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Education minister: Sorry for study reform problems

Esben Lunde Larsen apologises for the controversial Danish study progress 'fremdriftsreform'. Maintains that the responsibility for the quality of education lies with universities and students

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Education

Copenhagen drops to 69th on QS ranking

Loses 24 places and is now only 69th best university in the world on the 2015 QS World University Rankings

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Education

New guidelines on how to treat international students

Danish universities get new common guidelines on how to attract, inform and communicate to highly qualified applicants

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Education

Humanities e-mail warning: Further DKK 20 million losses

Warns staff to cut all expenses. Losses will amount to DKK 40 million - DKK 20m further in the red. Lower income from government subsidies and bonuses

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Education

Chinese professor Yifei Shen: Danes eager to ask questions

Danish students are interactive, confident, and quick to comment. Three questions to an invited guest lecturer from Fudan University

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Education

Students of urban culture redefined Copenhagen neighbourhood

Students experimenting with urban architecture and design at summer school workshop in Container City

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Education

Copenhagen the fifth best non-Anglo university in the world

University moves up four places to 35th overall on global Shanghai ranking, the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities

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Education

UCPH to certify students on gender issues

New scheme allows students at the University of Copenhagen to accredit their knowledge with a certificate showing they can work critically with texts on gender and the body

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Education

PhDs are not aware of private sector jobs

Employers want to hire PhDs with their scientific thinking and experience. But PhDs are not aware of it, and universities foster a research-only PhD culture

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Education

Research or not? Asta and Anders ponder their career options

They are both social scientists. When their PhDs are over, they can try for a job inside, or outside, university

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