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Denmark's first student ambassador quits job

Tina Kaare has announced her resignation as of 31 January, 2017, with no further comment. The University says that the system of student ambassador will continue when a successor is found

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13 tips from an experienced medical student

As a new student you will have to choose between many academic and social options. How do you find your way? Here are 13 good student tips from someone who has been there - PhD student Jonas Olsen from the Faculty of Health and Medicine

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“I am locked into a study program that I don’t want to do at all”

A new law against double studies will hold back Caroline Bayer Frøhling from achieving her dream to study biology. She already has a bachelor in landscape architecture.

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Disabled students lose study grants if delayed

Students with disabilities are being hit hard by the Danish government’s Study Progress Reform. Even if they manage to get an exemption from the reform’s requirements to finish their studies faster, they lost their Danish SU study grant if they fall behind. ‘Disgraceful’ says a spokesman for the students

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Humanities students block Dean's Office

Students blockade the Dean's Office, Faculty of Humanities, Tuesday, 15 November, in response to rumours that it plans to shut down and merge department libraries

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Plan to cut SU student grants shelved – but not scrapped

Plans for a major overhaul of the Danish SU student grant system postponed indefinitely. Centre-right can’t reach agreement on overarching 2025 deal

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UCPH's scientific papers rank as the 22nd best in the world

The National Taiwan University Ranking for 2016 places the University of Copenhagen amongst the best in the world. The ranking is unique, in that it is only focused on evaluating the performance of scientific papers.

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Professor: Danish SU student grant agency is misleading foreign students

Czech student at UCPH asked to pay back DKK 50,000 of her SU student grant. But the authorities are misinterpreting the EU rules on who can get SU, says law professor. The Danish government could have been cheating international students out of their money for years

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No more scheduling confusion? UCPH student sets up online timetable for everyone

Changes, cancellations, frustration. Medical student David Swan could get no overview of his schedule using the UCPH solution. Now he has made his own online scheduling that can be used by all students.

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All rise! This court finds Law guilty of a study programme mess

Study programme administration gets a ‘fail’ grade, bachelor’s degree gets a grumpy smiley, and employees say they are treated miserably. The case files with issues are piling up at the Faculty of Law, but management says they are cleaning up their act

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