Orientation day
3 February, 2012
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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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ORIENTATION DAY Michael Winther
Staff Mobility Unit
3 February, 2012
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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
ORIENTATION DAY Michael Winther
Staff Mobility Unit
3 February, 2012
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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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Staff Mobility Unit
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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
ORIENTATION DAY Michael Winther
Staff Mobility Unit
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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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Staff Mobility Unit
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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
ORIENTATION DAY Michael Winther
Staff Mobility Unit
3 February, 2012
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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
Orientation day
3 February, 2012
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THE UIC THE UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL CLUB
Organiser Gitte Haahr-Andersen
www.au.dk/uic / [email protected]
ORIENTATION DAY Michael Winther
Staff Mobility Unit
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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
ORIENTATION DAY Michael Winther
Staff Mobility Unit
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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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Staff Mobility Unit
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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.
ORIENTATION DAY Michael Winther
Staff Mobility Unit
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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.