Do you get better students by assessing them during the course than by traditional exams?
Assessment in higher education is the theme of an international conference organized at the University of Agder in Kristiansand 16 and 17 October.
The conference is free, including food, and the conference hotel is Scandic Bystranda.
Do you intend to prepare a proposal for the 2018 call in Horizon 2020 for Health?
Health NCP Net 2.0 is organizing a free of charge Partnering event on 7 December 2017, meant to assist you in finding the right partners for the upcoming 2018 calls. The launch of the 2018 call is planned for 7 November 2017, having the first deadline on 18 April 2018, therefore this would be a good opportunity for your institution to identify the proper consortium partners.
This Partnering event will target a wide spectrum of companies, universities and researchers from Europe and beyond interested in sharing new project ideas.
One day later, on 8 December 2017, the European Commission is organizing an Open Info Day dedicated to “Health, Demographic Change & Wellbeing (SC1)” challenge in Horizon 2020 and focusing on the 2018 call.
Do not miss an opportunity to attend both of these events and establish valuable contacts with other experts as well as European Commission representatives!
Registration opens 8 October. More info on their webpage.
In cooperation with Bergen International film festival (BIFF) 21–25 September, we would like to invite all employees and students to a free screening of the films Burning out and Unrest. Free pizza from 16:00 for the 100 first arriving!
More information here.
We are presenting Ellen Christine Røyrvik, a new post doctor at K2. She is going to work with genetics and autoimmunity at KG Jebsen Center for autoimmunity. If you want to say hi you can find here on the 8th floor in the laboratory building. She can also be contacted by mail at: ellen.royrvik@uib.no
Here, you find this week’s deadlines.
Here are recent publications with contributions from K2 based on last week’s search on PubMed (and optionally articles that have not been included in previous lists). This time the list includes in total 31 recent publications. The entries appear in the order they were received from NCBI. If you have publications that are not included in this or previous lists, please send the references to Johnny Laupsa-Borge.
In continuation of citations from Brecht, with the following arguments:
– The University Headmaster has invited us all to attend this play.
– The good person: This week two prominent academics and social commentators left us: Per Fugelli and Frank Årebrot. Fugelli has formerly teached at UiB, and I still remember his speech to our freshman medical student group regarding egoism (pay claims) versus societal responsibilities (to promote patients’ and society’s best). Årebrot was an exceptional lecturer who really managed to create enthusiasm and interest for his subjects. They were proper role models! May they rest in peace.
– Szechwan: stated as a city in China. I do not find this on the map, but the region of Sichuan south-west of China, with the province capital Chengdu and it’s approximately 14 million inhabitants, may be the most appropriate analogy. This is really FAR away and definitely different from Norway and Bergen. What is the link to this editorial? INTERNATIONALIZATION. Bullet point number three on the Dean’s list of major commitments for the Medical Faculty.
Promoting cooperation across borders opens a larger potential “stock” of professionals to be attached to our Department. While scanning through the list of PhD students and Postdocs, I see many Asian and other non-Norwegian names. When receiving e-mail responses in English and the fact that we see the need (and value!) of publishing K2-nytt also in English, proves that many international employees are attached to (and hopefully attracted by) our Department. K2 will very much encourage their employees (as well as students) to work and cooperate abroad. I stayed half a year during my postdoc period in Hong Kong, a really exciting experience for the whole family! International schooling worked well, and my husband had a similar academic affiliation. Both educational and research cooperation were initiated and have been continued further on.
Many possibilities for international cooperation do exist; Horizon2020 (the EU research and innovation program) is but one. The University of Bergen hosts a kick-off seminar 31st of October (see separate announcement in this K2-nytt). The upcoming programs/work packages will be presented, including Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing. Do look out for interesting possibilities/subjects for your scientific environment!
