It is the MN faculty’s ambition to be one of Europe's most attractive places for education and research in science and technology. Our new strategy, currently under way, will definitely maintain this ambition of looking to Europe and beyond.
The University of Oslo will commence using the new learning management system Canvas in the autumn semester of 2018. Canvas is an advanced system that will give us new possibilities in course development, teaching and student contact.
The size of Horizon2020 is approximately 75 billion Euros, and about half of this will be granted over the next 3 years. Our EU-team is available to anyone who wants advice on the EU-system and/or assistance with applications.
Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics (RoCS) at the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics officially opened on November 1st 2017. RoCS is one of five new Centres of Excellence that were awarded UiO earlier this year.
Knowledge and competence in science and technology is and will be important for society development. Where should science and technology at the University of Oslo be in 2030? The Faculty Board has decided to work on developing a new strategy for science and technology at UiO. We begin now!
I have been asked this question many times since I started as a Vice Dean for Innovation and External Relations in October. I do not have the final answer to that question, and we will define together how we will organize the work at the faculty.
For the students, summer schools, and exchange activities that lasts a few weeks are very attractive. It is more challenging to entice students to spend a semester abroad.
Our first news in this renewed newsletter from the Faculty is that we have decided to continue with our monthly newsletter. The lifescience building will also be a reality, and our new students on our new bachelor programs have studied for almost two months.
President Lyndon Johnson reportedly said that Gerald Ford too dumb to walk while chewing gum, strongly suggesting that Ford lacked the intelligence required to handle two tasks at the same time.
The aDNA laboratory at the Department of Biosciences is a powerfull tool in UiOs bouquet of infrastructures for lifesciences.
The Dean Morten D?hlen, Vice Dean Svein St?len og Vice Dean Solveig Kristensen are the only nominated for the election of Dean 2016.
Stephanie Werner is elected as the new representative for the temporary academic staff on the Faculty Board.
Tuesday January 12th at 12:00 pm the election of one representative for the temporary staff to the Faculty Board for 2016 is opened.
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