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International researchers leave Denmark after PhD

Denmark has doubled its number of new PhD researchers in the past years, but many of them travel home again once they are finished, concludes a just released report

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Minister: No more expensive Penkowa probes

Parliamentary hearing on the Milena Penkowa-case led to no big revelations, as opposition spokesmen focussed on the role of former Minister Helge Sander

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Board defiant before key parliament hearing

Report by critical professors on Penkowa scandal is ‘biased and not based on written data’, writes Board, as it braces for key hearing in parliament today Wednesday

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Dean: Merger will destroy my Faculty

While the Department of Chemistry welcomes the prospect of being merged with chemisty research at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharma's Dean Sven Frøkjær thinks otherwise. The merger would simply destroy a well-functioning research environment, he says

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Arab women tweet to survive

Female, Arab activists spoke up at a conference in Copenhagen this Monday. As cyberactivists, they spend most of their waking hours tweeting, blogging, and Facebooking about the Arab revolution. For one of them, the constant updating is a way to stay secure

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Documentation: Letter from 58 scientists in Milena Penkowa case

Open letter from 58 scientists to the Board of the University of Copenhagen

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Rector apologises in Penkowa case

Ralf Hemmingsen now admits in media for the first time that he, personally, made mistakes in the Penkowa case. Critics dismiss his apology

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Restaurant: The whole thing was a misunderstanding

Owner of restaurant Bindia explains to the University Post that they always pay staff for trial-periods

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University turns surprise 160m profit

The University of Copenhagen made a DKK 160 million profit in 2010. But the good news from the annual accounts comes after dire predictions of a DKK 25 million loss. Losses that were the main argument for laying off 120 employees last year. Now staff representatives question the University’s ability to steer its budgets

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Penkowa: I am victim of a conspiracy

I am the victim, says Milena Penkowa to tabloid newspaper Ekstra Bladet. And Rector Ralf Hemmingsen is a 'wimp'

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