Associate Professor Olav W. Bertelsen from the Department of Computer Science will take over the post of joint union representative after Per Dahl.…

Goodbye. Per Dahl will resign from the post of joint union representative for the academic staff at AU on 1 March.

In October, Omnibus wrote about former AU student Camilla Hessellund Lastein, who was going to create a kind of Spotify for study books. Now her beta…

For philosophy student Tanja Valentin Francis Burke, just observing the refugee crisis in the media is not enough. She stood at border when the wave…

Omnibus has talked to architect Jean Pierre Bolívar. Since 2008 he has been a partner in BUSarchitektur and has been involved in major university and…

Several groups of refugees do well in the labour market. Almost as well as the average for Danes, if we take the employment rate 15-20 years after a…

During the exam period there is increased pressure on the student places around the campus. So the students were critical of the decision to axe 40-50…

Lene Leth Thomsen landed her dream job as a newly graduated MSc in Economics and Business Administration. But she quickly found out that even after…

It’s like being in a cosy den, with books in the windows and soft sofas at Dale's Café. The food is prepared from good-quality ingredients, and the…

Department Head at the Department of Biomedicine Thomas G. Jensen did not hesitate to back up on the idea of a monthly department seminar when it came…

In 2011, six smaller departments merged to become what is today the Department of Biomedicine with 450 employees spread across six buildings. But how…

AU's new university director is named Arnold Boon, he is 48 years old and comes from a position as faculty director at the Faculty of Health and…

Chairman of the Student Council Sune Koch Rønnow expects to have his Bachelor done and dusted within a year – after more than seven-and-a-half years…

Archaeology student Caroline Elisabeth Fisker has completed her Bachelor six months quicker than the prescribed study period by taking up to 15 extra…

For the final edition of Omnibus in 2015, we have asked seven researchers to point to the most remarkable events of the past year.

The senior management team has decided that Omnibus should be digitised. So if you’re sitting with a print version of the newspaper, you now have the…

Three internal members continue on AU's board and are joined by two new faces. The election was once again characterised by a low turnout and many…

Marine biologist Jakob Strand from the Department of Bioscience in Roskilde has been honoured with the Environmental Award 2015.

… the amount that students and employees at AU succeeded in raising for refugees in Denmark and in the world's hot spots. Two students and two…

The Greenhouses in the Botanical Gardens in Aarhus won aoa.dk’s competition for the title of best family experience in Aarhus.

Once again this year, the Studenterhus Aarhus is providing the premises on Christmas Eve for both Danish and international students to celebrate a…

This is the first time that Assistant Professor Mathias Clasen has seen a student get an article published in a scientific journal. But it is not the…

Perhaps you’ve noticed them. The posters with jargon and dialect from Western Jutland (like the one above) or Aarhus, which even Danes have to stop…

The Mathematical Cafeteria feels like a staff room with homely food. The quality is high and the price is low, so Omnibus' reviewers are impressed.

AU student Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen has just had a scientific article published in a recognised international journal. The article is based on his…

Before long, surgeons will take their further education and training in a completely new, purpose-built operating theatre in the Donation Unit at the…

The undertaker contacts the Donation Unit and they agree on a time for delivery of the dead body (or cadaver in medical terminology, ed.). As is…

After several years of problematic working conditions, the conservators in the Donation Unit at the Department of Biomedicine can look forward to…

The two medical students from AU who held a rehabilitation camp for children and young people with cancer last summer have really got an appetite for…

Showing off a piece of paper stating that you now have an academic degree is very often not enough to get you into the labour market. Relevant work…

A prototype with a little too much success. That was the headline of an article in the latest issue of Omnibus, in which Associate Professor Christian…

The faculty management team wishes to clarify and possibly also tighten up Aarhus BSS' standards for responsible conduct of research, particularly in…

Elections to councils, boards and committees where students and staff can make their voices heard will this year take place between Monday 23 and…

The Minister for Higher Education and Science, Esben Lunde Larsen could hardly be accused of being reluctant to address the issues in his new…

Aarhus Student Radio has moved to the Student House and had a digital makeover with a new website, new programmes, podcasts and soon it’s very own…

The government will initiate an analysis of existing research efforts.

The appeal from the Minister for Higher Education and Science, Esben Lunde Larsen (Venstre - Danish Liberal Party) is clear: Face-up to reality and…

The first DKK 34,000 dropped into the digital collection box in just 15 hours after a few posts on Twitter. Things really took off once the story…

In the future, Aarhus University must be known as a more elite university, whose graduates are guaranteed a good career – preferably in the private…

Experiments with peer feedback. The level of interest in how other teachers work to integrate feedback in their teaching was high, as 90 lecturers…

There was no mistaking the commitment as students met to discuss how they could get more feedback on their academic performance. The same was true…

Students at Aarhus BSS have had their teaching relocated to a sports hall because a number of lecture theatres must be renovated during the autumn.…

Two PhD partners from AU Research and External Relations discovered good bread and great acoustics at the Stakladen cafeteria – but unfortunately,…

Camilla Hessellund Lastein has a good idea and she has dropped out of her degree programme to realise it. Private investors have just invested three…

In just 15 hours, a total of DKK 34,000 was collected on behalf of the Danish Refugee Council. You can help them by making a donation – and by helping…

Rector Brian Bech Nielsen has appointed the faculties' special advisers on responsible conduct of research and the members of the Committee for…

”Da læreren holdt skole” (in English: When the teacher took class” is the title of the first of five volumes in the major work History of the Danish…

The university will be revelling in festivities during the coming period.

