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Human and social sciences PhDs work at home, alone

International PhD students in Humanities and Social Sciences spend a large portion of their week working at home, shows survey

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Bike experiment day 7-10: Arctic Circle

The hills in the north of Norway are steeper and the tunnels more dangerous than they imagined, reports medical student Katja Kjær, as fatigue is setting in. But the University of Copenhagen biking experiment continues

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Works best at the office

Omar Faruk shares an office with a fellow PhD student. The designated workspace helps him concentrate

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Human science PhDs have less human contact

They are PhDs in the ‘human’ and ‘social’ sciences, yet they tend to work on their own, survey shows. This is in contrast to natural scientists who work with colleagues. But nearly all international PhDs are motivated and excited

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Day six: Like the Tour de France

As the University of Copenhagen biking experiment continues, medical student Katja Kjær sends this update from Trondheim, Norway

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By bike to northern Norway, in only two weeks

Six men are to bike to northern Norway as part of a University of Copenhagen experiment. In the support vehicle is medical student Katja Kjær, who will give us regular updates

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Copenhagen professor loses editor job after photo manipulation

Penkowa case continues to balloon out to the rest of the Copenhagen scientific community. Sports professor is forced to withdraw from scientific periodicals

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Concentrates best on the couch

For Australian historian Daniel home can sometimes be the best place to work

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Leading Google researcher turns prof

Corinna Cortes, researcher at Google, is an authority in machine learning. In March 2011 she joined the Department of Computer Science as a permanent member

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Accusations fly in possible new ‘Penkowa’

Health professor faces accusations of plagiarism and scientific dishonesty from former colleague. Pure harassment, she says, and has reported the colleague to the police. Links to the Penkowa complex

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