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04.05.2022
AAU launches diversity and inclusion training: Making the unconscious conscious
What do you see in your mind’s eye when you hear the words 'administrative director’ and 'nurse'? You probably picture a man in a suit and a caring woman. But why? AAU's Committee for Equality and Diversity is launching a number of new courses that will help people break with unconscious bias.
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03.05.2022
AAU+1: Cultural offers for spouses and partners of foreign employees
On a Tuesday morning, a handful of people from all over the world meet at the Main Library in Aalborg city centre. What they all have in common is that they moved to Denmark because their partner or spouse works at Aalborg University. So they signed up for the program AAU+1 offered by the International Staff Unit (ISU) that helps them build a social network here in Denmark.
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06.04.2022
CONCERN ABOUT SSH IN COPENHAGEN ADDRESSED AT STAFF MEETING
At a staff meeting about AAU's relocation plan, the Executive Management mentioned the new strategy of being a mission-oriented university as an example of how, despite the closures in Copenhagen, SSH will still play an important role at the university. Dean Rasmus Antoft pointed out that the closures are a challenge that will be handled by a unified SSH faculty.
news from en.aau.dk
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28.03.2022
AAU talent receives Denmark's oldest engineering award
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17.03.2022
ERC grant to AAU researcher: Stronger and thinner glass for the benefit of climate and industry
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02.11.2021
Former AAU student receives Prize for participation in kick starting Costa Rica’s Climate strategy
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28.10.2021
Fifth year in a row: AAU is Europe's best engineering university
AAU Events
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25.05.2022 at 09.30 AM - 27.05.2022 at 13.30 PM
NORDIC EDUCATIONAL HISTORY CONFERENCE 2022 #NEHC2022
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02.06.2022 at 13.00 PM - 16.00 PM
Daria Morozova PhD Defense
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02.06.2022 at 13.00 PM - 16.00 PM
PhD Defence by Mia Thyrre Sørensen
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03.06.2022 at 12.00 PM - 14.00 PM
Book presentation and roundtable discussion on Circular Migration
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