In 2020, Deakin and Aarhus signed a priority mobility agreement with very ambitious student exchange goals.
To kick-start and expand collaboration, and to raise the profile of the relationship throughout the universities, a virtual staff week will take place April 19-23, 2021.
The overall purpose of the staff week is to bring together key staff from each institution virtually as a way to spark ideas and connection, identify areas of collaboration and share future partnership pathways.
Please sign up via the Zoom links below.
| Time | Theme | Target audience | Zoom link |
|---|---|---|---|
8.00- 8.30am 4.00-4.30pm | Kick-off DU and AU will jointly present the aims of the priority partnership, provide a very brief overview of each university and present the week’s program | Faculty and central international staff | Register |
8.30am - 9.30am (CET) 4.30pm - 5.30pm (AEST) | Health Faculty Introductions Faculty presentations, mobility opportunities and future collaboration | Health and central international staff | Register |
8.30am - 9.30am (CET) 4.30pm - 5.30pm (AEST) | Arts and Education Faculty Introductions Faculty presentations, mobility opportunities and future collaboration | Arts & Education and central international staff | Register |
Time | Theme | Target audience | Zoom link |
|---|---|---|---|
8.00am - 9.00am (CET) 4.00pm - 5.00pm (AEST) | Business, Social Sciences and Law Faculty Introductions Faculty presentations, mobility opportunities and future collaboration | Aarhus BSS and Business & Law staff and central international staff | Register |
8.00am - 9.00am (CET) 4.00pm - 5.00pm (AEST) | Natural Sciences and Engineering Faculty Introductions Faculty presentations, mobility opportunities and future collaboration | Science and Engineering staff and central international staff | Register |
9.00am - 10.00am (CET) 5.00pm - 6.00pm (AEST) | Circle U. Building an alliance in a virtual context Project manager Lotte Skovborg presents the European University Alliance, CircleU. of which AU is a member, and invites participants to discuss ways to build cooperation and mobility in a virtual (global) setting. | All staff | Register |
Time | Theme | Target audience | Zoom link |
|---|---|---|---|
8.00am - 9.00am (CET) 4.00pm - 5.00pm (AEST) | Internationalisation – what’s next? DU and AU each present their strategies on internationalisation with a focus on student mobility goals. The presentations are followed by a summary of opportunities discovered during the faculty introductions. | Central and faculty international staff | Register |
9.00 -10.00am (CET) 5.00pm - 6.00pm (AEST) | Keynote speech: HOPE - How Democracies Cope with COVID-19 Professor Michael Bang Petersen is one of Denmark's leading researchers in behaviour and political psychology. In the HOPE project, professor Petersen investigates how society acts during crises, as well as how democracies deal with an epidemic such as COVID-19. | All staff | Register |
Time | Theme | Target audience | Zoom link |
|---|---|---|---|
9.00am -10.00am (CET) 5.00pm-6.00pm (AEST) | Keynote speech: Digital Education at Deakin University Chief Digital Officer William Confalonieri and Deputy VC (Education) Prof. Liz Johnson present the digital education concept at Deakin University from a technological and pedagogical standpoint. | All staff | Register |
Time | Theme | Target audience | Zoom link |
|---|---|---|---|
8.00am -9.00am (CET) 4.00pm - 5.00pm (AEST) | The DU - AU coffee/wine hour with quiz A virtual trivia "hygge" session will conclude the staff week. Teams from each university will compete for a prize. | Central and faculty international staff | Register |
Aarhus University
Mette Brandenborg, Assistant International Director, Student Mobility and Transnational Education mb@au.dk
Deakin University
Brianna Watt, Senior Manager, Global Student Mobility brianna.watt@deakin.edu.au
Ursula Lorenzen, Director, Deakin Europe ursula.lorentzen@deakin.edu.au
Internationalisation, what's next - AU
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment - DU
Digital Education - Liz Johnson - DU
Digital Education - William Confalonieri - DU
More presentation uploads will follow shortly
