• December 3
  The department's Christmas party
• January 2
  Opening of Aarhus Space Center
• January 3
  Deadline for reporting in RejsUd
• January 15
  Deadline for reporting publications with year of publication in 2021
• Junuary 18
  NAT education day
• January 26
  Workplace culture workshop
• January 27 + 28
  Geo-Olympics semifinal at Geoscience

On January 26, the mandatory Workplace culture workshop for the entire department takes place.

The location is Comwell Hotel down town, and it will be both interesting and cozy (and there will be delicious food and cake - does it get any better?).

Remember to register here no later than December 10.

Now the year is coming to an end, and this means, as usual, that all travel settlements, advances and expense settlements which relate to 2021 must be settled.

If you have any of these, they must be sent for inspection no later than January 3, 2022, if they are to be included in the accounts for 2021.

For this reason it is a good idea to ask suppliers to send invoices regarding 2021 before the Christmas holidays.

So, pull out the dusty receipts from the drawer and get it over with. It does not take as long as you are probably imagining right now.

HR has, as an aid to job postings, made these templates, which you are welcome to use.

HR is also ready to help with the text for the individual posting.
Remember, by the way, that a posting must be coordinated with both Krishna and HR. If you are still in doubt about the procedure, you can read more here.

Easy, right?

If you experience problems with the AV equipment in the classrooms, you can contact IT Support on tel. 8715 0903

The number is also in the lower right corner of the screen in the room.

You can contact support if you have problems with both the ZoomRoom equipment and the projector.

As something new, this year the secretariat and the education manager have put their heads together and made a Christmas calendar. It consists of 24 short episodes, each focusing on a rock or mineral with special Christmas properties.

The Christmas calendar runs from December 1 on our Facebook, Instagram and YouTube channel. Watch it before your neighbour and share it with your friends!

Andrew Murray is co-author of the article "Optically stimulated luminescence dating using quartz". Read more here.

On September 20, Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz had a debate post entitled "Heads of state must loosen the grip on free research if the climate in the Arctic is to be saved" on altinget.dk. You can read the post in danish here.

Christoffer Karoff plays a major role in the student-run satellite program DISCO, which will send a mini-satellite into space. The program aims to educate the next generation of scientists who will create the basis for a completely new and revolutionary way of looking at space.

As something new, the project is now using crowdfunding to raise funds. You can read more about DISCO here or in the news at Natural Sciences.

Say hello to Da-Peng Zhu. He is a master’s student from Central South University, China, majoring in geology, supervised by Dr. Huan Li. He is currently working as a short-term intern with us from September 2021 to February 2022, supervised by Dr. Thomas Ulrich.

The department now has a cargo bike that all employees can borrow. Yes yes, it looks heavy, but do not despair, it is fortunately powered by electricity.

So, if you have something big you need to pick up, or if you just want to try it, you can contact the secretariat to borrow it (and a helmet!).

The secretariat will be closed for Christmas from December 23 until January 2 (both days incl.).

The Nat-Tech administration center is closed for Christmas in the period from December 23, 2021 to January 2, 2022 (both days incl.).

However, building operations and IT support will have a limited staff during the holiday period:
• Building operations are present throughout the period, but with limited staffing.
• IT support has changed opening hours during the period:

• Campus (Aarhus) is open by phone and in person at 9.00 -13.00. (Dec. 23, 27, 28, 29 and 30)
• Katrinebjerg (Aarhus) and Navitas (Aarhus) are unmanned.
• Foulum, Roskilde, Silkeborg, Kalø, Flakkebjerg and Skejby are closed for Christmas - however with emergency telephone 8715 4020 in the period 9:00 - 13:00.

AU's information site about corona (This page is now linked to on all AU pages in a yellow bar)

Latest news from Aarhus University to the staff

General public health guidelines for on-campus activities

 

Remember the good habits!

Thomas Ulrich has made this beautiful Christmas tree for our Christmas calendar, but what kind of rock is it made of?

Send your answer to Kathrine Eg no later than December 6. Lots will be drawn between the correct answers, and the lucky winner can go home with delicious Christmas treats - yum!

Psssst ... If in doubt, then it might be an idea to watch the first episode of the Christmas calendar.