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Comment: We are examination factories, killing creativity

The current academic system should be a place for sparking creativity and increasing intellectual development. But it has become an examination factory

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Comment: In reflection on the citizenship test I took

Despite exhaustive studying, I probably just failed the exam, writes academic consultant Rebecca in this featured comment

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Comment: Policies do not live up to 'international' rhetoric

Danish universities brag about their internationalisation, but if they are to attract the brightest global minds, their government should address the realities of the student experience

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Comment: Laptops are not the prime cause of distraction

If you remove laptops, tablets, and smartphones from lectures, distractions will be found elsewhere. Laptops are a tool and they should be used. They can improve the learning experience

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Comment: Quotas for women now abolished in Danish universities

End to the illegal affirmative action programmes for women at Danish universities. Now we should identify better ways to get more women to qualify, argues University of Copenhagen professor Hans Bonde

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Comment: Don’t forget Modern Greek Studies

Modern Greek Studies is not just a small study programme. It is important for Denmark’s prestige and influence on the international stage, argues Trine Willert

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Comment: Now the repair work begins

Rector and the two prorectors at UCPH release a joint featured comment on the University Post

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Comment: University cutbacks will come back and bite

Short termist government has panicked, and is not acting in Denmark’s interest, writes student of medicine

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Comment: Yes. Informal employment does exist in Denmark

Freelancers, researchers, creative talents and others lead a precarious existence, also in Denmark, spending their limited paid time filling out applications for further funding and part time work

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Comment: Europe's universities can be great again

We need to get the spirit – the Weltgeist – back into Europe and European universities, argues Lykke Friis, Prorector for Education at the University of Copenhagen

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