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Comment: First days at uni are always tough

What if they do not like me? What if I do something stupid? Am I the only one feeling nervous and uncomfortable? First days at university were a trial, but also a revelation for Camilla

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Comment: Embracing technology, exploiting Copenhagen's tourists

The new travel card Rejsekort is making a visit to Copenhagen much more expensive for tourists

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Speech: Kirsten Hastrup at UCPH anthropology's 70 year anniversary

The Department of Anthropology celebrated 70 years with a talk from Professor Kirsten Hastrup. Here is her full speech

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Social lessons from football: A just-for-fun manifesto

It is just amateur soccer, but Şafak reckons that important lessons can be learned from the pitch

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Comment: Why are UCPH canteens closed evenings and weekends?

She has studied in China and the UK, but she has never encountered such restricted opening hours

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Comment: YDUN lowered the level of competition

Hans Bonde responds in the debate over the YDUN programme for women researchers: Women felt encouraged to apply because they knew that practically no men would

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Comment: A genuine meritocracy supports qualified women

Response to Hans Bonde and Jens Ravnkilde: You need to fact-check and address the historical disadvantage experienced by women

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Comment: Danish gender equity programme founders while men benefit

It is about gender quotas and earmarked funding for women in academia. The Danish government’s YDUN programme was a one-off initiative that provided DKK 110m in research funding to female researchers for 2014. Here two professors puts it into a broader perspective

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Comment: No 'gender inequality ocean' among Danish researchers

Targeting funding at women researchers is illegal and not meritocratic argues UCPH Professor in response to two Cosmology Professors claiming a "gender inequality ocean"

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Comment: Is the lab ready yet?

Copenhagen needs world-class science facilities if it is to compete and attract talent, says international physicist. And it needs a streamlined and agile way of creating and modifying them

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