Current matters
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.
Until and including 23rd of December normal working hours apply. Working hours between Christmas and New Year start at 10.00 am and end at the normal time, 15.45 pm. This year, there are four working days between Christmas and New Year, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th of December. Staff at UiO may take one of these days off.
Several people at UiO have received a fake "Adobe Reader"-update by email. If you install the program file you'll also allow a trojan horse to attack your computer.
No stone will be left unturned when Administration also seeks to release funding for research and education.
Read more from the open meeting (The Administrative Streamlining Program)
All employees can work up to 1.5 hours a week. Starting from week 33-36. View group activities and training programme.
“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.
Experience the chemistry lab at Frederikkeplassen, visit our greenhouse – a must for plant enthusiasts – and catch a movie premiere featuring Arctic Sea monsters. There will also be a dedicated area for children and a swapping marketplace, as well as debates and lectures.
The University offers international researchers assistance with their tax return which is due on 30 April.
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises against travel to or stay in Japan. This implies that the Ministry recommends everyone to leave the country.
– 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.
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 leave it in the box labeled «Skattekort 2011» in the lobby of Lucy Smith's House (the administration building). The box is available every day 09.00-15.00.
Russian authorities have accredited the Centre for Medical Studies in Russia as a representative office of the University of Oslo (UiO) in Moscow.
7500 employees at the University of Oslo will receive a real anniversary gift this week: The coffee table book «University of Oslo – A story in pictures» with photos from 1811 to today.
From 1 January 2011 scientific texts will be exempted from the framework agreement for editing English text. The agreements covering translations from Norwegian to English, translations from Bokmål to Nynorsk and editing of English-language administrative texts will be extended by one year.
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.
The Centre for Advanced Study hereby invites heads of departments and employees in academic posts to submit proposals for candidates for new research group leaders and projects for the academic year 2013–2014. The deadline for nominations is 15 November 2010.
The report from the Green UiO project describes practices at the University that have direct and indirect consequences for the environment. The goal is to establish a benchmark that UiO can measure itself against in the future.
A project group IS drawing up an action plan for internationalization to help ensure that the University of Oslo achieves its goal, defined in Strategi2020, of being a first-class international university.