71 per cent of Aarhus University’s employees have completed the psychological/physical WPA questionnaire. The results will be published on 9 April, after which the local follow-up processes will begin.

Here you can find information about the situation right now for researchers, students and people planning to come to Aarhus University.

A working group under Universities Denmark has formulated seven principles for good research communication, and Rector Brian Bech Nielsen encourages everyone involved in research communication at AU to discuss them in the relevant forums.

The drugs statins, which are used to prevent cardiovascular diseases, also guard against brain haemorrhages. This is the conclusion from a new Danish study, the most extensive ever, which thus also rebuffs suspicions of the opposite being true.

Are you interested in helping to shape and strengthen the research and education environment at Aarhus University? And would you like the pleasure and satisfaction of helping a talented colleague develop professionally and personally? So become a mentor in the AU Empower Talent! mentor programme! The registration deadline for mentors and mentees is 1st May 2019.

On 1 September 2020, the new Holiday Act comes into force, and all employees will transition to a concurrent holiday scheme. Concurrent holiday means that holiday can be taken in the same year in which you accrue (earn) it. Employees who are already on the concurrent holiday scheme will not experience any changes.

On 1 September 2020, the new Holiday Act comes into force, and all employees will transition to a concurrent holiday scheme. Concurrent holiday means that holiday can be taken in the same year in which you accrue (earn) it. Employees who are already on the concurrent holiday scheme will continue on the new concurrent holiday scheme according to the New holiday act.

The gender balance among associate professors and professors is (still) a challenge at Aarhus University. While about half of the university’s PhD students are women, they only account for 37 per cent of associate professors and 21 per cent of professors. To address this imbalance, the university is now focusing intensively on creating a more equal gender balance in these two job categories.