Due to necessary testing and maintenance of aggregates in the Laboratory Building, the power will be cut in the Laboratory Building at night 04.02 between 02:00 – 07:00. For more information (in Norwegian) click here.
The conference will take place in Tromsø on March 11-12, 2015. Overarching topic of the conference is “Tomorrows internationalization”. Deadline for signing up is December 18. For more information click here (in Norwegian).
The Norwegian Health Association is pleased to invite to the awarding of the Norwegian Health Association’s Heart Prize 2015. The event will take place at The Norwegian Theatre at 13:00 on Tuesday February 03. For more information click here. (in Norwegian)
UoB is holding a new Introduction course for new employees January 16. The Introduction course is an offer for all new employees, independent of the position size or group. The personel and organisation department arranges introduction courses for new employees twice per year.
The course will be held in Norwegian.The University have many foreign employees, and therefore there will be an equivalent course in English. More information about this will be given at a later date.
Time: January 16, at 08:30-15:10
Place: Student Center, seminar room E
In this last editorial of the year I wish to, on behalf of the K2 leadership, to thank everyone for their efforts in 2014. A lot of great work has been accomplished in teaching, research, research education and HSE. The administration has done a great job with systematizing and simplifying various administrative procedures.
The 2015 budget has now been approved by the Faculty board. Unfortunately, it seems impossible to avoid using a big chuck of the PhD and Postdocs’ operational funds to balance the 3 million kroner budget deficit. This something which we strongly dislike! To ensure that at least some funds will be available to PhD-Candidates, we will consider transferring the funds we normally reserve for public defense expenses to the various research groups. However, this means that the research groups themselves must cover these expenses. Another important change is that, starting next year, the faculty will only cover 70% of the overhead for external projects without overhead (Except The Norwegian Cancer society Funds). This will not affect ongoing projects, but those starting after 1 January 2015. This means that the groups receiving such funding must cover the remaining 30%.
Next year The Faculty will finalise the New Medical School curriculum, starting up for first year students in 2015, and for 1st, 2nd and forth year students in 2016. The various leaders of the semester boards will, together with those responsible for the different subjects, work out the details. The recent funding obtained by many of K2’s groups will hopefully be translated into good research in the year to come. This year we have had a total of 21 public defenses at K2 (unfortunately K1 beat us with 1), but we have the highest number of new recruits to the PhD program. We will continue working on creating good meeting places in order to facilitate interaction between K2’s research groups. Last, but not least, a new Head of Department will start his or her term early next year. I am confident that this person will continue to develop K2 in a positive direction..
Now, however, it is soon Christmas and time for a well-deserved break. On behalf of the institute leadership we wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Eystein
Head of Department
UiB is now administering the Norwegian part of the Peder Sather Center. The center is a collaboration between UC Berkeley and 8 Norwegian research institutions, as well as the Norwegian Research Council. On January 12-13, the center’s Academic Director, Trond Petersen, and Administrative Director, Robert Gleeson, visit UiB. Thus, anyone interested is invited to a presentation of the center, as well as lunch. This is a great way to learn more about center, as well as establish contacts for potential later visits.
Time.: January 12, at 11-12:30. Place. Kollegierommet.
Click here for more information regarding the meeting and how to sign up (in Norwegian).
Click here for more information about Peder Sather Center
Bring and TPS have sent out important information regarding packages and certified mail addressed to UiB from January 1, 2015 and onwards. For more information (in Norwegian) click here.
The Norwegian Research Council has announced government scholarships to China for Norwegian students/young researchers with application deadline 11.02.2015. For more information (in Norwegian) click here.
UiB will arrange pedagogical training for group leaders on January 6-8. The course will give you the chance to discuss and plan your own teaching, hence it is an advantage that several group leaders from the same course participate at the same time. That way they can talk with each other about preparations for the course. For more information (in Norwegian) click here.
Novo Nordisk Foundation has announced funding for young researchers within endocrinology. In total one may be allocated 5 million Danish kroner over a five-year period. For more information click here.
The meeting will take place on Tuesday January 13, at 19:00. Location: Main Auditorium, HUS. For more information (in Norwegian) click here.
The seminar will take place on Thursday January 15, 2015, at VilVite. For more information click here.
The Nordic Public Health Days will take place on June 11-12, 2015. The theme of the conference is: Nature and outdoor activities as a health promoting factor. For more information (in Norwegian) click here.
The Nansen Fund and De Dermed Forbundne Fund have announced funding for free scientific research. For more information click here. (in Norwegian)