News about Education

Cosmopolitan nationalism as an analytical lens: Four articulations in education policy

This paper extends Professor Claire Maxwell’s development of the concept of cosmopolitan nationalism (published in 2020 in the British Journal of Sociology of Education’s 40th anniversary special issue: The current and…

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

Phd Introduction to Teaching and Supervision January 2024

Copenhagen Graduate School of Social Sciences in collaboration with Educational Advisors of Social Science is offering a three-days course in university teaching and supervision techniques and applied educational theory…

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

Lasse Fjordside joins CMP

Lasse 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

Mikkel Koed Møller Aasted will defend his PhD thesis

"Precise Cancer Targeting of Cancer-Associated Glycans: Examination of the Expression, Regulation, and Targeting of Cancer-Associated O-GalNAc Glycans", 5 Oct. 2023, 15:00-18:00

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…

Lise B Mogensen joins CMP

Lise joins the OF-BIOMARKER team

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 Supervison 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

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