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Comment: UCPH in the ´high-speed society´

Our prime responsibility is to promote the quality of the study programmes, argue Rector and Prorector in this featured comment. The Danish student loan and grant scheme SU is a distinctly political issue about redistribution, and it must be determined in the Danish parliament

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Comment: Taking a closer look at Danish happiness

Denmark is a microcosm of anomalies, paradoxes and hype. But in terms of happiness, it is neither better, nor worse, argues Colin Feltham

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Comment: Teaching doctors to cook

From the clinic to the kitchen: Alessandro Demaio reckons that cooking classes on the curriculum of medical doctors would be a recipe for a healthier community

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Comment: Time to stop being nationalistic

In industry, speaking and writing in English goes without saying, argues a University of Copenhagen scientist. And if Danish science wants to make it internationally, the university has to actively counter its provinciality

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Comment: 'Year of slacking' keeps me off welfare

It tires me that the additional year of the student grant is being called a 'year of slacking'. My education does not prepare me for the labor market. I need to do unpaid internships, on top of a part-time job, if I am to be prepared for the labor market when I graduate.

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Comment: Denmark´s postal system is outrageous

With the red tape, the customs and the extra VAT fees, Denmark's postal and tax regime has gone beyond ridiculous. Alex Berger is unimpressed

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Comment: Stop recommending the sports club to me!

Sure. You will meet new Danish friends by playing volleyball or doing, whatever, the dance club. But there should be another way, writes our columnist Kelly Draper

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Comment: Climate Change and Obesity?

In this featured comment, a Copenhagen health scientist argues that good policies to prevent diseases like heart disease, cancer and diabetes are often good policies to prevent climate change

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Is Denmark as bad as everyone makes it seem?

Yes it is, according to our critical columnist Kelly Draper, who is tired of her country's internet love affair with Denmark (featured comment)

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Comment: Votes that count

All of the democratically-elected bodies, not just the Board, are important, argues Rector of the University of Copenhagen Ralf Hemmingsen in this featured comment

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