Education

Unskilled jobs: 10 pros and cons

You’ve graduated from uni and you can’t get a job. The local job centre tells you to work in a pizzeria or at the local supermarket. But is it a good move to do what they say? Here’s a qualified list of pros and cons from an expert

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Lucky Spanish girl gets the job

For Greek student, there is just the pizzeria

Crisis, what crisis? More student start-ups

Data shows that students are using the recession as an opportunity. More are starting businesses

Lost generation may find their way yet

A generation of university graduates wonders how they are ever going to get a job that matches their qualifications. But according to new European statistics, there is hope

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Graphic: Where are the jobs in Europe?

Graphic: Where are the jobs in Europe?

These three images were taken from our article Lost generation may find their way yet. Together, they help to illustrate that there is still hope for European university graduates, on a quest for finding jobs that match their academic qualifications. Click through the graphs to find out more.

The source material for the graphs is from Cedefop. The research and editing was by the University Post. The graphic layout was made by Rumfang.

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EU downplays brain drain at Erasmus event

Any 'brain drain' from Southern Europe to the north is actually not a problem. And the Erasmus programme is not making it worse, agree EU Commissioner and Danish minister in Copenhagen. The exchange programme's 25 years celebrated with speeches, royals, toasts

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Boost to Erasmus good news for Copenhagen

This Wednesday, Erasmus programme is 25 yrs old

Best and brightest consider leaving – for good

Divisive head of Humanities job confirmed

The acting Dean of the Faculty of Humanities Ulf Hedetoft has now been hired as a dean-in-full for a five-year period. His hiring comes after a hectic year of both praise and controversy

No place for Copenhagen on ranking

University of Copenhagen surpassed by three Swedish unis in new Times reputation ranking. US university Harvard has the best reputation in the world

Humanities staff angered by stress comments

Statements from the Dean have done nothing to cool off staff tempers at the Faculty of Humanities, as report uncovers a group of administrators that have heart palpitations and that cry their way home from work

Wage dispute counsellors get fired

Court battle over wages goes in students favour. A few months later they are all fired. No connection says the University of Copenhagen.

New eight hour minimum for all undergraduates

At least eight hours per week for all University's students and 37-hour weekly plans for each semester says the university's management. The changes come in the wake of prolonged criticism of study conditions, especially in the humanities faculty.

Student Council furious over lesson-free time

14 weeks of education, yes. But this number includes two 'lesson-free' weeks at the University of Copenhagen, reveals Danish paper Politiken. While the Student Council is enraged, the Dean of Humanities calls it a non-story

New rule blocks good students from Europe

Numbers of incoming students from specific European regions like Italy and Eastern Europe are effectively blocked from coming to Copenhagen by new balancing rule. 'Bureaucratic gridlock', warns administrator

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Boom in international students turns to bust

International Office fends off exchange cuts

Trying to be trendy is hurting the Humanities

Humanities researchers should stop trying to look like they are smarties, says leading writer/researcher

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Critical Aarhus professor: I face humiliation

Comment: Danish universities not 'world class'

Prorector: You can make money off the Humanities

New interactive site ranks university independence

Danish universities score well on organisation, but poorly on academic freedom

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European universities ruled over by politicians

Fraud teacher held crime course

A course instructor, who may have held a course at the University of Copenhagen, has apparently lured 87 students to join a bogus course in Criminal Law at Aarhus University. In a strange circumstance, a search on the University Post shows that he attended and asked critical questions at a recent Penkowa hearing

DKK 10 million to Danish-Chinese research centre

A molecular nano-electronics research centre at the Nano-Science Centre that has had its grant period extended. Here the Danish and Chinese specialists meet over research, dinners and... river-rafting

Vet students operate on teddy bears

Stuffed animals are operated on by veterinary students at the University of Copenhagen for practice. Juice and cake inside make it more realistic, explains student, who says it helps conquer fears

Boost to Erasmus good news for Copenhagen

A 70 per cent increase in Erasmus programme funding will help universities send and receive more students from abroad. Good news, says International Office to the University Post

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Boom in international students turns to bust

International Office fends off exchange cuts

Lectures? No, I am a humanities student

While health and pharma students attend lectures - humanities and social science students read and write papers

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Here is your typical day

Gallery: Your typical day. The graphs