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Refugees who want to take a higher education programme often get lost in Danish regulations and language requirements. Now – like Ousama Alnemer who is from Syria – they can get help from volunteer students.
Student Refugees is a new network where Danish students help refugees apply for higher education. The Danish education system can be hard to navigate – especially when you do not speak the language.
The University of Copenhagen's new strategy towards 2023 focuses on talent and collaboration.
Student ambassador Bo Køhlert can now attend meetings between the study programme administrators and students as a neutral third party.
Historic events can be recalled and treated in a variety of ways. Upcoming conference on Memory Studies discuss how the past is recalled and represented.
If the Argument Association at the Faculty of Law had its way, then the law studies would have a less boring reputation.
The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) stands to lose DKK 13 million a year with a new grant distribution policy. This is a loss that UCPH can live with. Far worse, says the rector, is the continued annual two per cent grant cut, the risk of increased bureaucracy, and that politicians are now meddling with the inner workings of the university.
Michelle Bornemann Honoré has received DKK 147,000 to do research on the disease EDS in muscles and jaw joints. She hopes it can help dentists reveal the disease earlier in patients.
New data shows that more than half of newly enrolled students find their study programmes more demanding than they expected.
Niels Thordal needed a couple of gap years to zoom in on the right study programme after high school. But he finally found his inspiration by working with giant, deadly, saltwater crocodiles on a safari farm in Australia.
