Current matters
It’s time for another UiO Festival. In addition to all our employees, we invite the population of the entire city. Since we don’t have a big marketing budget we must rely on word of mouth, and we hope that you will help us.
The election opens on Thursday 4 April at 12.00 h and closes on Thursday 18 April at 12.00 h. The election is carried out electronically.
Still haven't ordered your parking permit for 2013? The validity of the 2012 sticker expires 15 February.
The application deadline for the upcoming kindergarten year, starting 1 August 2013, expires on 15 March.
If you have not taken all holiday you are entitled to in 2012 you must apply for a transfer of the remaining days at the latest by 31 January, 2013.
As member of staff, you may work out during working hours for an hour and a half every week. Check out the schedule for this spring's group activities which include indoor bandy, badminton, tango, climbing, QiGong and much more.
This is how you can hand in your tax deduction card for 2013 to the Pay Section and what will happen if you fail to do so by 1 February.
The University management would like to thank all members of staff for their efforts this year. Next year, innovation will be our key strategic priority, and innovation will influence many of our activities.
Read the Christmas greetings card from the University management (pdf)
Until Friday, 21 December, there are ordinary work days. Between Christmas and New Year, where the work situation allows for this, employees may start their work day at 10 am. This year, this applies to two work days, i,e, Thursday, 27 December, and Friday, 28 December. One of these days employees at UiO may take off with pay.
Paying business travel with an UiO credit card greatly facilitates the travel expense settlement. New agreements and simplified procedures make business travel at UiO a lot easier.
You get a phone call from a journalist. How do you respond? You want to communicate your research through the media. How do you go about? A new brochure gives you advice on how to handle the media.
In a recent report on Environmental Sustainability, UiO scores 35 out of 50 marks. A great improvement from 2010, when the score was 20.
Today, a revised and improved versjon of the HR portal has been launched which should make it even easier for you to use the portal. Read what this new edition has to offer. Read more
Liv-Elisif Q. Kalland was elected as University Board representative for the group fixed-term academic staff for the period 1 August, 2012, to 31 July, 2013. Knut Christian Myhre was elected first deputy and Hege Rudi Standal was elected second deputy.
Would you ever play chess without knowing the rules? Working in Norway without awareness of the cultural codes might feel just like that - and cause unexpected misunderstandings, frustration and anxiety… This is why UiO is offering its non-Norwegian staff the cultural training course “Working with Norwegians”. The next course will be held on 14 May.
This year’s dissemination competition for doctoral students takes place 25 September. Application deadline: 4 May.
The University of Oslo offers 157 kindergarten places in two kindergartens to its employees. The application deadline for the upcoming kindergarten year (starting 1 August, 2012) expires on 15 March. See detailed information and online application form.
Would you ever play chess without knowing the rules? Working in Norway without awareness of the cultural codes might feel just like that - and cause unexpected misunderstandings, frustration and anxiety… This is why UiO is offering its non-Norwegian staff the cultural training course “Working with Norwegians”.
If you have not taken all holiday you are entitled to in 2011 you must apply for a transfer of the remaining days at the latest by 31 January, 2012.
The Internationalisation Year 2012 seeks to build support throughout the university for the clear international focus of its Strategic plan 2020 and to create a common understanding of UiO's international standing
You are advised to hand in your tax deduction card for to the University's Pay Section by 1 February. You may send it by post or put it in the mailbox marked "Skattekort 2012", in the 6th floor of Lucy Smith's house. The mailbox is available on weekdays between. 08.00-15.30.
“As much as 30 per cent of the EU projects at UiO are related to environmental research. That says something about the high quality in this field of research,” says Senior Adviser Vibeke Alm.
– UiO's purchases were responsible for around 60 per cent of total emissions in 2009, says Jorulf Brøvig Silde, project manager of the Green UiO project. This figure includes everything from the use of consultants to purchases of chemicals. This is shown by UiO's first greenhouse gas accounts.
Master's degree student Maryam Faghihimani has described the environmental status of ten of the world's best universities, including a couple of Norwegian ones. Some of the universities have distinguished themselves by being very environmentally conscious.