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Medvedev visit, finally with a photo

University Post paparazzi captured the fleeting visit of a Russian president last week

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Danish universities shed professors, lecturers

While the total number of staff employed by the eight Danish universities has increased, there are now fewer lecturers, professors and senior researchers. The University of Copenhagen has shed the most

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Bleak outlook for university finances

Stark warning from the Rector. Next two years will see drops in revenue and possibly further job cuts

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New budget model will distort research

A new measure for Danish university funding will twist research in the wrong direction, University of Copenhagen staff fear

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Cuts force pharma to shed 4,200 teaching hours

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences is to cut 4,200 teaching hours in the coming academic year. This raises concerns among students and business

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New minister faced baptism of fire on TV

Flawed exam questions, no time for learning, and tuition fees. Viewers questioned the new Minister of Science on TV

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University director clashes with strongest critic

We may have strong management, but it is not our management. So said academic Sune Auken as he faced down University of Copenhagen director Jørgen Honoré in a one-off battle of the titans

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Massive support for law professor’s petition

An appeal by law professor Eva Smith in aid of children in Danish asylum centres has already got 27,580 signatures. The children are suffering, she says, and it is time to do something about it

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Weak Student Council smile

The huge Novo donation to the University of Copenhagen is fine. But education should not be given a low priority while fancy specific research projects are embellished, say student representatives

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Islam scholar was a crowd magnet

Tariq Ramadan packed the hall, yet turned out to be not so controversial

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