The Hejredal Hall of Residence, which is home to many international students, is located in the middle of Gellerupparken. Gellerup has been hard hit by burglaries, and the latest statistics show that the number of break-ins more than doubled between early 2010 and early 2011. The police have invested extra resources, and say that the situation is changing for the better.

On 1 January Aarhus University will be merging with the Engineering College of Aarhus.

2012 is the year in which all the staff at Aarhus University will be linked to the same shared email and diary system.

Aarhus University is one of the partners involved when Folkeuniversitetet opens its doors on 9-18 March 2012 for the Festival of the Century to focus on the 18th century.

On 7 December the University International Club held its annual Christmas party in Stakladen – a chance for international researchers and their spouses to find out what a truly traditional Danish Christmas is like.

If Aarhus University wants to attract the best young researchers in the world, it needs to offer them a tenure track system, say the managers of a number of the university’s basic research centres. The question is when this system should be offered to them.

Boredom, arguments and washing your clothes. Living with a partner can be difficult sometimes. An associate professor at AU has written a new book explaining the psychology of love and relationships.

Is your family far away – in another country perhaps? Are you going to be studying or working over the Christmas holiday? Or would you just like some company on Christmas Eve?