Please feel warmly invited to the UiT Welcome Meeting for employees from abroad!
Please register before Tuesday February 10 at 12.
Program
10:15 Fruit and cofee/tea at the venue - UB 132 AUD Campus Breivika, moderator Mari Buck, Senior adviser at the International Cooperation Section
10:30 Welcome to UiT! The UiT leadership wishes new employees from abroad welcome, by Jørgen Fossland Director UiT Adminstration
10:40 Norwegian language requirements for employees and PhDs at Norwegian universities. Language courses: What, when and where? By Knut Ørke, Lecturer in Norwegian as a second language, Department of language and culture
11:00 Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Introduction to UiT Research, Innovation | UiT and InnoHub UiT, Questions, by Elisabeth Blix Bakkelund, Senior adviser, Office for Research and Innovation and Bernd Ketelsen Striberny, Senior adviser, InnoHub UiT
11:20 Obligations, responsibilities, and benefits as an employee at UiT, Questions, by Svetlana P. Johansen, Legal Adviser, Organizational and HR Development Section
11:50 IT/ Orakel services, by Martin Hykkerud, Adviser, Section for Enterprise Digital Services
12:10 Presentation of the services offered by the University Library, by TerjeHåkstad, Head of Communications at the University Library
12:20 Coffee break
13:00 Management, advice and assistance related to project economy, Hans-Jørgen Oppi Christiansen, Adviser, Financial section
13:20 Presentation of ArcticDoc, by Shannon Moore, Board member, ArcticDoc
13:30 Presentation of Research Software Engineering Group at UiT, by Gregor Decristoforo, Senior Engineer – High performance computing group Section for Enterprice Digital Services
13:40 The UiT Chaplaincy- providing counselling and events to students and staff across religion and spirituality, Gunhild Svalastog, Studentpresttjenesten / University Chaplaincy | UiT
13:50 Trade unions in Norway, and at UiT, by Andreas Holm Bakke, Adviser at the Academic Affairs Section
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Upcoming events at UiT
14:00-15:00 Social Gathering with free lunch at Bazinga CampusPub at Teorifagbygget1, Kantine https://link.mazemap.com/0HlLxQt4
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