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Centre for Learning and Teaching (SLU) will become a joint physical and virtual learning space serving instructors and students at the university. John Olav Bjørnestad is employed as SLU leader.
Just after Easter, we received the news that our colleague of many years, Professor Roy Eriksen, died on 22 April.
The three vice-rector positions at UiA have received 15 applications. Several of the applicants are interested in two of the vice-rector positions, and one applies to all three.
With oil exploration crude oil, oil residues and environmentally damaging waste ends up in the ocean unless extensive cleansing is performed. New environmentally friendly technology will rationalise waste disposal in oil extraction.
60 students from 11 study programmes are members of the student club Align Racing UiA where they build their own racing car. Thursday 25 April they launched this year’s race car.
"The combination of the young University of Agder and the more traditional University of Oslo and Institute of Marine Research is very potent," Professor Nils Chr. Stenseth says. He is the chairman of CCR – Centre for Coastal Research, which on Wednesday becomes a priority research centre.
"Norway must be an advocate of ethical usage of artificial intelligence.” That was one of the pieces of advice given to the Minister of Digitalisation Nikolai Astrup for the government's new strategy for artificial intelligence when he visited the University of Agder.
Our society is becoming more and more digital. Without expertise in digital security, we become very vulnerable, according to Professor Geir Køien, programme coordinator for UiA's new master's programme in cyber security.
On Wednesday, the University Board decided that three vice rectors will be appointed at UiA for the next rector period. The next rector Sunniva Whittaker wants UiA to have three vice rectors, and the University Director's proposal received unanimous approval from the Board.