Sune Bové will take up the position of new head of communication and press at Aarhus University on 15 October. He previously served as head of communications at the City of Aarhus’ Technical Services and Environment Department.

Denmark’s Largest Friday Bar and Sports Day takes place on Friday 11 September, offering everything from sports tournaments and drinking games to live performances by artists including Thor Farlov and Berg. Around one hundred student volunteers help create the framework for what is expected to be an event attended by 11,000 people.

“Swapping one dream job for another,” Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz writes of the transition from professor and researcher at Aarhus University to pro-rector at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU).

Unknown perpetrators broke into two offices at the School of Culture and Society. There, they stole keys providing access to all other offices across three floors in two buildings and made off with 15 to 20 laptops. Burglary is a growing problem, according to the head of information security.

The senior management team has decided to convert the English-taught bachelor's degree programme in Cognitive Science into a Danish-language programme, even though the decision "goes against everything we want to achieve as a university", as Pro-Rector Berit Eika puts it. The decision has also drawn criticism from both staff and students.

The renovation of the BSS canteen has disrupted the usual routines of the student associations. According to two associations, the consequences could be significant.