Jone
UoB has great awareness of the risk of violence and intimidation, and leaders at the university are responsible for ensuring that the working environment is fully in accordance with the Guidelines for dealing with violence and threats. As part of this work, the Section for HSE and BHT offers the introduction course “Managing violence and threats”.
Time: Friday 8 December at. 09:00–12:00.
Location: C.G. Sundt’s house, meeting room A / B, Muséplassen 1.
Target audience: Leaders of all levels, as well as HSE delegates.
Goals:
Application deadline: Friday 24 November 2017.
Registration. (Link in Norwegian.)
The course has limited number of places. Confirmed registration will be sent to the participants.
More information here. (Link in Norwegian.)
(Information only in Norwegian.)
Til samtlige enheter, institutt og fakulteter.
Intern og ekstern post fra Transport- og parkseksjonen (TPS)
Fra og med mandag 18. september til og med fredag 22. september vil det kun bli kjørt én (1) postrunde. I denne perioden vil posten bli levert på et tidligere tidspunkt enn vanlig. Postlevering til enhetene på Årstadvollen vil bli utført før kl. 08:00 grunnet stengte veier .
Eventuelle spørsmål om dette kan rettes til postansvarlig Knut-Egil Larsen:
Telefon kontor: 55 58 20 71
Mobil: 905 04 899
E-post: Knut-Egil.Larsen@uib.no
Campusbuss
Campusbussen stenger ned hele uken fra og med mandag 18. september til og med fredag 22. september. Dette skyldes stengte veier til og fra Nygårdshøyden og Årstadvollen. Det betyr at siste runde FØR nedstenging blir fredag 15. september. Bussen går i normal rute igjen fra mandag 25. september.
Transport- og materiellseksjonen
De to gruppene på materiellsiden stenger også ned samme uke. Vi beholder en mann på vakt for å ta enkle monteringer på Nygårdshøyden og Marineholmen. Denne uken kan man altså IKKE påregne flyttinger eller oppdrag som krever to mann eller mer. Kun enkle monterings- og transportoppdrag vil bli gjennomført. Større oppdrag som krever mer enn to personer, må vente til etter 25. september.
Forsinkelser kan forekomme i alle ledd under VM, og post som blir levert fra eksterne leverandører til UiB, må påregne forsinkelser grunnet redusert framkommelighet.
Med vennlig hilsen
Sverre Pettersen
– leder i Transport- og parkseksjonen (TPS) –
Centre for Nutrition has the pleasure of inviting you to a new seminar in our series of seminars with lectures on nutrition by researchers from home and abroad. The series addresses key challenges in nutrition and health.
Time: Wednesday 27 September at. 14:30–15:30.
Place: Birkhaugsalen, Sentralblokken, Haukeland University Hospital.
Program:
”The decade of nutrition and global focus areas”
Ingunn Engebretsen, Centre for International Health
Moderator: Gülen Arslan Lied
There will be light refreshments. Welcome!
Norway has good health records, but do we manage to exploit the potential that this represents?
The meeting will focus on challenges and opportunities around health data and seek solutions that can give researchers, medical companies and patients greater benefit from health data as a common resource. The meeting will be interesting for doctors in general practice, clinicians and pre-clinical, industrial players with more.
It aims to elucidate important questions about access and use of data, and the usefulness of the material gathered in public registers and biobanks. Therefore, important owners and managers of health data will attend the meeting.
Helse Bergen, the University of Bergen, LMI and Bergen Teknologioverføring (BTO) arrange the meeting, and they want to help launch several valuable studies using unique health register data.
Time: 24 October 2017 at. 15:30–19:30
Location: Bikuben, Haukeland University Hospital.
Deadline for registration: 16 October.
There are limited places.
Program. (Link in Norwegian.)
There are places available on the following modules in university pedagogy this autumn:
UPED632 Enhancing Your Course with Canvas
Course dates: 26 September, 17 October and 14 November
UPED621 Assessment and assessment methods
Course dates: 26, 27 October and 9 November