How do you give a tip to TV2? What was needed to get cancer research from UoB on the front page of VG? UoB is holding a seminar about researchers in the media, Wednesday April 2 at 08:30-12:00, in auditorium 4, Jussbygget. Registration before Friday March 28. For more information (in Norwegian).
The Minister of Health is coming. Are you coming?
The Health Industry Conference 2014 will be held on Monday May 25, at Radisson Blu Scandinavia, Oslo. For more information (in Norwegian).
UiB is inviting applicants to apply for funding to the Strategic Programme for International Research and Education (SPIRE). The programmn is primarily oriented towards the BRIKS-countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South-Africa) and Japan. Application deadline is April 30. Click here for more information. Click here for application form.
With focus on education and research
The Solberg government is referring to knowledge as “the new oil” for Norway. Focus is on the university and college sector as the key to the knowledge society. In January, the Minister of Education and Research, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, presented 7 main points for how the government will proceed in its examination of the issue. The University and college sector will have both its funding and structure reviewed, and a course of action will be presented in a Government report in 2015. The government will also consider how changes in funding may strengthen both education and research, while also focusing on how scientific employees are looked after. A central point that was highlighted was the need for developing a strategy in order to motivate researchers to apply for EU funding. In addition, the government will look at recruitment, employment structure and career development. It is great that we have these floodlights shining upon us!
However, does K2 or MOF have a strategy for input to this important process? Here it is important to get involved. You can read more via this link.
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On Tuesday March 11, the IT-department has to perfor necessary maintenance work on “fellesområdene” under the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Normally, this can be found under P: in Windows, but there could be different project-areas also contained under this with different letters.
Between 7 pm and 10 pm on Tuesday March 3, the system will be cut off for approximately one hour when the maintenance work is being performed. Thus, it is recommended to log off the system before going home, and not do any work during this time period. If the “fellesområder” do not work after 10 pm on March 11, a restart of the computer should fix this.
If there are any problems, please contact Brita at 555847000 (during work hours) or report an issue at https://bs.uib.no/ . We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
On Thursday Match 6, Barneombudet will hand over the report “Helse på barns premisser” to Minister of Health Bent Høie and Minister of Children, Equality and Social
Inclusion Solveig Horne. Click here to read more about the programme (In
Norwegian). Click here to read the report (In Norwegian).
The Lipid group headed by project leader Rolf Kristian Berge has been awarded grants for two NFR-projects. One grant is awarded within the BIONAER programme where research on bioactive peptides are to be conducted, and another is awarded within the BIOTEK 2021 programme where research focuses on bioactive fatty acids. K2 congratulates!
NFR has initiated new routines for electronic
contract handling, and starting on January 8 2014, contracts for NFR-projects
must be approved at “Mitt nettsted” at the NFR website. Click here for more information (In Norwegian)
Have you ever been treated, or viewed as, or felt, different on the basis of skin color/ethnicity/facial features? Department of Education under the Faculty of Psychology are looking for participants to a research project which aims to understand how topics such as differential treatment, identity, belonging and exclusion is felt and communicated through personal stories.
Click on the link below to read more about this (In Norwegian)
The Bergen Postgraduate School of Clinical Medical research invites all interested PhD-candidates to a network luncheon on Tuesday March 11 at 11:30 am in conference room 109f next to the auditoriums at the BB-building. PhD-candidate Bent Aarli will present his project “Tidal-volume flow limitation: A new method for evaluating pulmonary function in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” and PhD-candidate Vivian Lohmann Veum will present her project “A 12 weeks randomized trial of modest restricted very-high-fat diet and an isocaloric low-fat diet.” After this a free lunch will be served. Sign up for the network luncheon by sending an e-mail to Hildur.skuladottir@gmail.com
NSH (Norsk sykehus og helsetjenesteforening) will during spring 2014 arrange the following arrangements: “Fagdag om demens” on March 12 “Forum for ledelse og servicedesign i bildediagnostikk” on April 25 and “Rehabilitering – borte bra men hjemme best” on May 8-9.
The seminar will take place at the University of Oslo on March 8. Click here for more information (In Norwegian)