Working life in change – what about the working environment? Digital breakfast seminar Wednesday 28 May 2025 on TEAMS at 0830-1000 Employeeship and care The working environment is about how we organize, plan and carry out our work.
A good working environment is characterized by good management, participation from employees and clear organizational frameworks. Competence, good communication, mastery and recognition provide both security and well-being. Through the breakfast seminar series Working life in change – what about the working environment?, the safety service at UiB wants to shine a spotlight on the importance of factors that build a good working environment. The second breakfast seminar of the year in the series Working life in change – what about the working environment will be held on Wednesday 28 May. The university as an attractive employer in 2025 is largely about employeeship and care. The Action Plan for Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) is UiB’s overall plan for working environment development. The current action plan is anchored in UiB’s strategy and includes three HSE goals, which are in turn specified in sub-goals. Central sub-goals in the action plan deal with the systematic care of younger academic staff. Modern and good managers know how to focus on good relationships between employees and the importance of being happy in order to perform.
A safe and stimulating working environment contributes to academic environments that master, perform and develop. In 2022, SLATE (The Norwegian National Centre for Learning Analysis) received UiB’s working environment award. Senior researcher Ingunn Johanne Ness will be at the breakfast seminar on 28 May to talk about the working environment work at SLATE. The UiB Ferd career centre supports researchers in the early stages with information and guidance on career opportunities both within and outside academia. Head of UiB Ferd Ellen Hagen has been invited to share experience from the guidance room. The working environment is not something that “administrative” jobs have, each individual is someone’s working environment, whether you are a professor or a research fellow. Over the past few years, the importance of annual performance reviews has been emphasized at UiB in various arenas, including the University Board. Kristin Miskov Nodland will contribute to starting a reflection on how to make performance reviews useful for both managers and individual employees (in light of the current situation)
