Every year in August, in collaboration with two major players in the wind industry, Vestas and Siemens Gamesa, Aarhus University brings together a team of talented engineering students at an international summer school on wind energy. The aim is to attract talent to the Danish energy sector. And it is urgent.

Artificial skin filled with electronic neurons and synapses will pave the way for prostheses that allow users to feel the heat of the sun, sand between their toes and perhaps even the pain of falling and grazing a knee. A new research fellow will help make this possible.

The biggest day of the year has dawned for hundreds of new engineering students starting the first day on their new degree programmes at Aarhus University. “It’s a landmark day on which it’s crucial to remember the key role of student advisers," says the director of studies.