With over 38,000 students and more than 9,000 employees, the University of Copenhagen is the largest institution of research and education in Denmark. The purpose of the University - to quote the University Statute - is to ‘conduct research and provide further education to the highest academic level’.
The University of Copenhagen is the oldest University in Denmark - founded in 1479. The University has four campus areas in Copenhagen and consists of six faculties - Health and Medical Sciences, Humanities, Law, Science, Social Sciences and Theology - with over one hundred different departments, institutes, centres, laboratories and museums.
The motivational force of the University’s research activities is financially and politically independent, i.e. free basic research; however, specific collaborative endeavours with other institutions and companies also have a place among the countless research activities. The dissemination of knowledge and findings to other research environments and the general public is a natural element of the University’s research efforts.
The University of Copenhagen’s research-based education also enables the private and public sectors to recruit expert staff and access the latest knowledge in such diverse areas as health, food, biological production and globalisation.
Narratives about successful community-based conservation efforts in Tanzania need to be probed.
Utö, Finlande, graffiti. La torture est un processus qui ne se limite pas à l'acte ni au moment où celui-ci survient mais qui se poursuit sur des générations.
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Les « anti-migrants » oublient que la réadaptation à la vie quotidienne est l’un des principaux obsctacles auxquels sont confrontées les victimes de la torture ou de toute autre forme de traumatisme.
Utö, Finland, graffiti. Torture is a process which doesn’t stop at the event itself but that eventually goes on through generations.
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The Zanzibar Red Colobus is endemic to Tanzania.
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Most parents will tell you their kids love juice. It tastes good and often comes in convenient and child-friendly packaging. Is the occasional juice OK?
No, being thin doesn’t mean you can live off junk food.
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Most people assume the only reason to eat healthy foods is to stay slim. But being slim doesn’t mean you’re healthy, and doesn’t mean it’s OK to eat junk.
Khanya College’s curriculum was quite different from the one taught at other universities of the time. Its students studied oral African literature and history alongside Western literature.
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As 2017 fast approaches, maybe it’s time for a bitter breakup with some things sweet.
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New Year’s approaching and your resolutions are brewing; why not make 2017 more sweet but with less sugar. Evidence-based and health-driven, here are Sandro’s 7 helpful tips to breaking up with sugar.
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Bonobos are separated from chimpanzees by the River Congo, but they share more genes than we thought.
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The two species mated 500,000 years ago, leaving a genetic mark to this day. This knowledge could help save them from extinction.
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