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Lecturer takes student to court after teaching complaint

A complaint about the quality of teaching, has led to a lecturer in law suing a student for defamation. A district court will decide whether the lecturer should receive compensation

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Education

The Utopian University

There lies a university, where the students and employees decide everything. Where there is comprehensive feedback for everyone – and a job waiting at the end of the exam period. The University Post was in Spain to visit the utopian university.

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Education

UCPH authorised to close study programmes

The Danish Agency for Higher Education has now approved the University of Copenhagen’s closure of several small study programmes. Frustrated students question the value of their legal entitlements

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Education

Copenhagen students work the hardest

59 per cent of young people in the Danish capital region work part time jobs while studying. Good job opportunities – and high living expenses – are sending young Copenhageners on to the job market, says an expert

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Education

Copenhagen the second best university in continental Europe

The University moves up five places to 30th in the global Shanghai ranking, the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities

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Education

Diary from a programme threatened with closure

Simon Poulsen is a master’s student in Indo-European studies. Read his report on a proud study programme’s dramatic nosedive at the Faculty of Humanities

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Education

Tutor of minister in scientific misconduct slams press, professors

The tutor of a former Minister of Higher Education and Science, who was recently cleared of scientific misconduct, criticises how fellow professors and the press handled the case. Suggests future cases like it be conducted out in the open. Here's our overview of the debate

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Education

More international BA students this year at UCPH

Number of undergraduate students from abroad has increased relative to last year. Most international BA-students come from the Nordic countries. We met up with one of the new international students

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Education

It is crazy week for the student counsellor

"Panic? No, there is no panic. But we are busy, very, very busy,” UCPH student counsellors are the receiving end of rejected applicants' calls in the busiest week of the year

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Education

Here are the oldest and youngest students

Large average age differences between study programmes at the University of Copenhagen

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