Omnibus, April 2016

At the Danish School of Education in Emdrup, a counter-clockwise man sits in a tower philosophizing about clockwise coiled creatures. About the…

The international students at this year’s study fair have passed their verdict. According to Omnibus’ annual unscientific survey, the Danes still get…

Same procedure as last year...? No, because unlike Miss Sophie in Dinner for One, AU doesn’t turn 90 every year. Omnibus is celebrating the…

While DTU (the Technical University of Denmark) offers alcohol-free freshers’ trips, there’s no alcohol-free alternative at AU. Even when the medical…

For the fourth year in a row, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is offering an alcohol-free freshers’ week trip. All 50 tickets are sold out,…

A carrion beetle in a jar, two pairs of tall rubber boots and a bullet hole-riddled poster are just a few of the knickknacks you’l find in the office…

First there was one. Then two. And now there are three rector’s chains of office. And although wearing three heavy gold chains at once would probably…

There’s a Danish saying that good advice is expensive. But now just-off-the-boat internationals in Denmark can get good advice for free: a new free…

She’s not the type who says ‘no’. Viktorija Kulikovskaja would rather say ‘yes’ – most recently to the job of chair of the Aarhus University PhD…

The new medical students are charged for the entire orientation week programme, including a weekend trip, even though they may only want to join a few…

Two and a half months have passed since a selection committee settled on a candidate for the job of head of the Department of Computer Science. But a…

There are some deadlines you just don't want to miss. And there are events you’re really going to regret missing out on. There are also days where you…

Inspired by an American example, students have taken the initiative to establish an anonymous helpline. The goal of the helpline is to improve…

In March, the Danish government and the Danish People's Party adopted a law to introduce a DKK 10,000 tuition fee for the Danish study programme for…

Dorthe Hagen Nielsen took a leave of absence from her job as research group coordinator at AU, strapped on a backpack and travelled around Southeast…

Last Thursday, VIVE – The Danish Centre for Social Science Research sent an email questionnaire to every researcher at AU. The questionnaire is the…

PhD students at AU are intensely critical of the new norms for permanent academic hires, which they fear will make it even more difficult to get a…

For students at American universities, university logo clothing is virtually a uniform – and even local residents of many university towns wear…

Tine Haslam Nielsen has been studying biology at AU for five and a half years. She’s also travelled for a total of 14 months and visited 17 countries…

They met in Saint Petersburg, where she was building nuclear submarine components, nuclear power plants and space rockets and he was working on his…

IT student Christoffer Hauthorn has just won the Guldæg 2018 entrepreneurship prize along with the rest of the company Emplate he co-founded alongside…

When the university informs an AU employee that they are in line for dismissal, the union representative must be informed either at the same time or…

Over one-third of the experienced thesis supervisors at Aarhus BSS agree in a new survey.

After the summer holiday, students will be able to get free, impartial help in connection with problems like complaints against a decision of the…

AU hasn’t done a good enough job of making sure that students know who to contact if they experience bullying, harassment or abuse, admits Pro-rector…

The royal couple Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended the opening of The Crown Prince Frederik Center for Public Leadership, a new…

AURUS, the IT system employees use to settle their travel expenses, will be replaced by a new system at the end of August.

Emeritus Professor Jens Christian Skou passed away on Monday 28 May 2018 at the age of 99. Skou received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997.