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

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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

Facebook

› 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: agh@adm.au.dk

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:

ic-staff@adm.au.dk

Office hours:

Monday and Wednesday

10-12 and 13-15

Address:

Høegh –Guldbergs Gade 4

building 1650

8000 Aarhus C

Anne P. Langer: apl@adm.au.dk, 8942 6786

Michael Winther: mw@adm.au.dk, 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 / gha@adm.au.dk

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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.