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Humanities students: mixed feelings about new rules

The UCPH humanities faculty is the slowest in the country. In an effort to speed things up, the allotted time for finishing a Master's degree was reduced by 6 months. Students are of two minds about the change in rules

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Six months less for students of the humanities

Students at the Faculty of Humanities now have only 2.5 years to complete their Master's as political pressure mounts to rush delayed students into completing their degrees

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In this forum, the students do the philosophising

Students taking centre stage, juggling their Immanuel Kant and even a bit of quantum physics. Weekly event at the philosophy department lifts off

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Matriculation ceremony

International students formally inducted into the University

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Education

Copenhagen moves up on Shanghai ranking

This year's Shanghai ranking presents the University of Copenhagen as top in Denmark, best in Scandinavia, and ninth in Europe

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Education

DKK 15,000 available for entrepreneurship courses

Young Enterprise Denmark is supplying grants for innovative courses that enhance both intra- and entrepreneurship through innovative teaching

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Education

New tenure-track hopes to attract international academics

UCPH can now permanently appoint assistant professors following completion of a six-year tenure-track process, more similar to the existing structure at other international universities

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Controversial professor enters debate over UCPH musicology

German music professor Linda Maria Koldau joins the argument over the University of Copenhagen's musicology programme. The problem is musicology and music teaching in one programme, she says to the University Post

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Musicology to fire music teachers

[From Uniavisen.dk] New program description means that musicology students will soon be stronger in philosophy of science and academic writing than singing and playing instruments. Educators are alarmed

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Even more English skills needed at Nordic unis

If they are to be just as effective in English as in their own language, both teachers and students should boost their skills, argues a new report by Nordic language professors

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