Rectorate newsletter
Read this months columns and SDU profile
Information about current activities and discussions at the University.
Columns
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Rector Jens Ringsmose, Pro-Rector Helle Waagepetersen and University Director Thomas Buchvald Vind
Summer greetings from the Rectorate
Summer is upon us. In these parts, the month of June goes together with bright nights, strawberries, high school graduation parades in decorated lorries, exams, new graduates (and proud parents), festivals, blackbirds singing at 3.45 in the morning, new potatoes and Midsommervisen, a Danish song traditionally sung at the midsummer bonfires. Even people with a penchant for pessimism are struggling to stay gloomy.
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Helle Waagepetersen, Pro-Rector
There is an art to creating high-quality education programmes
Quality is not something we control – it is something we develop together. Join us on the motorway and read about how we are charting the education programmes of the future together.
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Liora Volqvartz
Volunteering: Who is pulling the load – and who is not?
Volunteering is not just a hobby. It is the invisible work that invigorates the community and brings the University to life. Nevertheless, far too few people take it on. So what may be holding us back?
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Marianne Holmer, Dean, Faculty of Science
The SDU elections are for all SDU’s students
In the White Paper 2025, we present four key recommendations to strengthen the quality of the internationalisation of Danish research and education.
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