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»I became the mother of twins before I started my studies«

It was only on her third attempt that 34-year-old Jannie Kjeldgaard Drews succeeded in landing her spot on the prehistoric archaeology programme. With a fascination for archaeological finds and an unconventional path towards university, she combines a career, her studies and her family life.

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Student life

Rector to new students: »Let the community suffocate the loneliness«

Rector Henrik C. Wegener welcomed new students at the Matriculation Ceremony Friday. Here is the full text of his speech

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Student life

TEST: Can you get around CSS campus with a pram?

If you have your baby with you at the Faculty of Social Sciences, you have to change its diapers on the floor. Two students do not understand why the facilities for new parents at the University of Copenhagen are so bad.

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Academic life

TEST: Can you get around Frederiksberg Campus in a wheelchair?

Frederiksberg campus reminds you of one of those impossible M. C. Escher illusions: Many stairways, and many reasons to just give up.

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Student life

Is AI a good study buddy? We asked students

Students at the University of Copenhagen are using ChatGPT and other AI tools for study, and for exams. We asked them how

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Student life

Three international students: Copenhagen is a cool — but challenging — student city

As a part of the Danish reform of master’s degrees, the government wants more international students at Danish universities. But what is it like to be an international student in Copenhagen? We turned up at the Studenterhuset café and met up with students from India, Jerusalem and Brussels. They all want to get more Danish friends.

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Student life

You should ask for more pay on your student job

Only a few students in Denmark even consider the option of negotiating their salary when they start a student job. This is according to a new study from the Danish trade union Djøf. They offer you a few tips here on how to get started with your pay conversation.

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Student life

Law student is deaf and blind: »No one is going to tell me what I can and cannot do«

Sofie Bloch Nielsen has a functional impairment and is frustrated by complicated assistance regulations. She thinks that the University of Copenhagen should level up and be better at catering to challenged students.

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Student life

Here are the stats on student well-being, income, and grades at the University of Copenhagen

You hold yourself to a high standard. You sometimes feel lonely. And you do not complete your studies within the prescribed time. If this is you, then you are like many other students in Denmark. We have looked at the numbers.

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Student life

Student rebels at the University of Copenhagen. The last 500 years

In the dawn of time, Danish university students were men studying to become priests. Then they turned into exalted, rebellious youths reading poetry and wanting to overthrow society. But who are the students today? Some say they are self-absorbed and coddled. Others say they are critical and reflective.

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