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Opinion

COLUMN: The choice you’ve made deserves respect – even from yourself

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Do you doubt whether you’ve chosen the right course of study – and whether it’s taking you in the right direction? Most people do. Dean of Arts Maja Horst also had doubts about her choice of study on several occasions. Her advice is: leave the idea of the degree programme of your dreams behind but give your choice of study the respect it deserves. And allow yourself the time to shape a meaningful education together with your fellow students and instructors.

OPINION: Medical students: At AU we learn too little about what WHO considers the greatest threat to global health

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Despite the fact that the World Health Organization (WHO) regards climate change as the greatest threat to global health in the future, medical students at Aarhus University learn too little about the link between climate and health. AU should take inspiration from the University of Copenhagen and from universities abroad, where the subject plays a larger role in medical education, write two medical students.

The iNANO house on Gustav Wieds Vej.

Open letter: No real opportunity for staff to object to management's decision to phase out iNANO

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The decision to phase-out iNANO as an independent administrative unit – without involving staff or students in the process – gives rise to serious concern, confusion, and uncertainty, write nine professors affiliated with iNANO in an open letter to the Faculty Management at Natural Sciences. They call for an overall plan and, not least, a professional assessment of the value created by iNANO and encourage further development rather than phasing it out.

Dean’s Office at the Faculty of Technical Sciences

Reply: Nanoscience is ready to continue at departmental level

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Nine professors affiliated with iNANO criticise the Faculty Management of Natural Sciences in an open letter in Omnibus for deciding to close iNANO as a department-like centre. The Dean's Office responds to the criticism in this reply.

COLUMN: Peter hasn’t prepped. Have you? And how about AU?

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Imagine that the power stops flowing from the sockets. As was the case recently with the major power outage in Spain. Associate Professor Peter Bakker has dwelt a little on that scenario – he is not ready. Is AU?

OPINION: Bachelor's projects written using AI should have an oral defence

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When the university allows the use of AI for exams, it should also ensure that assessors have a real opportunity to assess the extent to which the answer is based on the student's independent work. Therefore, it is unfortunate that oral defence is being abolished, writes associate professor of dentistry Henrik Løvschall and dentist (Dr.odont.) Bjarne Klausen, supervisor and co-examiner in the dental education.

COLUMN: From salsa to silence

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The Danish preference for silence felt like a cold rejection at first, even anxiety-provoking, coming from a culture where salsa, laughter and vivid conversations make the soundtrack of your everyday life. Now, Sofía Pereira, an exchange student from Costa Rica, has learned to tame the urge to interrupt silence, and even to embrace it.

OPINION: AU's new exam hall is a concrete box that only accommodates the strongest students

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With the new exam hall, AU is disregarding fundamental rights and prioritising logistics and finances over the students' legal security, writes Daniel Hjort, chair of the Student Council.

REPLY: We are building on the experiences with the Exam Hall

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Of course, it's a huge shame that the exam hall hasn’t lived up to everyone's expectations, but it’s important that we get feedback from the students, as this is the only way we can improve the exam experience. This is what Anna Bak Maigaard, deputy director of AU Student Administration and Services, and Nikolaj Høncke Keldorff, team leader of the Educational Administrative Systems Management, write in their response to the criticism of the exam house from the Student Council's chair Daniel Hjort.

OPINION: Board member of Aarhus Pride: Surprised and hurt by AU’s decision to stay out of Pride

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It would have been nice if Aarhus University had used Aarhus Pride as its primary source, instead of basing its decision on something 'supposed', Sara Arvidsson Corneliussen writes. She is a member of Aarhus Pride's board and an anthropology student at AU.