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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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Penkowa for dummies

As university drama, the case of brain scientist Milena Penkowa is better than fiction. New fans can start here

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Dad of Penkowa’s student victim speaks up

Father of Penkowa's former student assistant Kristian Kolind has now come forward with a sharp indictment of management in national daily Politiken. The University of Copenhagen has lost all decency, he writes in an op-ed

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Board called in to meet Minister

The entire Board of Executives of the University of Copenhagen has been called in to the Ministry of Science, sources confirm

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Incoming PhDs caught up in red tape

A new fee on residence permits is keeping international PhD students out of Denmark. With applications due this summer, the problem will only get worse, says International Staff Mobility office

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Ex-Minister: Circle of scientists behind questions

Questions forwarded in 2009 to the Research Council by the former Minister of Science Helge Sander were authored by a 'circle of scientists', he says. He thereby once again deflects claims that it was his friend Penkowa herself who wrote them

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Minister: University managers still in control

The University of Copenhagen has been put under supervision. But this does not mean that the management is no longer running the University of Copenhagen, says Minister after a turbulent week

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Penkowa head of fake department

Controversial neuroscientist promoted herself as head of a department that didn’t exist

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