MINUTES MEETING:

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MINUTES

MEETING:

PhD forum

No / Year: 1/2017

Weekday: Tuesday Date: 07.03.17. Participants: : Xiangcai Chen, Ylva Ericsson, Wesley Farnsworth, Holt Hancock, Matteo Petit Bon,

Aleksandra Anna Smyrak-Sikora, Hanna Rosa Hjalmarsdottir, Erkka Heino, Emma Bland, Eike Stübner, Anne Bjørndal.

Start: 13:15 End: 16:00 Place: Kapp Schoultz

Leader: Anne Bjørndal

Minutes: Anne Bjørndal Copy for information: Elise Strømseng, Ruben Eidesen, Lise Gjellestad, Ane Hammervoll Bjørsvik, Harald Ellingsen, Tina Dahl, head of departments Reference: V:\Admin\STUDADM\PhD

administrasjon\PhD forum\Minutes\2017

Minutes from meeting 22.06.16.

The minutes from the PhD forum on 22.06.17. was presented and approved.

News from the study administration:

Four PhD defences in 2016:

 Thomas Gölles (AGF)

 Miriam Marquardt (AB)

 Eike Stübner (AB)

 Silje Eriksen Holmen (AGF) This far, two PhD defences in 2017:

 Renat Yulmetov (AT)

 Xiangcai Chen (AGF)

Furthermore two PhD candidates have submitted their theses and plan their defenses in spring:

 Åsmund Skjæveland (AGF)

 Julie Grenvald (AB) Congratulations!

Two new PhD candidates have started their positions at UNIS since last meeting:

 Holt John Hancock (AG)

 Erkka Petteri Heino (AGF) Welcome!

Budget situation at UNIS

Due to a challenging budget situation at UNIS in 2017, the manning in the Department of

Academic Affairs has been somewhat reduced. Unfortunately, the PhD forum is one thing that will not be prioritized in 2017. We will still try to arrange some PhD forums, within the given manning situation. If the PhDs themselves want to arrange some PhD forums, they are very welcome to do so, and we will be able to assist.

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Anders Ahlberg and Roy Andersson: “How to become a better teacher”

Anders Ahlberg and Roy Andersson from the University in Lund was visiting UNIS through the BioCeed programme. They held a work shop for the PhD forum about how to become a better teacher. In addition to the PhDs, the post docs at UNIS were also invited.

Their presentations are found here:

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and their web-resources are found here:

http://libguides.lub.lu.se/genombrottetENG

Next meeting

Next PhD forum is planned before summer 2017.