Hei Hope everyone has had a brilliant summer holiday and has recharged for the new academic year! Here comes the first newsletter from SERC – STEM Education Research Center https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/attachments/nyhetsbrev_august_2024.pdf Hilsen Sigrunn
Maintenance notice: Noisy work to take place in Datablokken (ground floor) Thursday August 22nd
Nature and scope of the work: Replacing the outer door in the data hall in the data block [Datablokken]. Noisy work (drilling) can be expected for short periods on Thursday 22 August. If the weather does not allow us to…
MatNat seminar: Artificial intelligence as a tool in formative and summative assessment. Fri September 3rd
[Our translation] We would like to invite all teachers and other interested parties to a seminar on artificial intelligence as a tool in assessment.[The seminar will be in Norwegian language] Place: active room 4, (link) Realfagbygget Friday 13 September at…
UiB Læringskonferanse 2024 – invitation to contribute
Connection, Community, Inclusion 17.10.2024 – 08.30–16.00 UiB Læringsarena (NG5) Nygårdsgaten 5 Registration deadline 21.08.2024 – 23.59 Submission link
News from MSCA og ERC
ERC reading days There will be reading days in Bergen, 03 September. You can find an overview and registration here: The Norwegian Research Council’s events (forskningsradet.no)
“Trang fødsel for klimaforskning” – blogg post on new paper from the Between the Fjords research group
[Our translation] Research is not done in a flash. Fieldwork, data analyzes and writing take time. But this time it took over ten years, two doctorates and one baby to get there. We have just published a new article in…
Join Bergen Bathysphere!
Dear colleague, We would like to invite you to join Bergen Bathysphere, a new interdisciplinary network of Bergen-based deep-sea scientists and professionals. There is no fee, you are just signing up to a mailing list, and the rest is up…
Consultation: Proposals for changes to regulations on import, export, possession etc. of endangered species of wild fauna and flora (Cites regulation)
[Our translation] The Norwegian Environment Agency has submitted for consultation (25 June 2024) proposals for changes to regulations on import, export, possession etc. of endangered species of wild fauna and flora (Cites regulation). Demand for ownership certificate and marking for…
Invitation to attend the virtual Aquatic Life Conference
Good day, I am pleased to invite the faculty and students of your university to join us for the 5th Annual Aquatic Life Conference (fully virtual and free to attend) on September 9th and 10th, half days in EST time.
Artsdatabanken seeks experts for revision of the Red List for species.
[Our translation] We are now starting the process of revising the Red List for species. Experts with expertise in local/native [“stedegne”] species and ecology are encouraged to get in touch. Initially, we are looking for experts in large species groups.…
Join the EEA individual experts list
EEA is establishing a list of individual experts following a call for expression of interest to assist it in carrying out preparatory work in support of EEA’s activities with the main focus on the areas of Resource use, Circular economy…
Greetings from the Department 21.06.2024
Dear all, First of all; many congratulations to Gyri, Mari and Alistair on new FRIPRO projects. It is fantastically good and impressive. I am very happy for you and BIO.
Deep-sea dive Live stream
Join us for a live stream of a remotely-operated dive at Loki’s castle hydrothermal vent field in the Arctic, 2300 meters below sea level.
The Swedish research vessel RV Skagerak to Bergen August 7
RV Skagerak, the largest research ship of the University of Gothenburg, is visiting Bergen August 7 on the way to Svalbard.
AGROSERV – 2nd TA call open on June 27
Dear liaison officers, The 2nd Transnational Access call of the AGROSERV project (sustainable and resilient agriculture, including aquaculture) was launched June 27th.
UiB.no: Three out of four new projects in pioneering research (FRIPRO) at UiB are associated with BIO!
The Research Council has recently allocated funds to 21 new projects in pioneering research, also called FRIPRO. Four of these projects are led by researchers at the University of Bergen – three of these are affiliated with the Department of…
“Teknikerforum” summer party Tuesday June 18th
This Tuesday, 20 technical staff joined “teknikerforum’s” summer party at the Marine Biological Station (MBS) at Espeland.
News from the W4 (website update) project – New employee pages at UiB.no
[Our translation/google translate] We have today launched updated employee pages with an associated page for searching/filtering. See the new pages here: https://w4.uib.no/en/find-employees