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Oops! 600 staff had unlawful access to 13,600 CPR personal ID numbers

Sensitive information, including salary data, has been freely available on the University of Copenhagen's servers. New procedures to safeguard the employees’ data introduced

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Campus

Bonus? That is for UCPH managers to give each other

Employees who have the job title of ‘manager’ get significantly higher one-off bonuses than the university's other employees, according to figures from the website Loenoverblik.dk.

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Campus

Students getting bags stolen while on bikes in South Campus area

Several students have had their bags stolen while cycling in the area around South campus over the past few months. The police say they do not believe students should feel more unsafe, however.

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Campus

The University Post guide to the 2018 UCPH Spring Festival

On 25 May, 15,000 UCPH students, faculty and staff get together for the annual Spring Festival. Here are 17 things you can do to make sure your festival is a good one

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Campus

UCPH managers take home the biggest salary increases

At the University of Copenhagen, employees with ‘manager’ job titles have, on average, received a significantly higher percentage wage increase than other employees. This can be seen in a calculation by the University Post on the basis of figures from Lønoverblik.dk. UCPH says the calculation is misleading.

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Campus

»I was supposed to be a sports journalist«

»Of course, I should have continued with high school. But never mind that, I don’t regret things. I am happy with where I am today,” says University of Copenhagen grounds officer Jesper Ovesen.

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Science

The struggle for water in the Andes Mountains

In the Andes Mountains, the young Assistant Professor Mattias Borg Rasmussen has learned about the local value and meanings of water. Here water is a symbol of life, a dwindling and complex resource and a creator of collaborations.

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Campus

Gut bacteria professor wins research communication award

UCPH professor Oluf Borbye Pedersen wins the research communication Forskningskommunikationprisen for his enthusiasm in communicating his research into the countless health-friendly gut bacteria. The prize was awarded on 20th April by Minister Søren Pind.

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Campus

People are nicking the knives and forks on South Campus

Humanities people, lawyers, and theologians are increasingly eating off plastic. One reader objects: Plastic cutlery is not a good idea from an environmental point of view.

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Campus

Can I write my name on your uni?

A handwritten message on an advertisement-financed notepad raises the question: Who can buy advertising at the University of Copenhagen? And the question goes both for a notepad of 14 centimetres to a 75 metre tall building.

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