Education

Court battle over wages goes in students favour. A few months later they are all fired. No connection says the University of Copenhagen.

At least eight hours per week for all University's students and 37-hour weekly plans for each semester says the university's management. The changes come in the wake of prolonged criticism of study conditions, especially in the humanities faculty.

14 weeks of education, yes. But this number includes two 'lesson-free' weeks at the University of Copenhagen, reveals Danish paper Politiken. While the Student Council is enraged, the Dean of Humanities calls it a non-story

Numbers of incoming students from specific European regions like Italy and Eastern Europe are effectively blocked from coming to Copenhagen by new balancing rule. 'Bureaucratic gridlock', warns administrator

Humanities researchers should stop trying to look like they are smarties, says leading writer/researcher

Danish universities score well on organisation, but poorly on academic freedom

A molecular nano-electronics research centre at the Nano-Science Centre that has had its grant period extended. Here the Danish and Chinese specialists meet over research, dinners and... river-rafting

Stuffed animals are operated on by veterinary students at the University of Copenhagen for practice. Juice and cake inside make it more realistic, explains student, who says it helps conquer fears

A 70 per cent increase in Erasmus programme funding will help universities send and receive more students from abroad. Good news, says International Office to the University Post

While health and pharma students attend lectures - humanities and social science students read and write papers