Education

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.