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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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Professor fights pro-women plan

Four out of five University of Copenhagen professors are men. To fight this perceived inequality, the University now has a gender policy that, in effect, favours women. This should be illegal, argues Professor Hans Bonde

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University to get millions, but forced to cut jobs

The University of Copenhagen is all set to get its share of a proposed larger budget for universities in 2012. A well-needed DKK 30 million. Good news, says university director Jørgen Honoré. Bad news is, that the University still needs to shed staff

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Penkowa hearing: Avoiding the P-word

Milena Penkowa is her name, but at the hearing it was only mentioned towards the end. Focus was on administration

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Students get complaints officer

Aftermath of Penkowa-scandal has University setting up an 'ombudsman', a kind of complaints officer to prevent students from being victimised

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Helle's only fan is Berlusconi

The Social Democrats popularity has dropped since their narrow victory in September. Voters believe the party has broken their campaign promises. But Italian Prime Minister checks her out and likes what he sees

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