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Researchers pressured to add authors to papers

Women and young researchers often write in co-authors who have not contributed significantly to their scientific articles. A new study reveals questionable conditions.

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International

How to learn Danish - 15 tips

Learning Danish can be fun, but it can also be very frustrating. With the help of two expats, Copenhagen's University Post has put together some tips on how to learn Danish.

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International

Remember: International residents CAN vote in the city elections

With local elections coming up, the University Post wondered whether international students are even aware that they are also entitled to vote. So, we went off and talked to a couple of international students from UCPH and received some interesting and honest answers.

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Education

Crocodile adventure led to the University of Copenhagen

Niels Thordal needed a couple of gap years to zoom in on the right study programme after high school. But he finally found his inspiration by working with giant, deadly, saltwater crocodiles on a safari farm in Australia.

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Education

Sylvester studies at the new Sino-Danish Center in Beijing

The House of the Danish Industry Foundation is the new home of the Sino-Danish Center in Beijing, China, where Danish students can choose between seven different master's programmes. Nanotechnology student Sylvester Langvad talked to us about his experiences in Beijing.

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Listen up! Here are some cool podcasts you have to check out

Whether you are going for a run or commuting to uni - podcasts always come in handy. We talked to two podcast experts. They recommended 18 podcasts.

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Education

Latest THE World University Rankings gives high marks Humanities at UCPH

The Faculty of the Humanities rose seven places to 63rd in the 2018 Times Higher Education ranking

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Science

“The existence of gravity should not be open to political debate”

On 22 April, scientists all over the globe will march in co-ordinated protests in 394 cities. Ian Bearden, a physicist and professor at UCPH, is organising the march in Copenhagen because he wants his children to inherit a liveable planet.

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Hans Thybo applying for management job in Norway

The dispute over sacked professor Hans Thybo has not yet been resolved. But in the meantime, according to Norwegian media På Høyden, Thybo is in the running for a department management job at the University of Bergen

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UCPH agrees to a settlement: The final bill for the Qatar scandal is DKK 9 million

EXCAVATION - The University of Copenhagen has since 2015 had an outstanding payment of DKK 24 million for an interrupted archeological project in Qatar. UCPH has now managed to settle the dispute and in the process save DKK 15 million. The Department that was responsible for the issue will cover expenses amounting to DKK 3 million.

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