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Two New SUND Projects Explore AI in Education from Different Perspectives

Two educational projects at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences have received approximately DKK 8 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation's PREPARE initiative to investigate how artificial intelligence is shapin…

Two New SUND Projects Explore AI in Education from Different Perspectives

Two educational projects at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences have received approximately DKK 8 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation's PREPARE initiative to investigate how artificial intelligence is shapin…

Two New SUND Projects Explore AI in Education from Different Perspectives

Two educational projects at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences have received approximately DKK 8 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation's PREPARE initiative to investigate how artificial intelligence is shapin…

Researcher: Do not let students form their own study groups

To provide optimal conditions for learning and well-being, educators must take responsibility for group formation, says Katrine Ellemose Lindvig.

UCPH to lead national initiative transforming clinical medical education

With a DKK 5.8 million grant from the NNF, the Department of Clinical Medicine at the UCPH will lead a new national collaboration involving all four Danish universities that educate medical doctors.

Joe Dauer: To know how students learn, we must first know how they think 

In the intersection between educational research and cognitive psychology, Professor Joe Dauer investigates what makes knowledge stick.

CIP hosts international conference on sociolinguistics and AI

From 19-21 August 2026, researchers from around the world gathered at the University of Copenhagen's South Campus for the conference Sociolinguistics and AI 2026, hosted by the AI-UNI research group.

Study: Not all active learning methods are actually activating students 

Instructors who self-identify as using active learning methods still spend most of their class time lecturing in many cases, new research shows.

From India to SUND: New perspectives on teaching and learning

In February 2026, a team from the PEP-UCPH project visited partners in India to continue developing online and blended learning in health professions education across the PEP partnership. For COBL, the visit was also an…

Improve Your Production Skills

Students quickly notice the difference between a video that is clear, engaging and well-designed – and one that is not. Poor sound, an unclear structure or confusing visuals can undermine your intentions of a good…

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.

The USE Center launches first research plan 

The first generation of USE research projects will launch in Fall 2025.

3,200 children take part in new research project on the impact of school-provided meals

The Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports is leading the new research project School Food in Denmark, which will study the effect of school-provided meals on pupils’ health, wellbeing and learning, with the…

Early Introduction to Psychiatry

The field of Psychiatry is facing two challenges: a growing number of patients and fewer doctors to assist them. Pernille Gundtoft Uhrenholt is determined to change this.

The USE Center seeks visionary leader to transform university science teaching

The USE Center is looking for an experienced discipline-based education researcher to lead the mission of strengthening science education.

USE Center summit lays groundwork for ambitious research plan: “A seminal moment” 

More than 50 education researchers from the USE Center and participating teaching faculty mapped the educational reality in their discipline. The results will inform concrete research projects with and for the teachers…

Professor Carl Winsløw steps down as president of ERME

Professor Carl Winsløw has stepped down as president of ERME. PhD student Derya Diana Cosan becomes a new board member of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education.

The Body’s Bodyguards - an illustrative narrative about the immune system

A new podcast-series uses analogies, humor and sound effects as reminders before the students go to class.

The Body’s Bodyguards - an illustrative narrative about the immune system

A new podcast-series uses analogies, humor and sound effects as reminders before the students go to class.

Half of all students worry about plagiarism detection software

In a new study around half of the high school and university students from seven European countries are concerned about the use of plagiarism detection software in education. Their concerns lead to counterproductive…

Electrical stimulation of the nervous system can improve motor learning

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that the brain's ability to learn certain skills can be significantly enhanced if both the brain and nervous system are primed by carefully-calibrated,…

Debunked: Children aren’t quicker at picking up new motor skills than adults

Contrary to popular belief, children aren’t better at learning new skills than adults. Indeed, young adults seem to learn faster than kids – but also tend to forget more quickly. Here, better sleep seems to advantage…

Equipping researchers of today with communication tools to reach beyond academia

In collaboration, EU-LIFE and BRIC have developed a science communication training workshop, equipping researchers with tools to communicate their research to the world outside academia.

New research: Danish children encounter four typical family learning environments

Parental values and family activities have a strong influence on children's learning. Based on data from 44 Danish families, researchers have identified four types of family learning environments.