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Bicycles, electric scooters, skateboards and similar
Riding electric scooters, skateboards, kick bikes or similar indoors is not permitted.
Nor is it permitted to store bicycles or electric scooters in the university’s premises. Folding bikes may be kept in a bag or stored away in a locker.
Batteries, white goods and electrical appliances
Due to the fire risk, portable electric heaters, air conditioning units or similar equipment are not permitted in the university’s premises.
Due to the fire risk, electric kitchen appliances such as coffee makers, kettles and hotplates may only be placed in staff rooms or staff dining areas intended for lunch and breaks and must be plugged into sockets with a timer.
Student dining areas have sockets intended for microwave ovens. Any additional sockets must be equipped with timers.
In premises rented by student associations and student sections, coffee makers and kettles may only be connected to sockets equipped with timers.
Candles
The use of candles, tea lights and similar is prohibited for all operations at Örebro University. Certain operations and events are exempted from this prohibition: memorial services for a deceased, the University Chaplaincy, teaching activities linked to the School of Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Meal Science, the Academic Celebration, Lucia celebrations and external restaurant operations. A prerequisite for the use of candles and similar light sources in the operations and events listed above is that they are always kept under supervision.
However, it is recommended that – even for these operations and events – electric candles are used instead of real candles.
Storage and lost property
The public lockers located by entrances are intended only for temporary storage. Locks are not provided. Lockers will be opened and emptied in the evening by the security guards. Any contents retrieved are handled in accordance with the information provided by the lockers.
Refrigerators and freezers in student dining areas are intended only for temporary storage of food and are emptied weekly by the cleaning staff.
Refrigerators and freezers in staff rooms are emptied by the cleaning staff if agreed as an additional service.
Lost and forgotten items found in university premises are handed in to the Info Centre at Campus Örebro and to the caretakers’ office at Campus USÖ and Campus Grythyttan.
Valuables are handed over to the police and its lost property department.
Recycling and waste sorting
Örebro University aims to recycle as much as possible of the daily waste. This means that everyone who is in the university’s premises is responsible for sorting their waste into the recycling containers provided. Information about recycling and waste sorting at the university is available on the university’s internal and external website.
All waste – such as electronics, furniture or other material – left at the university’s recycling stations belongs to the university.
Deposit containers (pant) placed in the university’s deposit bins or left in the premises are the property of the university.