The Advisory Board at Aarhus University, Health, was established in 2012 and comprises external members with various areas of expertise and interests in the fields of health sciences research, teaching, talent development and knowledge transfer.
The Advisory Board counsels the Dean and the other members of the management team at Health on issues such as the strategy and development of the faculty. In this way, it contributes to ongoing quality assurance of the activities carried out at the faculty.
The Advisory Board meets once every two years.
| Navn | Institution |
| Andrew Bowie | Trinity College Dublin |
| Anne-Marie Engel | LEO Foundation |
| Darine Ghanem | Roche |
| Dorte Arnbjerg | Lundbeck |
| Janet Metcalfe | VITAE |
| Julia Fox | Truvic |
| Katarina Mårtensson | Lund University |
| Mads Frederik Rasmussen | Novo Nordisk |
| Mike Curtis | King’s College London |
| Paul Stewart | University of Leeds |
| Robert Kronstrand | Linköping University |
| Ruth Müller | TUM |
| Timme Bisgaard Munk | Kommunikationsforum.dk |
The employer panels at Aarhus University, Health are made up of representatives from public and private sector companies, organisations and institutions. The members of the individual panels must have experience in and insight into the educational area and the areas of employment to which the respective study programmes provide access.
Appointments to the employer panels are made by the Rector on recommendation from the Dean. The individual members are appointed for two years at a time.
The employer panels meet with boards of studies and other representatives for the faculty 1-2 times a year. The role of the employer panels includes:
Degree programmes with employer panels at Health:
The employer panels at Health have been established in pursuance of Ministerial Order concerning Universities.
The Academic Council is to:
In addition, the Academic Council may make statements about all academic issues of significance to the activities of the university, and has a duty to discuss academic matters presented by the rector for their consideration.
The Academic Council comprises representatives of the academic staff, including employed PhD students and student representatives.
Members of the council are elected by and from the academic staff, the PhD students and the student body.
The industrial cooperation committee at Aarhus University, Health will contribute to society’s value creation, innovation capacity and competitiveness by strengthening collaboration between the faculty, business and industry and the public sector.
The purpose of the Health Research Forum is to promote initiatives across Health and contribute to achieving the Faculty's visions in research, talent development and recruitment.
The Forum for Education has the task of contributing to the continued safeguarding and development of quality assurance at Health with a view to identifying the need for joint discussions, initiatives and guidelines, including following the work of the boards of studies, among other things in consideration of the legal rights of the students.
It is Health's ambition to be a faculty where everyone – students and staff alike – experiences being part of an inclusive work and study environment.
Health Gender Equality Committee will ensure action on initiatives that promote gender equality, diversity and equality in the faculty.
Find out more about the members and activities of the Gender Equality Committee
Please find information about the PhD Committee's members and responsibilities at the Graduate School of Health.
The boards of studies are composed of equal numbers of representatives from the student body and the academic staff. The boards of studies prepare proposals for curricula, consider exemptions and are, generally speaking, fora for discussions of the content and form of the degree programmes.
The boards of studies are responsible for the following tasks:
Finally, it provides a forum for the directors of studies and the heads of department to remain mutually oriented and allows them to work together on development, including the physical surroundings, educational initiatives, etc.
Lists of members are presented under the separate boards of studies (in Danish)