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Study shows where brains drain, or gain

A new study shows where scientists migrate to, and why. For foreign scientists in Denmark the main motivators are careers and prestige

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Best and brightest consider leaving – for good

Universities struggle in ‘brain game’

In Greece, social media replaces cash

The Greek crisis is boosting a new social phenomenon. So says an Athens PhD student who is living through the crisis and researching it at the same time

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Best and brightest consider leaving – for good

Students are the experts at finding privacy

Forced to stay with their parents, students need creativity to act on their romantic impulses. In southern Europe, this means parties in parks, car sex, and an instinct for when mum and dad are out

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Leaving home: The facts

Leaving home: The facts

Young people in southern and eastern Europe continue to stay with their parents longer than other Europeans

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Students are the experts at finding privacy

Gallery: Canada students’ protest

See the photos from the Canada students’ protest taken by University Post reporter Camille B. Lefrançois. As Canadian province's planned to increase tuition fees, concerted student action culminated with police clashes and injuries over the weekend .

For more read the University Post main article Students paralyse Quebec with strikes, demos

Photos: Camille B. Lefrançois

Students paralyse Quebec with strikes, demos

Canadian province's plan to increase tuition fees by 75 per cent behind anger and bitterness. Concerted student action culminated over the weekend with police clashes and injuries

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Gallery: Canada students’ protest

Pain in Spain won't go away

Students can choose between nothing, and nothing, says student union activist in Valencia

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Spanish protester: Stupid projects and corruption

Spanish protester: Stupid projects and corruption

‘Indignados’ student points to a bankrupt democratic system and politicians’ personal luxuries

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Pain in Spain won't go away

Best and brightest consider leaving – for good

As the south of Europe is hammered by the crisis, the fear is that the most talented sons and daughters will leave. No regrets

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Editorial: Cast out to sea with no jobs in sight

Copenhagen graduate begins cape-to-cape ride

Intrepid alumnus of University of Copenhagen, Gijs Stevers will cycle from the far north of Norway, all the way down to the tip of South Africa on his battery-powered bike. We are receiving regular updates

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5 quick questions for a biker with a purpose

DK not just a ‘yes to the USA’ nation

US ambassador quizzed on Danish-US relationship at Copenhagen Union meeting

Media: Copenhagen is like Disney World

Danish 'happiness' is all the rage, as international media trumpet maternity care and short working hours

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UN: Danes are the happiest

UN: Danes are the happiest

Denmark is the happiest nation in the world, followed closely by it's Nordic neighbors, says first ever UN-sponsored World Happiness Report

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Top 10 tips to meet Danes

41 reasons why Danes are so strange

No free gifts for south Europe at Cph EU debate

Danish economics minister Vestager and German finance minister Schäuble head to head at University of Copenhagen Thursday night

Scientist nicked 24,000 library books in Germany

Through a period of time, a geologist from the German city of Darmstadt had taken thousands of valuable books from the library. He made no attempt to sell them

US to DK: Philosophy scandal goes global

As a high profile lecturer, Vincent Hendricks sparked outrage with his use of sexualized schoolgirls to advertise his logic course at UCPH. Strangely the affair unfolded internationally before coming back to Denmark. This is how.

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Professor's photo controversy

5 quick questions for a biker with a purpose

A recent KU graduate, Gijs Stevers- originally from Holland- has a plan to cycle from Europe's northernmost point to Africa's southernmost tip, starting this summer. We probe him for more details of this coming adventure

Lucky Spanish girl gets the job

Amanda breathes a sigh of relief after hitting the job jackpot in Copenhagen. Her home country offers no hope

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For Greek student, there is just the pizzeria

Students stay if they have a job offer, love

Universities struggle in ‘brain game’

Spanish ‘indignant’ protest in Copenhagen

Fake uni diplomas paid for Norway massacre

Anders Breivik killed 77 people last year in a bombing and shooting onslaught. Now the mass murderer claims to have earned more than one million dollars forging diplomas from top notch universities