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University of Copenhagen »not protecting students from unfair grading«

When students complain about an exam grade, the faculty does not assess the grade academically, but bases its decision on the examiner’s own statements. An economics student compares it to getting a second opinion from the same doctor who you suspect has given you the wrong diagnosis.

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Student life

Widespread cheating at exams, students claim: »Most people are doing it«

It is all monkey business doing digital tests, according to two students. More exam checks are on the way, says the University of Copenhagen.

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Education

Most evil University of Copenhagen exams, part 2

You are being tested in, what? Algebra 1, Veterinary pharmacology or New Testament Exegesis 2? We have been delving into statistics and curricula again to find some of the most feared exams at UCPH.

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Education

Forgot national holidays – law faculty had to move exam 5 weeks

The Faculty of Law had forgotten to include the spring season’s national holidays and had put course instruction and exams in the same time slot. The solution – moving all the exams by up to 5 weeks – has set off a series of new problems: Exams are now on top of each other, and students fear that it will impact their grades.

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Opinion

We will cut where it hurts the least

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Education

Student waiting times too long on exam cheating decisions

University of Copenhagen student ambassador Bo Gad Køhlert says that disciplinary cases should be processed faster. And guidelines on what is permitted, and what is not, for exams should be improved.

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Education

9 evil University of Copenhagen exams

Complicated algorithms, microeconomics, the A-Z of film history or Arabic grammar. We have found nine examinations that really have University of Copenhagen students breaking out into a sweat.

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