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14/06-10 kl. 09:47 Politics / Social Science

Students block entrances and occupy CSS (updated)

CSS Campus at the University of Copenhagen is right now under blockade by around 100 students. They fear that announced cutbacks will hit the Social Sciences hard

09/06-10 kl. 11:05 Education / Social Science

Tips to study smarter

New video tutorials give students techniques for more effective studying

01/05-10 kl. 06:00 Education / Social Science

Lecturer provoked by poor English evaluation

Students said he was hard to understand. He countered with a four-page written response: Their evaluation was flawed

See also:: A new look at teaching in English; Bad accent is considered bad teaching

01/05-10 kl. 05:55 Education / Social Science

Bad accent is considered bad teaching

Students interpret the teacher’s dialect and bad grammar as lack of competence

See also:: Lecturer provoked by poor English evaluation; A new look at teaching in English

13/08-10 kl. 11:19 Research / Social Science

Little-known uni fact # 1: We do war studies

Yes, indeed. The university boasts a brand new Centre for Military Studies. And the researchers there like studying pirates. The Post asks researcher Major Esben Larsen if it really is as exciting as it sounds

See also:: Little-known uni fact #2: Uni is run by Muppets

Demonstration cuts Frue Kirke 8 juni 2010

11/06-10 kl. 09:39 Politics / Social Science

Students to blockade Social Science offices

CSS Campus at the University of Copenhagen to be blockaded Monday morning. Students fear that impending cutbacks will hit Social Science hard

See also:: Students block entrances and occupy CSS (updated)

28/03-10 kl. 07:00 Culture / Social Science

Utopia, this time for real

Patience can wear thin when the conversation turns to talk of a new society. Not for US sociologist Erik Olin Wright, who spoke to the University Post about his new work on utopia - socialism, that is

See also:: Playing by the rules

28/03-10 kl. 07:00 Culture / Social Science

Playing by the rules

For the sociologist of class, the question is like a boomerang. Where are you, yourself?

See also:: Utopia, this time for real

02/03-10 kl. 12:09

Beer and boardgames at political science camp

The last weekend of February saw the Cabin Trip, for all international students studying Political Science at the University of Copenhagen.

Around 50 students and Danish mentors took part in the weekend away in the countryside of Northwest Zealand.

The Cabin Trip is held each year and is quite popular among students who get the chance to meet most of their fellow classmates and have a great time.

This year was no exception: beer was abundant, laughs were omnipresent and great friendships were established.

Photos by Yang-Shen Lim

21/01-10 kl. 12:43 Debate / Pharma / Life Science / Science / Social Science

University of Copenhagen, constantly in the red?

For the second year in a row, the University of Copenhagen has had to let staff go because of a bad economy. Leif Søndergaard, staff representative for academic employees at the university, comments on the effects of repeated rounds of cutbacks

See also:: 50 jobs axed at Faculty of Life Sciences; Forest and Landscape faces drastic cutbacks

09/12-09 kl. 12:16 Research / Social Science

Modern politics is a stifling consensus

The battle between left and right has been called off, according to leftist political intellectual Chantal Mouffe, and she does not like it

12/11-09 kl. 13:20 World / Social Science

Upcoming lecture: ´Quo Vadis, Europa?´

The world famous political theorist and European thinker, Chantal Mouffe, is visiting the University of Copenhagen to give a lecture in December

05/11-09 kl. 13:00 World / Humanities / Social Science

Humanities and social sciences are self-obsessed

Scholars sound the alarm at Brussels conference, saying that the arts and social sciences are on the road to destruction due to self-promotion and lack of academic substance

03/11-09 kl. 07:00 Campus / Social Science

Social sciences score in rankings

Students’ opinions were taken into consideration as Political Science and Economics graduate courses at the University of Copenhagen are awarded a place in European ‘excellence group’

21/10-09 kl. 13:00 Debate / Social Science

Neo-liberalism, socialism: Never the same again

Governments of the US and UK have grown continuously for the past decades. What exactly is happening here and what can we expect in the future? The University Post sought out an answer from the political theorist Noel Parker

Studerende med handicap_Isabella Leandri Hansen_2

15/10-09 kl. 16:00 Campus / Social Science

Copenhagen not good for the disabled

University facilities not good enough, say students with handicap

See also:: Copenhagen was a shock for disabled student; No wheelchairs here please

15/10-09 kl. 06:01 World / Social Science

Nobel Prize for Economics explained

Two University of Copenhagen professors explain why this year's Nobel Prize in Economics was given to Williamson and Ostrom: They gave us a deeper understanding of the reach of markets and the pros and cons of alternative economic organizations