News about Education

Eritrean Conflict on European Territory

In recent news, Associate Professor Stig Jensen details the continual conflict between Eritreans in Europe. Recently, 67 people were taken by the police in Copenhagen as a result of violent counter protests against an…

New Ph.D.: Plugging numbers into a formula isn't physics 

When students view physics formulas only as mathematical tools, they fail to understand physics in a meaningful way. We need to teach students to ask why, says new Ph.D.

Sociological Foundations of Education

Professor Claire Maxwell has led the writing and editing of the book Sociological Foundations of Education - the most recent and authoritative analysis of the field of sociology of education. It was commissioned by…

New Podcast: Language Use at the University of Copenhagen

CIPs has just released the podcast "Language Use at KU," and the first episode is about international staff teaching in Danish as a second language at the University of Copenhagen.

Scientific language cannot be tested solely with pen and paper

Science is not merely a collection of terms and formulas but a practice. Assessing children's knowledge of science through pen-and-paper tests only evaluates a limited portion of what they know, says researcher.

Mads Pedersen-Ebbe Midtbøll

Cand. scient. (biology), Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen

Akila Ravikumar

Cand. scient. (biotechnology), Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen

Benita Schrøder joins CMP

Benita joins the OF-BIOMARKER team

Gaja Kobal joins CMP

Gaja joins the TARGETS team

Marcus Tran joins CMP

Marcus joins the DRUGS team

Henriette Hoffmann-Veltung

Cand. scient. (immunology and inflammation), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

New PhD Opportunities at the Centre of African Studies

The Centre of African Studies encourages interested young qualified scholars to apply for the two advertised open PhD positions being advertised at the Faculty of Theology (where CAS is located). The application deadlin…

Are male students more talented?

In the sciences, talented students are perceived as those who ask quirky questions and are confident and playful. But is the deck stacked in such a way that those who are already privileged win? Men are the ones who mos…

Are male students more talented?

In the sciences, talented students are perceived as those who ask quirky questions and are confident and playful. But is the deck stacked in such a way that those who are already privileged win? Men are the ones who mos…

DRA Summer School 2023

This week nearly 130 PhD students attended the summer school, the annual two day’s event arranged by DRA, Drug Research Academy.

DRA Summer School 2023

This week nearly 130 PhD students attended the summer school, the annual two day’s event arranged by DRA, Drug Research Academy.

More courses are announced: PhD Supervision for Co-supervisors

Due to a huge demand, we have created several courses in 2024 for primary co-supervisors and co-supervisors at SUND, UCPH. Purpose The main purpose of this voluntary course is to make co-supervision a more efficient…

Paula Penalver Sebastian

Cand. scient. (immunology and inflammation), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Sommerskolen blev en succes med inspiration og ny viden

Sommerskolen modtog flot feedback fra de mere end 100 deltagere

The University of Copenhagen is Awarded a Quantum Technology Training Laboratory

With a grant of DKK 49.5 million, the A.P. Møller Foundation (A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal) makes it possible to establish a new training laboratory in quantum technology at…

Join The Swedish Drug Delivery Center, NextBioFrom and Nordic POP in their joint event!

Join the competence centers The Swedish Drug Delivery Center, NextBioFrom and Nordic POP in their joint event New Horizons in Drug Delivery and Formulation 2023 the 27-29 November • An international conference where…

Nordic POP workshop Implementing data science in the pharmaceutical education was held August 10th – 11th

On August 10th – 11th the school of pharmacy hosted the Nordic POP workshop Implementing data science in the pharmaceutical education. 30 colleagues from five universities in Norway, Finland and Denmark were gathered…

Unique opportunity for MA-student: Internship at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva

We are looking for an MA student in history at the Saxo Institute to apply for internships at the UN Library & Archives Geneva in partnership with the Centre for Modern European Studies (CEMES), Saxo Institute. This is …

International Medical Doctoral Conference

This event provides a platform for PhD students to showcase their projects and engage in discussions with fellow researchers. Key Details: Venue: Educational Centre of the Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Czech…