can look forward to an annual salary of DKK 368,965. If you sit next to one of them in class, they are most likely to be a woman. They drink less than their parents did - but much more than their non-Danish, or non-university, friends.

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Education

Experts: Elite administration is about power, and the fear of failure

The administrative elite has grown. Both at the University of Copenhagen, and among its competitors. Three experts doubt that this has led to a better university

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Campus

Administrative elite has taken over Danish universities

While the number of staff at secretary level has been almost halved at the University of Copenhagen, the number of senior consultants has tripled. But this has not made work easier for researchers. According to critics, they spend too much time on administrative tasks.

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International

Weekly Intel: ITU wins Danish open access race / Fungus-growing ants

A summary of a few of the latest university news stories specifically for academic Copenhageners

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Culture

Is meat OK? Student potluck in the age of identity politics

An international group of students at Advanced Migration Studies decided to have a julefrokost. Then someone suggested a totally meat free menu.

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Campus

Where are the green bins on South Campus?

Students at the Faculty of Humanities are surprised they cannot sort their rubbish on campus. Both the citizens and local authorities in this city sort their trash. But this does not apply to all faculties at the University of Copenhagen.

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