The course will provide a basic understanding of economic concepts and how government finances and the UiB finances work and interact.
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Basic understanding of the UiB economy
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Open house at UiB!
UiB once again opens the doors to some of our most significant buildings during the architecture festival Open House Bergen. This year the festival takes place on 20 and 21 September, UiB's buildings are open on Sunday.
Million-dollar grant from Norad to Bergen Center for Ethics and Prioritization (BCEPS)
The BCEPS Center for Excellence in Research at UiB has been awarded NOK 129 million from Norad. The support goes to a project that aims to help national health systems in low- and middle-income countries become better equipped to handle the…
Courses and competence development
New research project delves into violence and threats in schools
How should teachers intervene against students who behave violently or threateningly in the classroom?
In vivo Optical Imaging workshop
This seminar will introduce some of the less well-known features and applications of the IVIS Spectrum, including 3D imaging, spectral unmixing, imaging of in vitro samples, plants, and chick embryo models.
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Tips and advice for an even better workplace
Tips and advice for an even better workplace, read more about this here: Idea bank - tips and advice about the working environment and sick leave
Research Day | Eitri | 21.10-25
Research day - Eitri on 21.10-25 from 11:00-15:00
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Defence - Solveig Løkhammer – 28.10-25
Defence Solveig Løkhammer
Location: Auditorium 4, BB building, Jonas Lies vei 91
Time: 28.10-25
Thesis title: "Biological and Phenomic Risk in Mental and Somatic Disorders Susceptible to Stress and Adversity"
Defence - Ingeborg Nerbø Reiten – 24.10.25
Defence - Ingeborg Nerbø Reiten – 24.10.25
Place: Birkhaugsalen, Sentralblokken, HUS, Jonas Lies vei 65
Time: 24.10-25
Dissertation title: "New Molecules and Repurposed Drugs for Improved Cancer Therapy: Exploring Effects of Drug Combinations and Liposomal Encapsulation"
Defence– Sanaa Suleiman Said – 29.10-25
Defence Sanaa Suleiman Said
Location: Auditorium, Armauer Hansens Hus, Haukelandsveien 28
Time: 29.10-25
Dissertation title: “Rheumatoid Arthritis in Zanzibar: Exploring Clinical Presentation, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Economic Implications of Care”
Join us for a lunch seminar on the occasion of World Diabetes Day!
On the occasion of World Diabetes Day, we invite you to a professional lunch seminar. The seminar starts with lunch at 11:00 in the auditorium in Glasblokkene, Block 8, and will offer two exciting lectures from researchers who will shed light on current topics within diabetes research. This is…
Leader of the week - Silke Appel
Dear everyone,
This week is Nobel Prize week. As an immunologist, I am particularly pleased that the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries of peripheral tolerance (click "read more" for link)
The consultation deadline for the multi-campus model has passed, and now work is underway to get a good plan in place. Gottfried Greve is the new project manager for Vestlandslegen and comes to the process with extensive experience, which gives us the confidence that we will find a good solution for the study plan going forward. Please follow the newsletters from Vestlandslegen: click on "read more" for the link
For the implementation of OSKE12 on December 4th, we still need more helpers, remember to sign up! Click on "read more" for the link
Also remember that everyone must register any side jobs they may have: click "read more" for link
The agenda for the next faculty board meeting next week (October 16) is available online (click on "read more" for link). I recommend that you read through it, there are several issues on the agenda that concern us at K2 (including evaluation and proposals for organizing the financial services, new curriculum for the integrated master's program in pharmacy, mandate for a review of the core facilities).
And finally: Remember to register for the faculty's research day on Tuesday, October 21st, 11:30-15:00 at Eitri. This year's theme is "New challenges in academia". Click on "read more" for the link
Have a really good weekend!
Silke
New Mohn Research Center to provide groundbreaking studies on brain diseases
Every year, millions of people are affected by serious and incurable brain diseases such as Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. The Mohn Center for Neuroprotection is now being established in Bergen, with an ambitious goal of reversing the trend and preventing disease before it breaks out.…
HSE rounds 2025
Information about HSE Inspections 2025:
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Defence- Nasir Saeed – 17.10.25
Defence Nasir Saeed
Place: Auditorium BB building, Haukeland University Hospital
Time: 17.10-25
Dissertation title: "Follow-up of patients with acute chest pain and the use of cardiac biomarkers for long-term prognostic assessment"
Defence– Thomas Andersen – 17.10.25
Defence Thomas Andersen
Location: Auditorium, Sydbygg, Stavanger University Hospital
Time: 17.10-25
Dissertation title: "Novel biomarkers for risk prediction in chest pain and acute coronary syndromes"
UiB and BIFF – Bergen International Film Festival
We are collaborating with the Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) from 15-23 October, with the Gulluglen competition, debates, an exhibition, free film screenings for employees and much more. Many employees and students are involved in the festival, and these groups also receive discounted ticket prices.
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Digital training for managers. Follow-up of sick leave
Invitation to give a speech at Teachers' Day 2026
Teachers' Day will be held on January 30, 2026. We hereby invite academic communities from all faculties and departments to submit lectures, seminars, workshops and other academic contributions that profile current research at UiB. We therefore want this information to be disseminated to all relevant academic communities at both faculty and department.
Important information about HSE and fire safety courses at UiB
Fire safety course at UiB – Mandatory for all employees at UiB
Dont miss this!
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Disinformation and Trust in Science in the US and Beyond
Professor Emanuel (MD) is a special advisor to WHO Director General and previously served as a Special Advisor for Health Policy under President Obama, where he was instrumental in drafting the Affordable Care Act. Meet him on October 14th at Alrek health Cluster.
13:45 - Coffee, tea and scones
14:00-15:30- Ezekiel J. Emanuel. Bioethicist, health policy expert, oncologist, professor, writer University of Pennsylvania
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Newsletter – International HR – October 2025
Research Day 2025
During the Startup Preschool, participants will
✅hear founders’ personal experiences.
✅learn about the legal aspects of starting a business.
✅learn how to develop your ideas into a business.
✅get tips on where to start.
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Biobank Haukeland Presents: Ensuring Sample Quality – MRCRM Seminar
MRCRM invites you to a "How..." seminar with Ann Cathrine Kroksveen from Biobank Haukeland on September 29th at 2:00 PM–3:00 PM in Auditorium 4, BB.
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We need to strengthen our mental preparedness
This year's campaign invites a joint effort to strengthen our mental resilience in turbulent times.
Do what over 3,300 workplaces, schools, organizations and other businesses across the country did last year – put mental preparedness on the agenda from weeks 39–42 this fall!