Who receives your report?
- Your report is sent directly to the Speak Up Office at your faculty.
- The Speak Up Office is made up by the faculty’s dean of studies, the study environment contact person, and a deputy in the event that one or both of the former are not available. These individuals will consider your report and who should be involved to resolve the case in the best way.
How is positive feedback handled?
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Your feedback can help good efforts to continue and thus benefit more students. If your report concerns individuals, they themselves and their leader will be informed about the feedback - and be very happy!
How are other reports handled?
- Within three weeks, you will receive information from the person handling your complaint regarding the status of the case including any upcoming actions if the case is ongoing.
- The Speak Up Office will decide where the case will be handled (i.e., at the institute, program or faculty level).
- All sensitive documents associated with the case will be held in confidentiality. This entails that your name will not be known by people other than those who are needed to follow up your case.
- You will be contacted in the event that the person handling the case needs more information.
- If you are called in to an interview to clarify details of your complaint, you may bring another person, such as a friend, a fellow student, or a student ombud.
- If you are personally involved in the case, you will be held up to date regarding developments and outcomes of the case to the extent that such information does not impact the rights to privacy that third parties involved in the case may posses.
- You should not experience negative consequences as a result of your involvement with the case that you report. If you experience any negative consequences stemming from your report, we ask that you please contact the Internal Auditing Unit directly.
What happens when the report concerns an individual?
- If your report concerns an employee or a fellow student, he or she has the right to know about, be given an understanding of the substance of, and express their side of the case. The person or persons who are accused will be called into a meeting (or meetings) such that the case can be illuminated from as many sides as possible.
- If the report concerns serious misconduct, the case will be followed up in accordance with the procedures for handling whistle blowing.
Laws and regulations
The University of Oslo (UiO) exercises its authority within the framework of the Universities and University Colleges Act. This also applies to matters concerning students' learning environment. The legal basis for sanctions and administrative measures is found in Chapter 12 of the Act, available here. This chapter outlines clear requirements for case processing and legal safeguards for the individuals involved.
Learning environment cases at UiO must also be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Public Administration Act. This includes a duty of confidentiality regarding individuals’ personal affairs for anyone performing work or services on behalf of the university. This duty is strictly upheld, and any breach of confidentiality may be subject to legal penalties.
The Public Administration Act also imposes requirements such as a duty to notify, a duty to clarify a case, and obligations concerning written documentation and to give grounds when the university makes individual decisions. Students who are parties to such decisions are entitled to information about the decision and have the right to appeal. These rights and obligations do not apply to individuals who are not parties to the case.
UiO’s authority does not include criminal enforcement measures. If there is reason to believe that a criminal offence has occurred, the university must assess whether the matter should be reported to the police.
Public access
Your report will be archived in the university's record system. The title of the case, as well as the time it was received by the faculty, will be published in the public journal. This means that individuals who find the case interesting based on the title—such as journalists—may request access to the case documents. If the case is deemed sensitive, your name will not appear in the public journal. All confidential information that could reveal your identity or that of other involved parties will be removed before any documents are released.
Internal Auditing Unit
The Internal Auditing Unit (EIR) is an independent unit at UiO that can ensure cases are followed up correctly.