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Students disrupt immigration minister’s appearance over “policies that kill”

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Politics

The international interests of UCPH

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Campus

This is why the University of Copenhagen has agreed to a visit from Puigdemont

Arrest warrant or not, the exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is welcome at UCPH so students can meet politics in all its real complexity. This is according to Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, Head of the Department of Political Science.

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Politics

DM union members bring their jobs back home

It is completely normal to check work mail or have your work phone open outside normal working hours. This is according to a survey among members of the union DM, the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs.

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Education

Students closer to researchers in new strategy

The University of Copenhagen's new strategy towards 2023 focuses on talent and collaboration.

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Politics

UCPH still risks huge bill for Niels Bohr Building

The University of Copenhagen is likely to have to pay a substantial rent increase on the Niels Bohr Building from government after construction delays and a cost overrun of at least DKK 1.3 billion. Minister for Higher Education and Research Søren Pind will not guarantee that the university will not have extra costs.

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Politics

After the cuts: Now the Danish government wants Nobel prizes

Danish research is to be of benefit to society, and among the best in the world. And it should set off Nobel prizes. This is according to the government’s new strategy, but they will not increase government funding which will remain at 1 per cent of GDP.

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Politics

Rebecca won the UCPH election

Rebecca Ingemann Madsen from the Student Council won the student seat in the University Board for this year's UCPH election.

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Politics

The numbers war: This is why they are cutting research and education

A war is currently being playing out behind closed doors in parliament at Christiansborg. The weapons are not bombs and bullets, but numbers and calculations. The outcome can be crucial for the future of universities.

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Campus

What the dean learned from his boxing match

John Renner Hansen describes his unconventional trajectory to an academic career, where he needed both a Plan A and Plan B, especially in his duties managing scientists and staff as the dean of Faculty of Science.  

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