News about Education

Study: Students struggle to identify problematic grey-zones in academic practice

Students across education levels have a blind spot for identifying situations that might bring their academic integrity into questionable territory, study finds.

BIO team receives Novo Nordisk Foundation Prize

Birthe B. Kragelund, Karen Skriver, and Kresten Lindorff-Larsen has worked to strengthen the natural science teaching for years. They're now being awarded The Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Prize for Natural Science Teachers…

Nuno Grancho will be a visiting professor at Brown University

We are pleased to share that Nuno Grancho, former Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at the Centre for Privacy Studies (now affiliated), will be a visiting professor at Brown University during the academic year 2026/2027.

Gregor Schäfer: Migration, education, and the future of the global health workforce

Meet Gregor Schäfer, a postdoctoral fellow at the Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen.

Benjawan Somphakdi joins CMP

Benjawan joins the VLPVAC team

James Pang joins CMP

James joins the Rahma Elmahdi's team

New book rethinks science education for young learners

New book on science education places students’ direct experiences with nature at the forefront.

Ny bog gentænker naturfaget for de yngste elever

Ny bog gentænker skolens naturfag og sætter elevernes naturoplevelser i centrum.

Daisy PhD Course 2026

31 August – 4 September 2026, Copenhagen Registration is now open for the Short Course on DAISY, a one‑week introduction to the 1D/2D agro‑ecological simulation model DAISY. The course takes place on campus at…

Professor Jenny Dauer is new USE Center Leader

The USE Center names Professor Jenny Dauer as center leader to spearhead research into improving university science education across Denmark.

International students get a good start at the University of Copenhagen

The University Post has published the article First friends, first phrases: Soft landing at the University of Copenhagen, about the pre-semester course: Copenhagen Past and Present with Danish Language.

Lisbeth Verstraete-Hansen to continue as Head of Department at Engerom

Lisbeth Verstraete-Hansen’s appointment as Head of Department at the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies (Engerom) has been extended as of 1 August 2026.

Lea Habicht joins CMP

Lea joins the DRUGS team

Amanda Musiat joins CMP

Amanda joins the OF-CANCER team

Julie Liljedahl joins CMP

Julie joins the VLPVAC team

Kawtar Hachime joins CMP

Kawtar joins the VLPVAC team

Line Fromberg joins CMP

Line joins the BIOENGINEERING team

New exhibition at the library: Zoroastrian-Iranian Heritage

From 21 January to 26 February, you can visit the exhibition Zoroastrian-Iranian Heritage: Silk, Literature, and Natural Pigments. The exhibition explores the historical, cultural, and material dimensions of…

Daisy Newsletter No. 43 is Online

Read about the latest updates in Daisy, this year’s PhD course taking place in August at the University of Bayreuth, and the upcoming Daisy user lunch meetings. All this and more in the latest edition of the semi-annual…

Emma F Hocke

Ph.D., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Sparking reflections on generative AI beyond the classroom

How do we talk with students about the ethical use of generative artificial intelligence (gAI) when we are not experts ourselves? One answer may be collaboration.

Sustainability in Education at SUND 

How can we work concretely with sustainability in our study programmes – across disciplines, study boards, and teaching formats? And how do we develop a shared language and framework that is both academically meaningful…

Help shape COBL’s Summer School: What should we be curious about in 2026?

The summer school takes place over four half days in week 34, from 9:00 to 13:00, including lunch, and is designed as a focused learning space with room for both in-depth work and dialogue. The ambition is not simply to…

Making teaching development easier – together

Ready to get started? The Absalon course rooms for collegial sparring are available now ...