The Norwegian government allocates about 130 million NOK to the further development of the present test centres for the industrial sector. Future Materials at Campus Grimstad receives 30 million of this package, being one of five test centres.
Famous brand names such as Coop, Posten, Apple, and PayPal have been used to trick UiA staff and students into giving out passwords and login data. Although UiA has advanced filters that block most of the scams, some slip through.
Jorunn S Gislefoss (54) will be the new faculty director at the Faculty of Engineering and Science. Gislefoss has an extensive background in business and comes from the post of special adviser at NORCE.
Marianne Øhrn Johannessen (41) has been appointed as the new faculty director at the Faculty of Fine Arts. She comes from the position of assistant director of academic affairs at the University of Agder.
UiA has a long and warm relationship with Lesvos, the island in the midst of the migrant flow to Europe. Many people still arrive in the overcrowded Moria camp, among them a family with children who grew up in Hallingdal.
This is stated by Associate Professor Jan Erik Mustad at the University of Agder (UiA). He is in the UK to cover his ninth UK election since 1997 for television, radio and newspapers in Norway. Seven of them were parliamentary elections, one was about Scottish independence in 2014 and one about Brexit in 2016.
Camilla Jarlsby (57) will be the new human resources director at the University of Agder. She has extensive organisational and management experience in both public and private sector.
The planning process leading to the next strategy plan for the University of Agder, which will run until 2024, has begun. It looks towards 2030 and perhaps even further.
The University of Agder (UiA) and the Norwegian Industrial Property Office have signed an agreement to strengthen the education of students, teaching staff, administrative staff, researchers and PhD candidates in areas such as trademarks and branding, design protection and patents.