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»As long as you stay credible, people will listen to you«

As chairman of a government-appointed Danish Council on Climate Change, Peter Birch Sørensen refused, right from the beginning, to submit to the government's political logic. So he was dismissed, and now he is back on his professor seat at the Department of Economics. But he does not bear a grudge. In his experience, credible proposals from researchers always end up victorious.

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Politics

Researchers' flights may actually pollute more

The University of Copenhagen has in recent years used a model to calculate air travel CO2 which may underestimate the scale of the emissions.

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Politics

Fellow student: What would you prefer? Being called a ‘wog’ or an ‘immigrant’?

Student Flavio Sabah Saleh rejects the Danish so-called ‘hygge-racism’. But others see stereotypical jokes and expressions as a path to familiarity and friendship.

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Education

Humanities to merge - students and staff want answers

Two departments are to merge at the Faculty of Humanities. There will be cuts to payroll. Students and staff say they are worried.

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Culture

The touchy debate that just won’t go away

Is there a culture of victimhood at the University of Copenhagen? Oh, yes. But what this means is a lot harder to get a hold on. As no one wants to be the offended party.

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Education

»The concept of gender at the biology department is old-fashioned«

Biology student says she has been misunderstood in new case of 'victimhood culture' at the University of Copenhagen. We spoke to the student who was mentioned in all the Danish media, but who no one bothered to talk to.

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Politics

UCPH wants to go higher on the rankings

We need to brag about it when things go well. So the Board of the University of Copenhagen.

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Education

Proposal for new Danish grades - UCPH against it

It would be heavy on resources and awkward to introduce a new grade scale in Denmark, says University of Copenhagen prorector Bente Stallknecht. An evaluation shows that the Danish 7-point scale is internationally compatible, but that it requires added explanations.

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Politics

Opposition to merger wrapped up in dinner and champagne

Toasts, dinner and champagne could not suppress employees' frustrations when the Department of Biology held its New Year reception. Employees wanted clear answers from the department head.

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Education

Visually impaired student in year-long fight for exam software

A determined medical student with a visual impairment may have paved the way for others to be able to use magnifying software on their computers at digital exams. And UCPH may have avoided a discrimination case at the last moment.

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