Student well-being concerns social, personal and academic aspects of student life, and it is therefore important to promote a good culture of well-being, including strengthening the combination of academic, social and personal well-being. Good well-being provides good learning. It’s both an individual and a communal responsibility; students themselves, their fellow students and their lecturers all have a major influence. AU cares about student well-being and focuses on ensuring that students with special needs can obtain academic support for completing their studies.
Special information for students with disabilities: Special Educational Support (SPS) is aimed at students with mental health challenges, dyslexia (word blindness) or ( dyscalculia (number blindness), physical disabilities, long-term disorders and similar. The purpose of the support scheme is to enable students with functional impairments to complete a university degree on equal terms with ordinary students. The SPS office helps students apply for relevant support and provides information, guidance and advice on special educational support for current and future students with disabilities. Meetings with students are offered as telephone calls, in-person or online.
For future students, SPS participates in U-days in Aarhus and in Emdrup. SPS also participates in the Student Fair, and gives presentations for new students at departments such as the Department of English. SPS and the Counselling and Support Centre have jointly introduced online introductory meetings for new students with dyslexia and for new students with other disabilities. SPS is always available for help.
Theme on student well-being at AU Educate aimed at teaching staff, including descriptions of examples of practice for inspiration. There is also help on what lecturers can do and who to contact if they experience students in some form of distress.
Guidance for teaching staff on how to make texts digitally accessible for students using text-to-speech programs.
Accessibility map at AU showing the location of level-free entrances, lifts and accessible toilets in the university buildings in the University Park and Vennelystparken.
At AU, we are committed to treating each other with decency and respect. Yet, despite this, students occasionally find themselves subjected to offensive behaviour or harassment. This website (https://studerende.au.dk/chikane) therefore includes information on who students can contact in such situations.
