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University of Copenhagen cancels its Spring Festival

Rector of the University of Copenhagen has suspended the Spring Festival, the University of Copenhagen's big event for researchers, staff and students. »A real shame,« the organizer says.

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Politics

Three forces holding back women researchers at the University of Copenhagen

Hint: One of them is leaky pipes.

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Campus

New name added to Spring Festival lineup

The Spring Festival has now published half of the musical lineup for this year's event

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Campus

Farewell to the dove, the serpent, the man and the dragon – now there is only one logo at the University of Copenhagen

After many years of signalling the scientific peculiarities of each subject in a multi-coloured logo concept, Denmark's largest university is opting for a clean slate: With one logo to rule them all.

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Campus

I take stuff: Reflections from a student trying to save money

I know what I do is unethical, so I hope I'm not the only one doing it.

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Campus

»In China, they expect PhD students to serve tea to professors«

Yanqi Li got off a Chinese bullet train and, after many a detour, ended up as assistant professor on Frederiksberg Campus. The best thing about Denmark is that you can be a scientist and parent at the same time, she says.

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Culture

Farewell to knowledge

Physicist Benny Lautrup has got Alzheimer’s. Slowly, stubbornly, the disease eats in to the acuity of mind that made him a professor. The poor boy from the working class Istedgade district in Copenhagen, who ended up as a recognised scientist, is used to standing up to adversity.

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Student life

Guide: Culture in Copenhagen at student prices

It is not impossible to get a daily fix of culture at affordable prices in Copenhagen. On the contrary, with your student ID card you can get good discounts.

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Campus

Intro camp: At political science, students are looking for a culinary narrative

You’d better get your creative (gastric) juices flowing. At least if you want to be one of the chefs at a freshers' trip for new students at the Department of Political Science. Applications for the job have to present a ‘narrative’ for a 'culinary journey' for the tutors, new students and cooks.

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Culture

Seven unique places in historic Copenhagen

Copenhagen has gone through centuries of modernisation and has had its share of disasters such as fires and wars. But subtle historical details remain. Two historians met up with us in places that reveal the city’s past.

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