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Orientation day 3 February, 2012 AARHUS UNIVERSITY ORIENTATION DAY, 3 February 2012 WELCOME
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Orientation day
3 February, 2012
AARHUS
UNIVERSITY
ORIENTATION DAY, 3 February 2012
WELCOME
ORIENTATION DAY Michael Winther
Staff Mobility Unit
3 February, 2012
AARHUS
UNIVERSITY
The IC Building & Housing Service
› Dale’s Café – special discounts for PhD’s › International Centre – services for students
and staff
› IC Dormitory - rooms for newly arrived PhD’s
› Social meeting point for internationals
› Rooms for meetings: PhD courses, International Club, etc.
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International Help Desk
Information and guidance: › Residence and work permits › Housing › Danish language courses › Leisure and sport
Reference to local authorities on: › Tax › Health care › Childcare
Spouse care: > Information about job search > Recognition of qualifications > Starting your own business > Possibilities through jobcentres
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Social activities
AU
› University International Club, www.au.dk/uic
› Studenterhus Århus, www.studenterhusaarhus.dk
› PhD House activities, www.phd.au.dk
› PhD café – Thursdays at 4.pm at Dale’s Café
Aarhus
› Meet Up Aarhus Internationals, www.meetup.com/Aarhus
› International Community, www.internationalcommunity.dk
› Aarhus International Rotary Club
› University Extension in Aarhus, www.fuau.dk/
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Websites
› International PhD Students and Staff at AU
› PhD House Aarhus University
› International Centre Aarhus University
› International Staff at AU: medarbejdere.au.dk/en/intstaff/
› Practical information, tax, housing, living in Denmark etc.
› Going abroad (Under construction!): phd.au.dk/en/goingabroad/
› Useful information about going abroad
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Newsletter
› What goes on in and around Aarhus University
› PhD House activities
› New Danish courses
› Important news from the Immigration Service
Sign up: www.au.dk/en/internationalcentre/sign-up-staff-newsletter/
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Danish Courses
› Free Danish courses for staff at AU, Aarhus residents
See: medarbejdere.au.dk/en/intstaff/danish/
Or write to: [email protected]
Courses start at the beginning of each semester
› Agricultural Sciences in Foulum (DJF)
Ask the International Centre about the options in your municipality
› Danish School of Education in Emdrup
Ask the International Centre about the options in your municipality
Free courses in Copenhagen: http://dansk.studieskolen.dk/
Courses start every 6 weeks at all levels
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CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail:
Office hours:
Monday and Wednesday
10-12 and 13-15
Address:
Høegh –Guldbergs Gade 4
building 1650
8000 Aarhus C
Anne P. Langer: [email protected], 8942 6786
Michael Winther: [email protected], 8942 2495
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THE UIC THE UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL CLUB
Organiser Gitte Haahr-Andersen
www.au.dk/uic / [email protected]
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WORK – BUT THERE SHOULD BE TIME FOR LEISURE
› A GOOD PLACE TO NETWORK – START FRIENDSHIPS – EXCHANGE
INFORMATION – HELPFUL ASSISTANCE IN MANY WAYS
UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL CLUB ON AU CAMPUS – A FREE UNIVERSITY ACTIVITY
MEETINGS EVERY WEEK – YEAR ROUND ON WEDNESDAYS
› Either in the morning or in the afternoon
WEEKLY UIC NEWSLETTER
LANGUAGE PARTNERS
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PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Some events from the Spring programme 2012. The full programme is on our website www.au.dk/uic If you have questions feel free to e-mail Gitte Haahr- Andersen.
7 February: UIC Event in cooperation with the Consortium of Global Talent. See full invitation and sign up on our website.
8 February: Grand Tour of International Schools in Greater Aarhus.
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PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS, continued
29 February: Visit to the State Library. Access to global info and cultural heritage. 7 March: Tax Seminar : Aarhus Tax Centre will provide info specifically for PhD students and researchers and answer questions in collaboration with the International Community. Sign up, see our website.
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Extra PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
21 March: ‘From civil war to peaceful cooperation in the Danish/German borderland, 1840 till today’ by Associate Professor Carsten Porskrog Rasmussen, Dept. of History and Area Studies. 28 March: Visit to Per Kirkeby’s painting Anastasis at Aarhus University. ’A modern interpretation of a classical Christian motif’ by Associate Professor Hans Jørgen Frederiksen, Dept. of Aesthetics and Communications – Art History, AU.
We hope to see you at our UIC meetings. Please contact us if you have questions.
