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More English written and spoken on Danish campuses

Nine out of every ten PhDs at Danish universities are now written in English. Report on parallel language offers new data on the international makeup of Nordic campuses

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Minister: Nordic languages not under threat

Minister responsible for Danish language, Jelved, praises the increased use of other tongues

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University: Penkowa case dropped due to five-year limit

Charge against brain scientist Milena Penkowa was dropped due to a time limit. Not due to the substance of the document fraud allegations, says University of Copenhagen. More details emerge

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Scientists pressured to falsely credit co-authors

Scientists need to publish to get research grants - and established scientists are demanding to be cited as co-authors on younger scientists' work. Experts say it's time for more rules

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PhD student stood up to top scientist

PhD student Annemette Nielsen refused to credit a top scientist and two members of his team as co-authors on her publications. She thereby broke an unspoken rule, but was officially deemed to be in the right when the matter was taken further -

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Response: Interdisciplinary research is more than sharing data

The strength of interdiscplinary research lies in targeting a problem with a combination of different methods — not using separate, isolated sets of data. Arne Astrup responds

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North-south divide in Europe's science funding

The South and East of Europe face cuts to education and research budgets. Not so, the North and West. European University Association warns of the consequences

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Danish PM doused with cold water, negative sentiment

DANISH NEWS - Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt faced a cold reception in Aarhus. Her May Day speech was met with boos, and the PM was doused with water in a public park

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Noma no longer world’s best

DANISH NEWS - Copenhagen's world famous snob restaurant demoted in latest world rankings

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Projections: Danish cities face overcrowding

DANISH NEWS - Projections show cities overcrowded with young people, and immigrants from new countries

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