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6. May 2011
Welcome to the newAarhus University and
NOVA Annual Seminar 2011
JØRGEN B. JESPERSEN
AARHUS UNIVERSITET
Jørgen B. Jespersen May2011
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
Jørgen B. Jespersen May2011
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
Jørgen B. Jespersen May2011
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
Jørgen B. Jespersen May2011
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
Jørgen B. Jespersen May2011
Physics and Astronomy
Animal ScienceChemistry
Food Science
BioscienceComputer Science
Agroecology
Engineering
Environmental ScienceGeoscience
Mathematics
Molecular Biology and
Genetics
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Jørgen B. Jespersen May2011
Physics and Astronomy
Animal ScienceChemistry
Food Science
BioscienceComputer Science
Agroecology
Engineering
Environmental ScienceGeoscience
Mathematics
Molecular Biology and
Genetics
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Jørgen B. Jespersen May2011
Physics and Astronomy
Animal ScienceChemistry
Food Science
BioscienceComputer Science
Agroecology
Engineering
Environmental ScienceGeoscience
Mathematics
Molecular Biology and
Genetics
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Jørgen B. Jespersen May2011
Physics and Astronomy
Animal ScienceChemistry
Food Science
BioscienceComputer Science
Agroecology
Engineering
Environmental ScienceGeoscience
Mathematics
Molecular Biology and
Genetics
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Jørgen B. Jespersen May2011
ARTS
HEALTH
SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY
BUSINESS ANDSOCIAL SCIENCES
Centre for Food, Nutrition and
Health
Centre for Global Change and Development
Centre for iSequencing
Neurocampus
Centre for Integrated Register-based Research
Centre for Arctic Research
others ??
New interdisciplinary centres
Jørgen B. Jespersen May2011
New national centres with special responsibilities in the area of
knowledge exchange
The National Centre for Environment
and EnergyThe National Centre For Agriculture and
Food
Jørgen B. Jespersen May2011
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.