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Copenhagen claws its way up Shanghai tables

University of Copenhagen gains three places to 40th in key world rankings. US universities and Harvard at the top

UK university heads pessimistic after cuts

Some British universities will either fail or disappear within the next three years. So say vice-chancellors of UK universities in a survey. They are at the same time warned against reliance on income from non-EU students

Copenhagen obesity guru pushes up share prices

The effects of an editorial by University of Copenhagen weight-loss researcher Arne Astrup can be felt on the US stock market

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Swedish university rules keep internationals out

New quotas make it harder for international applicants to secure a place at a Swedish university

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Sweden: Fees for international students

Swedish jitters over proposed fees for foreigners

Europe to spend record amount on research

This week, the European Commission announced that it will spend EUR 6.4 billion on research and innovation in 2011. The aim is a better quality of life and a way out of the economic crisis

Philosopher fights for fair drug prices

The University Post meets Thomas Pogge, a philosopher with a utopian yet pragmatic plan to make life-saving drugs against the »diseases of poverty« available to all, at the lowest possible price

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OECD: Danes start studies late but go the distance

Danish students start later, finish later and are more likely to complete their education than their counterparts in other OECD countries, according to a new report. But Denmark still lags behind when it comes to attracting internationals

Real men don’t take »No« for an answer

US professor suspended and accused of advocating rape after lecture on Machiavelli is posted on YouTube

Tough to find jobs in Denmark

Seven out of ten international graduates want to stay and work in Denmark. But after a year, only three of them are still here

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Tough job at the job fair

France tops Erasmus mobility charts

Knocking Germany off the top spot, France is now the European country that sends the most students on Erasmus exchange, and more of them now choose Scandinavia as host country

Students to report from Greenland

The University of Copenhagen’s research station in Greenland is to play host to five international students from other universities this summer. They won grants to study climate-related courses as part of the COP15 climate conference in 2009

Universities the victims in Greece

Greek universities are making deep cuts in their staff, salaries, student welfare and brand

UK coalition cuts university spending

Britain's new Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition has slashed GBP 200 million from spending on higher education in the 2010-11 budget. And it may not be over yet

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Cutbacks threaten Europe’s universities

Rector: University faces cuts of 4-700 staff

Cutbacks threaten Europe’s universities

Economic crisis and slashed university budgets have led to less autonomy and more paperwork, say lobbyists

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Rector: University faces cuts of 4-700 staff

UK: Student jailed for language test fraud

A Chinese student who was paid GBP 400 to take a university English exam for someone else has been jailed for six months

UK election on the big screen

It was the eve of a potential government change in Britain, and Danish politicians gathered to see where votes were won and lost. On the screen, the result emerges: A ‘hung parliament’

Democratic laboratory in Iraq

Iraqis will not be free until they’ve learnt to think for themselves. So the US wants to help them do so. The University Post's Danish site Universitetsavisen reports from the new American University in Iraq

Race to publish distorts science

Measuring scientists based on volume of citations skews research outcomes to the positive, new study suggests

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New budget model will distort research

Students clash in Mauritania over language

In a part of the world normally off the radar of the West, violence breaks out on university campus