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The university allows staff to take time off during work hours to donate blood, which can be recorded as short-term leave.

In May, new representatives will be elected for the university board. Suggest others or nominate yourself as a candidate. The deadline is April 22.

The local salary negotiations for 2024 between UiO, Akademikerne, and Unio have now concluded.

1 March is the deadline for applying to the University Kindergartens  for year 2025/2026 with start-up in August. If you need a kindergarten place for your child and meet the application criteria, submit an application on the online form. The application form opens 1 February.

If you have a UiO-owned laptop with Windows 10, it will be updated to Windows 11 between February 3rd and 15th.

Join a fun and social after-work event with colleagues from all across UiO.

The University of Oslo, together with the parties involved, has signed a protocol related to the salary negotiations for 2024 under the LO/YS agreement.

The candidates to become the next rector of the University of Oslo (UiO) are Hanne Flinstad Harbo, Giske Ursin and Ragnhild Hennum. 

The candidates in this spring’s rector election will be announced on January 13th. Get to know the candidates and ask them questions in one of the upcoming election meetings.

UiO, together with the parties involved, has signed a protocol related to the salary negotiations for 2024 under the Akademikerne/Unio agreement. The parties agreed that the general percentage increase will be 2.1%.

Norway Life Science 2025 brings together the country's leading players in health, life sciences, and artificial intelligence to find solutions that ensure Norway reaps greater benefits from its significant investments in health research. 

21 projects have been granted funding to develop solutions to meet societal needs. We congratulate all the research groups!

Award winners Ajna Jusić, Alen Muhič, and Lejla Damon were all born as a result of sexual violence during the Bosnian War (1992-1995). They recieve the award for their pioneering work on behalf of war children, a group that is often forgotten.

You have probably seen them, phishing attempts via email. Some are bad, and some are very convincing. Now, email users at UiO are being exposed to a wave of convincing scam emails.

Here is an important warning from UiO CERT, UiO's own response team for IT security incidents.

The University of Oslo (UiO) is launching an e-learning course about privacy and IT security for all faculty, staff andstudents. The course is designed to equip you with the necessary skills to protect our valuable research data and personal information.

As part of UiO’s ongoing work on climate, environment, and sustainability, new solutions for secure bicycle parking are being tested at Campus Blindern. Try out the bicycle lockers and smart bicycle racks, or clean your bike at the new bicycle washing station.  

Most of the Department of Biosciences at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and parts of the Institute of Oral Biology at the Faculty of Dentistry will move into the new life science building.

In February, the IT department announced that UiO's email would be moved to a new and better solution, and now we are starting. The first step for everyone at UiO is to finish the cleanup effort to minimize the amount of e-mail which must be moved, and remove sensitive data. The migration to the new solution starts at the beginning of October.

Seven researchers from the University of Oslo (UiO) have been awarded Starting Grants from the European Research Council. These funds are given to researchers early in their career, with highly ambitious research projects that promise to make a significant impact.

Anders Jahre Award for Medical Research 2024 is given to Professor Lauri Aaltonen, University of Helsinki, and Professor Thomas Helleday, Karolinska Institutet. The Anders Jahre Award for Young Researchers goes to Associate Professor Nicolai Albrechtsen and Associate Professor Nicholas Taylor, both University of Copenhagen. 

On 24 June, the International Summer School (ISS) is welcoming about 500 students to the University of Oslo. For the 78th session of the summer school, students from 83 countries will attend various bachelor’s and master’s courses. 

An updated procurement strategy and revised ethical guidelines will be presented to the university board in September.

On Wednesday 19 June, there was an explosion in a building in Silurveien, where the University of Oslo rents premises for conducting examinations. Going forward, the exams will be held as planned.

A committee led by Professor Helge Jordheim has proposed a new language policy for the University of Oslo, which is now open for input. 

Are you a researcher with an innovative idea based on your research that can contribute to solving an important need in society, but need funding to develop the idea further? Check the UiO call for innovation funding within all academic fields. The application deadline was 2 September 2024. Now, the UiO Growth House is evaluating the applications.