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There are stories hidden behind these ageing facades: Social revolutions, violent entrance exams, intellectual duels, and an institution that threw its students into a dungeon if they did not obey the rules.
Once threatened with closure, the University of Copenhagen's aquarium unit in Helsingør is now a popular favourite. Everyone wants to sail out on to the Øresund to see the monster-sized tunas jumping around. The University Post was on a tuna safari.
The police have now twice been involved in protests by the student organization Students Against the Occupation. This is »completely outside normal standards,« students say. But the University of Copenhagen management says that at a university, you are free to speak, but with responsibility – and without masks.
The organisation Students Against the Occupation blocked the central administration quarter of the university Wednesday morning. Six people have been arrested, Copenhagen police said.
A group of employees has been able to access the Danish CPR numbers and other sensitive information from 310,000 students and employees affiliated to the University of Copenhagen. For several years.
»In these difficult times, it is important that we stick together across the organisation«. This according to an employee at this year's KU festival, which included a concert with Danish singer Sanne Salomonsen, brilliant quizzes, and a huge karaoke party.
If they wanted to, the University of Copenhagen could easily avoid investing in companies with activities in the West Bank, says a researcher on sustainable investments at the Copenhagen Business School.
We need something that unites us in times of division. Here it is: The annual festival for all students and staff is on Friday 31 May.
It is neither »controversial nor radical« to be critical of university management, say a group of employees. They see the protest camp as a learning space for students.
About 100 protesters have set up camp at the University of Copenhagen Monday demanding that it change its Israel policy. The University has accepted the presence of the camp, but refuses to give in to the protesters' demands.
