• For participants to achieve the most significant possible learning outcome, we strongly recommend that the participant is actively involved in teaching/supervision activities during the programme period, since a large part of the programme activities involve course development and trials which is appropriate in the participant’s own practice.
• It is recommended that the participants have some experience with teaching and /or supervision planning before participation in the University Pedagogical Programme.
• Participants must have a supervisor from their own department as supervision and feedback from the supervisor during participation in the University Pedagogical Programme is expected. The scope, form and overall content of the supervisor’s role are decided locally at the faculty or department. Please get in touch with the appropriate department or faculty for any further clarification.
  The supervisor can find further information here.
• Participants must be able to set aside all the specified meeting days as well as time for preparation before each meeting day. An overview of the programme as well as the scope of the preparation can be found below.
• Physical attendance on the meeting dates is mandatory. It is not possible to attend online on any of the meeting days.
• Participants must be present for at least 80% of the in-class hours (online activities and independent work do not count). If they are absent more than 20%, they will not be able to pass the course, regardless of the reasons for the absence. A notable exception must exist for not participating on the last dissemination day.
• Participants do not earn credits for having completed parts of the course and are thus required to retake it in its entirety.
• Participants must complete and submit ­all assignments before or at the deadlines and actively participate in the meeting days.
• The programme must be completed within the semester in question.
• A diploma will be issued after completion of the programme.

Target group

The programme is primarily aimed at assistant professors and researchers on their way to qualify and apply for a position as associate professor in accordance with the ministerial order on the classification of academic ranks and titles at Danish universities.
In addition, the programme can be offered to other employees on their way to qualify for a position as associate professor, if the department finds it relevant, based on the employees teaching obligations and/or career path.

Participation in the programme requires considerable preparation throughout the whole programme. The programme has a scope corresponding to 150 working hours distributed over one semester.

Before the three-day seminar, participants must expect a workload of about 30 hours for completing assignments. 
The seminar days consist of 22 hours.
The following project period including the two workshops and three collegial supervision meetings requires approximately 85 working hours. 
The final dissemination day requires approximately 7 working hours for preparation before the meeting, which consists of 5 hours.

Language

The programme is held in English for both English-speaking and Danish-speaking participants. Please note that all course materials will be in English (texts, course site in Brightspace, etc.).
Participants must upload assignments, etc. in English unless otherwise agreed.

Location

The three-day seminar is held at an external venue in Aarhus and the following workshops and meetings are held at Campus Aarhus. All meeting days are held as day seminars, with no overnight stay. 

To be considered for a place in the programme, the employee must contact the management of the department for an agreement about participation in the programme.
The departments and centres at AU collaborate with the faculties about nomination of participants. After finalising the internal process, the faculties register the nominated participants for the programme.
If you have questions regarding the internal process at your faculty, please contact the relevevant coordinator below.

ARTS: Dean’s Office, Rasmus Rosenkrands Holleufer, e-mail rarh@au.dk

Aarhus BSS: Administrative Centre Aarhus BSS, Iben Lund, e-mail ihsl@au.dk

HEALTH: https://health.medarbejdere.au.dk/uddannelsesomraadet/undervisning-og-eksamen/universitetspaedagogikum (Link for application at HEALTH)

NAT: Dean’s Office, Kristian Mørch Abell, e-mail krab@au.dk

TECH: Dean’s Office, Mathilde Andersen, e-mail m.andersen@au.dk

Please note that it is not possible to enroll in the programme after this internal process has been completed. Therefore, we recommend that the employee to contact the appropriate manager well in advance. 

For the Spring programme 2025, no later than by the end of October 2024.
When the approval process of the nominated participants has been completed, the participants will receive a final letter of confirmation by email approximately by the end of May 2024.

Before registering for the programme, participants should ensure they have the necessary time for participation and can set aside the specified meeting days and time for preparation.

The programme is for AU employees only and is free of charge.