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They used to serve coffee. Now they serve cotton swabs for nasal tests

As new self-swab test centres have more students and staff returning to the University of Copenhagen, canteen staff are now also back at work. Not to serve coffee and food, but to supervise self-swab nasal tests.

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Campus

Each square metre of the new Niels Bohr Building will cost 3 square metres of the rest of the University of Copenhagen

The prospect of a huge increase in rent after a faulty construction process will lead to the University of Copenhagen having to reduce more floor space than what the new Niels Bohr Building would have added.

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Campus

Vox pop: Why did you ignore the one way system?

Six University of Copenhagen students explain why they did not comply with corona regulations in building 2 at the CSS campus.

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Campus

750 signed petition against sexism — organisers surprised that many did not dare sign it

Organisers of petition against sexism at Danish universities say that many people did not wish to sign for fear of losing their jobs.

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Campus

Offbeat locations at the University of Copenhagen

An underground list of surprising localities at a centuries-old university.

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Campus

10 things you will miss out on as a University of Copenhagen student during corona

In the old days, campus was packed with students. They went on intro camps with no hand sanitizer, and they shared beers and other liquids on packed dance floors. Here is everything that you (perhaps) might never get to experience if you start at the University of Copenhagen this year.

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Campus

Tutor infected with corona – students permitted to go ahead with intro programme

Six additional students on the rhetoric programme at the University of Copenhagen are in self-quarantine. Faculty director 'certain' that more corona cases will be forthcoming, but ready to handle them.

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Campus

University to remove student tables - occupational therapists not happy

The Faculty of Humanities is to remove the tables from classrooms to make room for more students without breaking social distance rules. The Danish Association of Occupational Therapists says that it can lead to physical disability and concentration difficulties.

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Academic life

Students call for new guidelines to avoid offensive behaviour

Anna Nørgaard Sørensen from Student Council suggests the University of Copenhagen form a committee in which students and faculty can find common ground in defining offensive behaviour.

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Academic life

In the wake of #MeToo, Eske Willerslev leaves his office door open: »It’s a precautionary measure«

Navigating a new culture at the university in the wake of #MeToo is no easy task. Many employees fear being accused of offensive behaviour, according to Professor Eske Willerslev.

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