AAU aims to enhance well-being and maintain a healthy working environment where everyone can develop with the support of the community.

A safe, secure, and healthy working and educational environment is crucial for the university's development and productivity, as well as for the well-being and motivation of both employees and students.

The concepts of working environment and educational environment (also called study environment) cover physical factors such as indoor climate, ergonomics, chemical influences, and accident risks, as well as psychological factors such as workload, time pressure, and social relations between colleagues.

On these pages we generally use the term 'working environment' rather than 'work environment', but latter term might in fact be more appropiate in some cases.

In Denmark, the Working Environment Act sets rules for how employers and employees must collaborate to develop a safe and healthy working environment with guidance from labor market organizations and supervision and control from the Danish Working Environment Authority.

Similarly, the Educational Environment Act regulates how pupils and students must participate in and collaborate with the management of educational institutions to provide a good educational environment with guidance and supervision from the Danish Centre for Educational Environment.

The Working Environment Section

At Aalborg University, a central Working Environment Section (Danish abbreviation: AMS) has been established to support all departments with advice and guidance. This is done on the mandate of the university's top management - in collaboration with the Main Working Environment Committee (HAMiU) and the Main Joint Consultation Committee (HSU).

AMS includes development consultants in the HR department, who work with organizational and social working environment, and working environment specialists in Campus Service (CAS), who work with physical, chemical, and biological working environment - as well as emergency preparedness. Through AMS, the two departments collaborate on a number of joint tasks, including the implementation of internal AAU rules and procedures regarding the working environment - such as periodic workplace assessments (WPA, in Danish: APV), working environment organization, and the simultaneous election of health and safety representatives, among others.

If you need to contact the Working Environment Section, you can do so by writing to the section's shared mailbox: arbejdsmiljoesektion@adm.aau.dk.

Efforts for a Good Educational Environment

The working environment of employees and the educational environment of students are two sides of the same coin. For example, the indoor climate and light and sound conditions in an auditorium are important for both the teacher's working environment and the students' educational environment. Similarly, the professional and social relationships between a supervisor and a project group can affect the well-being of both parties.

Just as a good working environment should help make the university an attractive workplace for all employees, a good educational environment should be an attractive framework for all students' educational activities and other student life.

Read more about student life and well-being - and how you as a student at AAU can help influence the development of the educational environment at the university: Student Life and Well-being.