AARHUS UNIVERSITY

AARHUS UNIVERSITY STAFF MEETING The Main Hall, 9 November 2010

Aarhus University's budgetary framework • Current university policy issues • Vision plan for physical development • Status of the academic development process • Presentation of new deans

Aarhus University's budgetary framework • Satisfactoryfinancialresultanticipated for 2010 • Although the 2011 Budget has not yetbeenadopted by the Danish Parliament, a politicalaccordon the allocation of globalisation funds for 2011 wasreachedon 30 October and for the 2011 Budget on 8 November: • Basic research funding: new DKK 270 million pool for distribution among Danish universities • Matching funds: DKK 100 million to match private subsidies • Reductiononeducation and ’otherpurposes’: DKK 225 million • Prognosisfor AU's 2011 budget: continuedgrowth, but at a slightlylowerlevelthan in previousyears

Aarhus University's budgetary framework • Globalisation funds from the government's globalisation pool are an important element in AU's finances • Over 0.5 billion kroner in 2011 alone received in the form of basic research funding - nearly 10% of the total budget • Also a significant proportion of competitive funding (external subsidies) • New challenge: funding from globalisation pool runs out after 2012 • Aarhus University's budget proposal for 2011 will be presented to the University Board for approval on 16 December • The nine main academic areas have submitted independent budget proposals which will form the basis of the budgets for the four new main academic areas in the 2011 budget. • Aarhus University's 2011 budget is projected to be approx. DKK 5.9 billion.

Administrative costs • The Danish Assocation of Masters and PhDs (DM) held the conference 'Follow the Money' and presented a reportclaiming to documentdramaticincreases in administrative costs • Universities Denmark and individualuniversitiesstronglydisagreewith the report'sconclusions • A difficultquestion of interpretation: • Whichareas and functionsare administrative, and whichare not? • Manymergers in the period 2005-2009 • Administrative costshaveincreased in thisperiod as a result of a necessaryprocess of modernisation as well as increased administrative burdensrelated to governmentrequirements.

The development of total costs 2005-09 Aarhus University’s total costs 2005-2009 allocated on activities - 2010-level, mio. kr.

The development of administrative costs • Primary explanation for increased administrative costs: • the modernisation and professionalisation of the university's administrative processes and structures. AU still below average for university sector • Approx. DKK 50 million in annual merger-related costs • Strategic initiatives such as increased internationalisation and research support • Growth in governmental requirements, for example the accreditation process and the demand for more complex reporting on activities

Financing higher education: a necessary debate • Universities in the international elite cannotbecreatedthrough public sectorinvestmentalone • The quality of education is crucial for Denmark's international competitiveness, growth and welfare • Highereducation in Denmark is underfinanced by over DKK 1.5 billion • An additional DKK 2.9 billion willberequired over the nextdecade to enableuniversities to accommodate an increase in the size of the student body and to meet the government's ’50% goal' • A seriousdebateon alternative sources of fundingwhichwellmightchallengeconventional Danish standpoints and principles is necessary.

The debate on 'small subjects' Main issues at stake in the debate • Financing • The taxameter system makes it difficult to finance 'small' but academicallysignificantprograms. • Societalconsiderations • More politicians and business leadersnowacknowledgethat the 'small subjects' areindispensable. • Knowledge of a broadspectrum of languages and cultures is necessary, whetherwearedoing business, outsourcing jobs, ordiscussingdemocracy. • Continualdevelopment of the AU profile • Development of Aarhus Faculty of Arts • Including a focusoneducation – for ’small subjects’ as well.

Gender equality Background for the initiative (statistics from January 2010): The Danish University and Property Agency has granted AU permission to establish • 10 associate professor positions: DKK 100,000 in research fundingand transition postdocsalaryfunded by central AU pool • 10 MSO professorships: difference betweenassociate professor salary and MSO salaryfunded by central AU pool for 2 1/2 years

Conditions: Both men and womeneligible to apply Positions must go to bestqualifiedapplicantsregardless of sex If the bestqualifiedapplicant is a woman, the AU pool providesfunding Goals: To avoidloosingtalented researchers To encourage more femaleapplicants to associate professor and full professor positions Additionalgenderequalityinitiatives: Charter for more women in management, mentorshipprogramme, action plans at facultylevel, clearly marked careerpaths A management developmentprogramme and an employeedevelopment interview (MUS) conceptarealsoon the way Gender equality initiatives

