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Welcome to the new Aarhus University and NOVA Annual Seminar 2011

Welcome to the new Aarhus University and NOVA Annual Seminar 2011. JØRGEN B. JESPERSEN. AARHUS UNIVERSITET. Eyjafjallajökull before it erupts Foto: Ívar Örn Benediktsson. Biogas plant at Foulum . AU – locations and statistics. 25% of public research in DK 8,500 publications per year

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Welcome to the new Aarhus University and NOVA Annual Seminar 2011

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  1. Welcome to the newAarhus University and NOVA Annual Seminar 2011 JØRGEN B. JESPERSEN AARHUS UNIVERSITET

  2. Eyjafjallajökull before it erupts Foto: ÍvarÖrnBenediktsson

  3. Biogas plant at Foulum

  4. AU – locations and statistics 25% of public research in DK 8,500 publications per year 36,000 students 1,800 Ph.D.-students 75 bachelor educations 81 master programmes 2,500 courses 9,000 employees Budget 4,5 billion DKK Research Fund 3 billion DKK Top 100 University

  5. The Academic development process • The goal is the full realisation of the mergers in 2007 with a number of state research institutions (e.g. DIAS) • High standard of excellence in traditional disciplines must be maintained and developed • And at the same time we will seek out new possibilities and connections across disciplinary boarders and in close collaboration with the world around us

  6. The changes • Academic organisation: One unified AU • Reducing internal borders • From 9 to 4 faculties • From 55 to 26 departments • From many to fewer geographical locations Management: One unified executive management • One unified senior management • Staff will have greater influence on the university’s strategic initiatives • Academic councils will be strengthened • Structure of the boards of studies and directorships of studies will be reorganised in order to ensure student influence Cross-cutting centres and forums: Collaboration across borders from day one • New interdisciplinary centres and • Cross-cutting forums for researchers and management. Finances and administration: more coherent processes • Focus on specialisation and service • New organisation of work flows and responsibilities

  7. Making a strong AU even stronger Research Talent development Knowledge exchange Education • More flexible inner education market • Easier to exchange and develop degree programmes, courses and teaching resources across main academic areas, departments and centres • Easier for students to combine their core subject with perspectives from other fields • Ultimately the graduates will enter society with the ability to think and act across disciplines and boundaries

  8. Engineering Food Science Molecular Biology and Genetics Chemistry Animal Science Mathematics Agroecology Environmental Science Geoscience Bioscience Computer Science Physics and Astronomy 10

  9. Engineering Food Science Molecular Biology and Genetics Chemistry Animal Science Mathematics Agroecology Environmental Science Geoscience Bioscience Computer Science Physics and Astronomy 11

  10. Engineering Food Science Molecular Biology and Genetics Chemistry Animal Science Mathematics Agroecology Environmental Science Geoscience Bioscience Computer Science Physics and Astronomy 12

  11. Engineering Food Science Molecular Biology and Genetics Chemistry Animal Science Mathematics Agroecology Environmental Science Geoscience Bioscience Computer Science Physics and Astronomy 13

  12. New interdisciplinary centres • others ?? SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Arts • Centre for iSequencing • Centre for Global Change and Development BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES health • Neurocampus • Centre for Arctic Research • Centre for Food, Nutrition and Health • Centre for Integrated Register-based Research

  13. New national centres with special responsibilities in the area of knowledge exchange • The National Centre • for Environment • and Energy • The National Centre • For Agriculture and • Food

  14. FOULUM RESEARCH CENTRE FOULUM

  15. FLAKKEBJERG

  16. AARSLEV

  17. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)in a Nordic Life Science Perspective • There is an international consensus on the necessity of ESD at all educational levels and in NOVA’s strategy 2009-14 the visions are expressed. • The semiar will focus on how we address the challenge of implementing ESD in our activities • What does sustainability mean to the NOVA institutions, how do we deal with it, and how can education programmes within this subject contribute to development and perhaps increase recruitment of students in life sciences? • The program will include speakers covering academic, industries’, and students’ views on ESD.

  18. Thank you for your attention

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