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One in every four students faces discrimination

Especially gender minorities and non-heterosexual students suffer from some kind of discrimination in their student lives. This is according to a new analysis from the trade union DM, which points to neurodivergent groups as particularly vulnerable

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Student life

Students want to take part in the university elections — but they need information

University Post student reporters went out on campus to talk to students about the University of Copenhagen elections. Most students had no idea what is at stake, but would like to know.

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Student life

AI has exploded among students: University of Copenhagen to now change the rules

Three out of four students use generative AI in their studies. But they need more instruction in the new technologies, according to a new survey from lawyers and economists union Djøf. UCPH is trying hard to keep up with the trends and will change the rules starting next year.

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Student life

Student sports: This reporter’s one-day quest for athletic excellence

The University Post sent a reporter out into the field to try as many student sports as he could in a day, it ended up being three.

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Student life

New student at the University of Copenhagen? This is how you match up with other students

Everyone is unique – and yet maybe not quite. Are you one of the many who study within the same subject area as your mother? Do you use snuff tobacco, or artificial intelligence (or maybe a combination of these) to get to grips with your syllabus? Read on and learn more about yourself and your new fellow students.

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Student life

Emil is an activist: »I dream of a free Palestine and a deconstruction of the patriarchate. That's really all there is«

He calls himself »a huge school person«. But radical activism is more of a draw for Emil Nielsen than his philosophy lectures. We have him recount his journey from school bench to the back of a police car. From Dragon Ball to Karl Marx. From closet anarchist in Herning to spokesperson for Students Against the Occupation.

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Student life

»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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