The annual general meeting (AGM) of SiN will take place at the OsloMet on Friday 25th of May 2018.
The AGM will be preceded by a workshop on the 24th May with representations from our member Universities and affiliated bodies presenting their role as an interest organisation for doctoral students in Norway.
Detailed Agenda and Plan could be found here.
SiN has widened its presence in a broader platform during the recent EuroDOC Conference in Tampere, Finland. Congratulations to all the three SiN borad members that were elected as working group members for the Eurodoc board.
The annual edition of the Eurodoc Conference will be held on April 18-19 in Tampere, Finland. The event will focus on the challenges of research careers and employment. The delegation from SiN is all geared up to attend the conference. The event would be followed by the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Eurodoc. SiN being a national organisation, our board members will be the official representatives of the Ph.D and early-stage researchers of Norway at the Eurodoc AGM.
Read more about it in the link here .
SiN has recently replied to a hearing on regulations about the appointment to the position of Associate Professor and Professor. The new regulation puts a higher emphasis on the ‘competence in teaching’ as criteria for the recruitment. SiN supports that competence beyond the minimum requirement should count as the position of associate professor/professor is usually a position where the time spent between research and teaching is distributed to 50% each. However, SiN also suggests that in order to make it fair and practical; candidates should be given the opportunity to acquire and demonstrate this competence through an academic career path.
Click read more for our full hearing reply (in Norwegian), or see the pdf document here.
After months of constant efforts, SiN board feels accomplished with the creation of the Association of Doctoral students at University of Bergen (UiBdoc). During our last meeting, SiN board members teamed up with a highly enthusiastic representation from the doctoral students of UiB; overseeing the creation of the first official UiBdoc board. The main activates involved a detailed discussion on the preliminary draft of the UiBdoc constitution, organizing the official election of the board members and an informal discussion with the newly elected board sharing our personal experiences working as a member of the local interest organization. After the successful meeting at Bergen, SiN is eagerly looking forward to welcoming a new member to our group.
The board members are geared up for the upcoming half-yearly meeting in Bergen. The consistent efforts of our board members and the local Ph.D group bears results, as we move one step closer to our vision of creating an interest organization at the University of Bergen. Looking forward to a productive meeting.
The board members of SiN organized an informative session at the University of Bergen about setting up an interest organization for Ph.D and Postdocs. The significant turnout at the sessions demonstrated an overwhelming enthusiasm among the Ph.D students UiB. This was followed by an interactive session with the Ph.D and Postdocs of UiB. As an umbrella organization of the ITM’s for Universities in Norway, SiN is fully committed to provide all possible assistance to the doctoral students of UiB to oversee their own interest organization take shape.
SiN has recently submitted an updated reply to hearing from Kunnskapsdepartementet, dated May 11th, 2017 regarding changes in the rules concerning the calculation of seniority of Ph.D. fellows. SiN has presented its support to alternative 1 of Proposition C, if the calculated seniority of the Ph.D. students is increased to two years instead of one. Click read more for our full hearing reply (in Norwegian), or see the pdf document here. The English translation can be provided on request.
Hi folks!
The Annual General Meeting this year will be held in NTNU campus (Trondheim) on Thursday 28th of May. The day after, SiN and DION have the pleasure to invite you to a seminar in “Career, politics and development” with two nice speakers: Hebe Gunnes (NIFU) and Kari Melby (Pro-rector of research, NTNU). Everyone interested in attending, please check information and conditions in the link below (invitation document) and let us know ASAP.
The Research Council of Norway opened the call for FRIPRO and FRIPRO mobility grants, with deadline the end of May. Click the link and write “FRIPRO” in the search barr in the left.