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New research: European students »surprisingly« unfamiliar with plagiarism rules

Researcher says the numbers are »concerning« and criticises universities for »leaving students in the lurch« by not preparing them sufficiently.

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Education

Three rectors look back: 20 years with 30 Danish university reforms

How has a 20-year storm of Danish university reform affected the University of Copenhagen? The rectors of the period, Linda Nielsen, Ralf Hemmingsen and Henrik C. Wegener, give us the inside story.

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Education

We are not good at keeping international students in Denmark after graduation

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Education

Two young men offer cheap therapy to their troubled generation

In a luxury flat in the hip Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, two young entrepreneurs are offering the kind of therapy that they needed themselves: Where psychology students help other young people, and where it is cool to take care of yourself.

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Education

On weekdays she studies at university. On Saturdays she studies at the mosque. And she is not the only one

Muslim women want to know more about their religion. This is why they seek out Islamic teaching at the mosques, according to a new PhD dissertation from the University of Copenhagen.

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Education

Overview: Proposed cuts to Danish master's degrees — here are the key points

The government wants to shorten up to one half of all Danish two-year master's degree programmes and set up vocational, part-time, industry master’s degrees.

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Education

300 student places cut at the University of Copenhagen’s humanities faculty. Here is the detailed plan

Plan released with details on which study programmes at the Faculty of Humanities will have fewer places in 2025 as a consequence of the Danish government relocation agreement. Here is an overview of the closure and relocation of student places.

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Education

‘Girls' Day in Science’ is now ‘Science Day’: »Young people don't always see themselves in binary gender categories«

The annual event is to change its name and concept to involve young people across genders, ethnicity, culture and religion.

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Education

Academic Council member: »At first I thought: It cannot be true that there is this discrimination. But I became wiser«

Dogukan Jesper Gür has contacted the University Post on behalf of a number of minority ethnic dentistry students. The students describe how they are the object of systematic discrimination on their study programme, and how management is not taking their problem seriously.

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Education

Department of Odontology to investigate its study environment after minority students' claims

Almost 20 male students on the dentistry master's degree programme have told the University Post that they face discrimination because of their ethnicity. The department management is now launching an internal investigation.

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