Education

More, and yet more, students to Copenhagen

Year-on-year increases continue. More international students than ever

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Black humour and culture shock at intro event

International Students at Havnebadet

Does your teacher deserve DKK 25,000?

Do you know a teacher that can make you laugh out loud, or turn the dullest of subjects into a lively discussion? Nominate your favourite lecturer for the annual Harald prize, and DKK 25,000

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Jan is students´ favourite

Comeback to French and German in Copenhagen

Just as English looked to be the undisputed language champion in academia, French, German and - big surprise - Portuguese, have seen a surge in the number of applicants

Record number of students to be accepted

Friday potential students find out whether they have secured a spot on their dream course at the university. Following record application numbers, more applicants will receive an offer this year

Science minister wants to force students abroad

Minister opens an international can of worms by suggesting an obligatory semester abroad. Universities are not travel agents, says International Office

Looks like record number of applicants

The Admissions Office has not finished crunching the numbers yet, but there could be a record number who want to be University of Copenhagen students this year

Too many humanities graduates, says industry

Danish industry lobbyists: Introduce tougher admissions restrictions on Arts and Humanities subjects, or tuition fees to make students think more carefully about the bottom line

Exam mess at the Faculty of Law

Law students frustrated with bad planning this semester. Some were signed up for two exams in one day

Internationals may avoid Denmark in the future

Issues of tuition fees, high costs of living and tough competition should be addressed, says report

Tips to study smarter

New video tutorials give students techniques for more effective studying

Taking exams at the Comics Convention

Why give students grades in a boring classroom when you can haul your arts class to a comics convention and turn the whole thing into a public spectacle?

Security breach may have let students cheat

For eight months, computer-savvy students have been able to adjust teacher's notes, and thereby also noted grades, in a system at the University of Copenhagen

Click your way to sound ethics

University of Copenhagen and Novo Nordisk launch new online tools to help you solve ethical dilemmas

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

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A new look at teaching in English

Bad accent is considered bad teaching

Bad accent is considered bad teaching

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

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Lecturer provoked by poor English evaluation

A new look at teaching in English

Space Centre opens with talk of Mars mission

Countdown at the space centre, as director would have liked to send us out into orbit