🎻 The Aula Series: TrondheimSolistene + Ola Kvernberg

📍 University Auditorium in Bergen, Museplassen 3

🕖 Friday, September 5th at 7:00 PM

🎶 The program offers:

• New arrangements of Kvernberg's works (originally written for the Engegård Quartet)
• Amanda Award-winning film score
• Beat music that gets your fiddle fingers moving
• Playful and cross-genre interaction

Buy a ticket here!

TrondheimSolistene & Ola Kvernberg — Aulaseriene

Information letters about the Vestlandslegen project will be published regularly here:

Informasjonsskriv om prosjekt Vestlandslegen | Vestlandslegen | UiB

Date: 10. september 2025
Time: 09.00–10.30
Place: Digitalt via Teams
Course instructor: Marthe Rekdalsbakken

Are you responsible for content in research groups, projects or centers at UiB? Then this course could be for you! On September 10, a digital training course will be held in the use of W4 page templates for the research area.

The course provides a basic introduction to how to create and edit pages for research groups, research projects, research centers and research schools.

You will also get useful tips on linking, image use and universal design, as well as information about templates for info pages, news and events.

Target group:
Everyone who works with content on research-related websites at UiB.

The course is held digitally on Teams. Read more about how you can join here: Opplæring i W4 for nye innholdsprodusenter | For ansatte | UiB

The Department of Biomedicine invites K2 project leaders (PIs) to accept students for practical laboratory work through the course BMED322 (Methods in Biomedical Research).
This is a mandatory course for new Master's students (MSc) that must be completed before starting the main project in the Master's degree. Students participate in a 7-week orientation project in research laboratories. For project managers, this is a good opportunity to get to know the students and potentially recruit MSc students from the Master's program at the Department of Biomedicine.

If you wish to host BMED322 students in your laboratory this year, the following guidelines from the Department of Biomedicine apply.

• Students will complete a small 7-week research project and become familiar with some of the methods used in biomedical research. After the practical work, they will write a report about the work, designed as a scientific article in the format of a scientific journal of their choice or together with a supervisor.
• The projects start in week 41. A week or two before this is set aside for planning and discussing the project with the supervisors.
• Students are placed in the laboratories in pairs, and they also write the scientific article together. They will receive feedback from their supervisor before submitting it for assessment.
• Supervisors must submit a short project description. The project must be suitable for two students working for 7 weeks. The description should include some background and key research questions, but be open-ended about methods. The idea is for students to read up and think through how the project can be carried out, and then discuss this with their supervisor and make a plan together. Although you as the supervisor may have a fairly clear idea of ​​what needs to be done, it is important to give students room to think for themselves – even if not all ideas are practical or feasible.
• The project descriptions will be presented to the students on September 22nd, so the descriptions must be sent to the Department of Biomedicine as soon as possible and no later than Monday, September 15th.
• Send project descriptions to: inari.kursula@uib.no
• For more information, see: www4.uib.no/studier/emner/bmed322
  or contact: inari.kursula@uib.no

The University of Bergen organizes a conference on research ethics every year.

This year's event will take place on October 3rd in the Great Hall, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and has the theme "Research Ethics After AI". This year's conference will be held in English.

The program for the day is available on UiB's website: Research Ethics Day UiB 2025

We want to share big and small things from everyday life at K2 – whether it's academic highlights, exciting projects, new publications, events, or pleasant glimpses from the work environment.

Do you have something you would like to share with colleagues?

Please send an email to Ingri.lunde@uib.no with:

• A short text about the matter
• A photo (remember to get consent if people are included)
• The text translated into both Norwegian and English

We look forward to hearing from you!

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The expert group at UiB

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The weakened role of the election campaign

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Rhetorical tricks and honest answers

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Facts rather than claims

Ruben Mathisen warns against unsubstantiated political claims. He points out that unequal access to power and influence is a democratic problem that should receive more attention.

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Follow the latest news from the Citizens' Panel here.