On 3 and 4 September, you can go onboard AU's new research vessel Aurora…

Each month you can download an e-book free of charge from Aarhus University Press’ website.

It might be stretching things (particularly for a journalist) to call Omnibus a purveyor to the royal family. But...

All interested parties can participate in the AU board meetings as they are open to the public.

At the most recent meeting shortly before the summer…

- Or maybe even an empty spare room? Then it might be a good idea to lend it to one of the many new students on the way to Aarhus and Copenhagen to…

From the autumn semester 2016, all teaching at medicine during the eleventh semester will be in English and opportunities for taking part in exchange…

Associate Professor Søren Pold is the new employee representative on AU’s Board. He is replacing Associate Professor Peter Bugge.

More than DKK 60 million a year up until 2023. That’s how much money the Faculty of Arts might lose as a result of the government’s degree programme…

In the green corner between Fredrik Nielsens Vej and Langelandsgade, opposite Stakladen in Aarhus, a small, international communal garden is…

The roast pork, sauce and potatoes were spot on. The view was also worth a mention. But prefabricated food and a lack of information disappoint two…

One of them is political science student Line Engbjerg. She came across the voluntary job in AU’s job bank and thought: That’s what I’m going to do!

Professionalism and respect. During the spring, the three department heads and the dean from ST have held regular meetings with the administrative…

Volunteering. Two medical students from AU are behind a camp that helps children and young people with cancer return to a normal everyday life after a…

In a new scientific study, medical students say that they get a great deal of benefit from a research year – both academically and personally.

Lise Wogensen, vice-dean for research and talent development and head of graduate school at Health, wants to see a discussion of whether the option of…

Renewed zest and energy to devote himself to his studies, a sharpened insight into research quality and a big pat on the back for his efforts as a…

Anne Sofie Christensen, studying Architectural Engineering. Independently arranged internship at IEN,

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sisse Enderlein, studying International Business Communication and English. Independently arranged internship at Travelbird travel agents, Amsterdam,…

Proposals from an expert committee will lead to more cases of scientific dishonesty – or, at least, questionable research conduct – being dealt with…

Mette Tolstrup, studying psychology. Independently arranged exchange (with assistance from The Department of Education (EDU) at University of…

Perhaps you’ve already stuck a drawing pin in a map? Right there where you’re dreaming of studying abroad? But the best advice for students with…

Ingenuity, stubbornness and collaboration between teachers and students from different subjects at Aarhus University School of Engineering resulted in…

Almost eight out of ten students who are caught cheating at exams are involved in some form of plagiarism. For the majority of these, the case is…

More and more students are caught cheating at exams. This is shown by statistics released by Educational Law, which is the administrative unit that…

Two food-interested graphic designers took a trip to the State and University Library cafeteria at Nordre Ringgade in Aarhus – and the trip turned out…

On 28 May, Aarhus University presented the Rigmor and Carl Holst-Knudsen Award for Scientific Research to two researchers who have made a name for…

Even though AU has had an open access policy since 2010, the university is still having a hard time securing open access to scientific publications…

Consumers like us want blemish-free apples without mildew and holes from insect larva. At the same time, we don’t want to think about pesticide…

Maybe you – just like 40,000 other people – have also seen the music video or perhaps heard gossip about a new degree programme at AU? The degree…

Kristina Kristensen's organic mission has resulted in radical changes in production. This has in turn led to new professional requirements for the…

In just over a year, organic ingredients have been introduced in more than one third of the food in the Studenterhusfonden’s eleven cafeterias.…

Last autumn, the vibrations from the construction of Health's new research building in the University Park had such an effect on the exhibitions at…

He gets up between three and four a.m. every morning, just like he has done since he was a student. Eats pickled herring for breakfast, washed down…

Help with homework is no longer confined to a dusty corner of the library. The Lektier Online (Homework Online in English) project has been taking…

The number of first-year students at Arts who were absent from reexaminations in the winter is six times higher than last year. Due to the study…

I found the third semester to be a mishmash that basically wasn’t thought through. We had regular lectures every week while we were at the same time…

I have already considered whether I could use the internship in my Master's thesis. Some people do.

If the idea is to end up with a specific product, then I could have ended up choosing a one-year Master's thesis.

I would like to have had more time for my Master's thesis, but not at the expense of the third semester. In fact, it was the best semester I had…

The management at Aarhus University will give more students the opportunity to incorporate a third semester for the Master's thesis, so that they have…

As the first at AU, researchers at Health have a code of conduct for responsible conduct of research that is so hands-on that they can take out of the…

The purpose of AU's new code of conduct for scientific integrity and responsible conduct of research, which came into force on 25 March this year, is…

“Aarhus University subscribes to the recommendations in the Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and the DCSC’s definition of research…

At the end of June, advisers in responsible conduct will be appointed by all four faculties in order to be available to provide other researchers and…