Daily Archives: Tuesday March 4th, 2025

Climate-friendly cities, active mobility and cancer

March 17, 14:00–15:30

Welcome to our event where we will take a closer look at an upcoming call in Horizon Europe. The theme is the use of walking and cycling in cities as a way to prevent cancer. This call is a joint effort between the European missions for cancer control and the development of climate-neutral, smart cities.

The webinar is organized in collaboration with the national platforms for the missions. This includes the Cancer Society, Doga, the EU network ITS Horizon, and the Research Council.

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Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation – How Do We Acquire the Competence Needed by the Workforce?

Digital technology and artificial intelligence are transforming society and the workforce. How are companies like Siemens Energy and Trondheim Municipality working on competence development to meet the future? Are they getting what they need from NTNU and other educational institutions? Join the breakfast meeting with the Competence Needs Committee and gain insight into how the business sector and the education system can together meet the competence needs in a digital world.

Friday, March 28, 2025, 08:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Link to the event

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Knowledge Talk: Artificial Intelligence in the Higher Education Sector – How to Build the Necessary Competence?

In this Knowledge Talk, we explore the importance of digital competence to address the opportunities and challenges AI presents for the work of higher education institutions, and how we should work moving forward to strengthen this competence.

Time: March 27, 2025, 09:00 AM – March 27, 2025, 10:00 AM Location: Online

Link to event

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Establish UiB service center for pay, travel and absence

Hello everyone!

From 1st of March, you can contact the Service Centre for salary, travel, and absence if you need help with, for example, travel expenses, salary, holiday, the self-service portal, leave of absence, and more. The services provided by the Service Centre will largely be the same as those previously delivered by the Salary Section, but there will be an increased focus on user support through a dedicated support team that can assist you with your inquiries.

The Service Centre’s support team has the following three channels and opening hours:

  • UiB Help: Available 24/7
  • Telephone (via Teams or mobile phone): 10:00 am – 14:00 pm
  • Chat: 9:30 am – 14:30 pm

Find more information on the Service Centre’s website here: Service Centre for salary, travel, and absence.

Etablering av tjenestesenter_Kort infopakke

Etablering av tjenestesenter_Kort infopakke

Defense | Heiko Bratke | 17.03.2025

THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE

UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

DEFENSE OF THE PH.D. DEGREE

Heiko Bratke

The candidate is from the Department of Clinical Science 2

Main Supervisor: Professor II Torild Skrivarhaug

Co-supervisors: Professor Pål Njølstad and Ph.D. Hanna Dis Margeirsdottir

Trial Lecture: Monday, March 17, 2025, at 10:15 AM

Location: Auditorium 1, BB-building, Jonas Lies vei 91

Assigned topic: “Early detection of type 1 diabetes mellitus, possibilities and challenges”

Defense: Monday, March 17, 2025, at 12:15 PM

Location: Auditorium 1, BB-building, Jonas Lies vei 91

Title of the dissertation: “Pediatric Diabetes Care in Norway. Glycemic Results and Health-Related Quality of Life”

Opponent: Ph.D. Frida Sundberg, Örebro University, Sweden Opponent: Ph.D. Peter Adolfsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Committee member: Associate Professor Marianne Øksnes, University of Bergen

The defense will be led by Associate Professor Marc Vaudel.

Open to all interested parties

Announcement of elections in groups A, B and C to the Faculty of Medicine

Hi,

Announcements for the Election of Representatives from Groups A, B, and C to the Institute Council K2 and the Faculty Board at the Faculty of Medicine

The deadlines for submitting written candidate proposals to the Faculty Election Committee c/o Gjert Bakkevold, gjert.bakkevold@uib.no are:

Candidates for the Institute Council and the Faculty Board – proposal deadline April 4th

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