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Scientist: Probably no big deal in Durban

Climate talks in South Africa will see progress on small things like adaptation and monitoring. But climate expert Schellnhuber is 'realistic' on the outlook for a big, legally binding deal between the worst carbon emitting nations, he tells the University Post

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Poor Carina, only DKK 15,000 a month

In Danish politics, a governing party scores a spectacular own goal as 'poor person' Carina, turns out to be not so poor after all

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Climate activist: Fate of humanity at stake

People talk as if we can wait. But the climate doesn’t wait, argues political science student and activist, on his way to Durban, South Africa for COP 17 climate conference. He is sick of claimed technological fixes, carbon trading and climate red herrings

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Vote in university elections latest Monday

Electronic ballot will decide who represents students and staff at the University of Copenhagen

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Business lobby: Learn Danish or get out

International students should be forced to learn Danish, says Danish Chamber of Commerce DE

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City Hall proposes cannabis shops

Copenhagen City Council wants to turn the capital into a Scandinavian Amsterdam

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Low key programme for secret uni election

You get to vote for student representatives for the Board, academic councils, study boards, and PhD committees. The candidates have just been revealed, but no-one really knows who’s who. What is exactly going on? Here is what we know

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Penkowa-style fraud case rocks Dutch university

Leading social psychologist and dean at Tilburg University in Holland found guilty of scientific fraud and forgery in a case that will fill Copenhagen readers with déjà vu

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Hard to settle in Denmark

It is hard to meet and form social relationships with the Danish natives, study shows

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Ethics courses to prevent future Penkowa scandals

University of Copenhagen to set up mandatory ethics courses for PhD students in the wake of scientific fraud scandal. Deans support the initiative, but PhD student says the course may not be completely necessary

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