The 2010 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences willbeawarded to Professor Dale T. Mortensen on 10 December. Dr Mortensen took up a Niels Bohr professorshipfunded by the Danish National Research Foundation at Aarhus University in 2006. Dr Mortensen has collaboratedwith the Department of Economicssince 1982 and has exercised a significantinfluenceon the development of labourmarket research at AU. Dr Mortensen's term as Niels Bohr professorshipexpiresnextyear; Aarhus University has extended his term by fiveyears. Nobel Prize awarded to Niels Bohr professor at AU

AU to host EUA Annual Conference 2011 • EUA represents 800+ research institutions in 46 countries • The conference marks the 10th anniversary of EUA • Theme: Investing Today in Talent for Tomorrow • Attracting research talent to Europe • Career paths for young researchers • Balancing elite and mass education • International collaboration on researcher talent development • 500 participants: university rectors, politicians, special interest organisations, researchers, students • Concurrent PhD conference and business conference

Vision plan 2010-2028 The Katrinebjerg area The Lille Barnow • Aarhus University will retain the main Aarhus campus and extend its campus in Emdrup • Teaching facilities, research facilities and experimental stations will be retained in selected locations • The Aarhus and Emdrup campuses will grow in coming years • Possibilities for expansion in Aarhus: • The Lille Barnow property • The Katrinebjerg area • The University Park campus • The Aarhus Hospital property University Park Campus Aarhus Sygehus

Current and upcoming construction projects • Five projects in progress: the iNANO building on Langelandsgade, the expansion of ASB on Fuglesangs Allé, the new IT building in Katrinebjerg, the conservatory in the Botanical Gardens and the expansion of AU-HIH in Herning (approx. 29,000 m 2) • Twoplannedlaboratoryfacilities for the naturalsciences and healthscienceson the University Park campus (approx. 16,000 m2) • Furthermore: Buildings for Aarhus School of Engineering at the Katrinebjerg area and NAVITAS at the harbor (approx. 44,000 m2) • Construction projecton Lille Barnowproperty (up to 61,000 m2) • Preparations for expansion in Katrinebjerg to accommodate • agriculturalsciencesactivities • Preparation of Emdrup expansion

Status of the academic development process • Design and implementation of new organisational structure with fewer main academic areas, departments and levels of administration • Structure of new main academic areas: approved in June; to be implemented in January 2011 • Departmental structure: Proposals submitted in December, decision in January 2011; implementation in the spring of 2011 • Administrative structure: Proposals submitted in January2011; decision in February; implementation in the course of 2011 • Geographical/physical infrastructure • Vision plan for physical development 2010-2028 approved • Establish a cohesive management with the resources to exercise strategic leadership • New deans start on 1 November; assume duties as deans on 1 January 2011 • New university management group a reality as of 1 January 2011 • Interfaculty organisational functions: Appointment of vice deans in early 2011; interfaculty functions to be established hereafter • New financial model under development; to be implemented in the course of 2011

Dean of Aarhus Faculty of Arts Associate Dean for Research at the University of Copenhagen'sFaculty of Humanitiessince 2006 Director of the European Centre for Chinese Studies at Peking University Boardmember for International Society for the Study of ChineseOverseas Member of the editorialboard for Journal of ChineseOverseas Mette Thunø

Dean of Aarhus Faculty of Science and Technology Head of the Aarhus University Department of Physics and Astronomy since 2009 Deputy Director of iNANO, 2006-2009 Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters since 2006 Brian Bech Nielsen

Dean of Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences Dean of the Aarhus University Faculty of Social Sciences since 2005 Member of the Advisory Board for Center for Research in Econometric Analysis of Time Series (CREATES) since 2007 Associate editor of The Scandinavian Journal of Economics since 1995 Associate editor of Macroeconomic Dynamics since 1997 Svend Hylleberg

Dean of Aarhus Faculty of Health Sciences Professor at the Department of Endocrinology, Aarhus University Hospital since 2009 Recipient of numerous national and international awards for research and popular publications President of the Danish diabetes association Diabetesforeningen for ten years Allan Flyvbjerg

Thank you for your attention And remember: there will be a reception to welcome the new deans on 6 January in Stakladen RECTOR LAURITZ B. HOLM-NIELSEN

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