Education

The Department of Nordic Research will see more than a third of its funding cut and will be merged with a neighbouring institute. Four employees are protesting against the cutbacks and the Dean’s portrayal of them as ‘parasites’

Dean Ulf Hedetoft responds to critcism from four employees at the Department of Nordic Research (NFI) following cutbacks and an upcoming merger with the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics.

Is it fair to have to attend an exam on a Saturday or Sunday? The president of the Student Council believes that it shows a lack of respect for the spare time of students. The Vice-Dean for education at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (HEALTH) believes they are doing everything they can to avoid exams on the weekend.

The Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, is to find a further DKK 60m in savings as a result of the government's 2015 requirement to cut budgets by two per cent every year over four years. It will have consequences for both employees and students

Department of Sociology decided to stop class teaching in key first semester subject. Now the students respond by organising their lessons themselves

Law student Kristian Hegaard’s complaint about the teaching in Tax Law was so 'trivial', that it cannot be considered defamation. Ruling from the Helsingør district court

Monday had a judge presiding over whether or not lecturer Michael Bjørn Hansen had set up groups in his law class. A handwritten group list was presented in court as the smoking gun

Every second student at the University of Copenhagen has experienced sleeping problems and difficulty with their concentration, while every fourth student has been afflicted by depression within the last six months. This is according to a new survey by the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs

Rector welcomed new students at UCPH for the last time in his career. He then asked them to shake his and prorector Lykke Friis' hand – affirming the university’s basic values of insight, diversity and openness

Venstre wants to reallocate the SU system so that loans will make up half of the students study grant. The monthly payment to students will decrease by almost DKK 1,200 before taxes