Last year the annual ISSOTL conference “Toward a Learning Culture” took place in Bergen and was hosted by University of Bergen and bioCEED. The international Society of Teaching and Learning is one of the major international SoTL societies, and hosting the society’s 2018 annual conference brought 680 SoTL scholars and...
This semester, five students participated in the all new course, AB-208 Internship in Arctic Biology. After gaining new knowledge and skills from working at different companies here in Longyearbyen, they are ready to finish up and call it a day. We were introduced to the students a while ago, but...
Earlier this month UiB announced that Christian Jørgensen from the Department of Biological Sciences at UiB and Pernille Bronken Eidesen from the Arctic Biology Department at UNIS were awarded Excellent Teaching Practitioner (ETP) status. A total of 11 applicants applied in the second call for application to the Pedagogical Academy...
On Friday April 26th, Diku announced that two research projects from UNIS and UiB will receive NOK 4.7 million and 4.5 million respectively over a three year period in support of developing innovative teaching and assessment practices. The project «Utvikling, testing og evaluering av verktøy og vurderingsformer som fremmer meningsskapende...
Read one of these “kinder egg” books (easily read AND research based AND with practical guidelines and tips): Why don’t students like school? A cognitive scientist answers questions about how the mind works and what it means for the classroom written by Daniel Willingham. This book keeps what it promises,...
In mid-March brave UNIS AB-202 marine biology students dressed up to survive freezing temperatures (-20°C) to explore the marine gradient from coast to deep fjord in Isfjorden, Svalbard at 78°N latitude. It is an important goal and principle that UNIS shall conduct research-based education there students not only gain theoretical...
Wednesday the 6th of March, a networking-seminar with the SFUs was held at Scandic Hotel Flesland in Bergen, with DIKU as a host. bioCEED was well represented at the meeting, and had four student representatives there. After the takeover of the SFU initiative by DIKU from NOKUT, there were many...
This semester’s second bioBREAKFAST was held at UNIS on Friday March 22nd. After having heaps of trouble finding PhD and master students to present for the first bioBREAKFAST, and it being announced only on a three day notice, we had extra big expectations this Friday morning. This time, we had an...
My name is Tina and I am working as a teaching adviser for bioCEED at the Department of Arctic Biology at UNIS in Longyearbyen. Working as a teaching adviser is an exciting job with a variety of tasks every day. My main responsibility is to organize bioCEED activities at the...
Diku announced in February a new funding round for up to six new Centres for Excellence in Education (SFU) with application deadline 29 of April. Universities and university colleges are invited to apply for 4 to 8 million NOK annually for new centres. SFU status is awarded for five years,...
On January 10th, Olav Thon Foundation announced that UiB professor Ivar Rønnestad, professor Vigdis Vandvik (with colleagues) and UNIS associate professor Pernille B. Eidesen have gotten award and funding from the Foundation. Ivar Rønnestad received a national award for outstanding teaching, while Vigdis Vandvik and Pernille B. Eidesen received 1.5...
Ingrid Oline Tveranger (BIO) and Ørjan Vabø (AB, UNIS) are our new student representatives in bioCEED this semester. Ingrid Oline is a 22 years old post bachelor student in molecular biology at the University of Bergen. Her plan is to proceed in this field, taking a master in molecular biology. During her bachelor she...
This spring semester, UNIS runs the AB-208 course “Internship in Arctic Biology” for bachelor students for the first time. The course aims at giving students the possibility to get knowledge and skills not easily obtained in class-room settings. It has been developed in close collaboration and with help from the...
The bioBREAKFAST webpage is now up and running! Here you will get an overview of what bioBREAKFAST is and why it is arranged. Every time the breakfast is arranged, it will be posted there. The webpage is developed in cooperation between students and employees. Its aim is to make it easy...
In 2018 there has been some excitement about whether there would be a new funding round for new Centres for Excellence in Education (SFU). Last application round was in 2016 which ended with 4 new centres. In the proposal for the 2019 National Budget in October 2018, 25 million NOK were granted...
The last bioBreakfast of 2018 at UNIS broke all the attendance records, with 44 participants. All the departments at UNIS were represented by the bachelor and master students. There were two speakers, Sarah Strand from Geology who talked about the PhD she is writing about permafrost, and Vanessa Pitusi who...
The annual conference of ISSOTL (International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) was this year hosted in Bergen from October 24-27. bioCEED contributed with 11 presentations in the sessions with papers, concurrent workshops and posters. The full list of bioCEED contributions and authors is found below with links to...
It has been an honor and a privilege for bioCEED, in partnership with the Department of Education, University of Bergen, to host ISSOTL18 in Bergen. We would like to thank the ISSOTL Board of Directors for giving us the opportunity to bring the ISSOTL conference to Bergen, and the more...
It all happened in 4 days with 6 pre-conference workshops, 4 keynotes, 202 paper presentations, 15 panel discussions, 28 concurrent workshops and 118 poster presentations. Here are some pictures from the conference to enjoy!
Diku (Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education) has announced NOK 40 million in funding for projects that will develop, test, evaluate and apply student centered learning and assessment methods. The announcement is open to all subject areas and targets development projects that include entire study programs or...