Internal news and events from Aarhus BSS

Each year, the Mentor100 programme offers 100 Master’s degree students across Aarhus BSS the chance to get intensive and personal mentoring on the brink of their career. The programme is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and is aimed at students within all fields of study at Aarhus BSS. In addition, all employees who are Aarhus BSS alumni may sign up mentor a student.

It makes good sense to listen to the needs of the employers and the local business community - especially when planning degree programmes. At BTECH, a close dialogue with local partners has just resulted in the decision to move the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (HD) (Financial Counselling) back to the department from the next semester.

In the future, academic staff at Aarhus must have access to more academic and administrative support when applying for external funding. For this reason, the faculty management team has just appointed a committee consisting of VIPs from across the school, and Dean Thomas Pallesen and Vice-dean Per Baltzer Overgaard will be visiting the departments in the near future to discuss opportunities and initiatives.

During the first six weeks of 2017, no less than three Aarhus BSS alumni have dominated the headlines by taking up top positions in large international groups.

The Department of Law has just completed a large project in which Educational IT was incorporated into an entire Bachelor’s degree programme. The process was rewarding, but challenging and has given Vice-dean for Education Per Andersen food for thought. Among other things, lecturers must have increased access to technical support in future, and Educational IT should only be used when it makes sense academically.