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Department of Physics and Technology, UoB |
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Word from Department Administration
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I am glad to inform you that the
department council last Thursday finalized and adopted departments strategic
plan for the period 2011-15. It has been a long, but good process with great contribution
from all department employees, several students, as well as some smart heads
from outside the department. A big thank you to each
and every one of them! We have placed an emphasis on the
fact that this plan should be operative in the sense that all suggestions can
easily be put in action. We have taken into consideration the challenges set
before us, as well as the possibilities, and how these can be put into practice
in such a way that we can work even more efficiently. And now all we have to
do is roll up our sleeves and make sure that todays brand new print-out of this strategic plan will look like a
well-used and faded treasure map at the end of 2015. Have a great weekend! |
News and general information
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Announcement of Faculty for Mathematics and Natural Sciences fonds and scholarships for 2012 The Faculty for Mathematics and
Natural Sciences fond and scholarships for 2012 has now been announced. The
current ones within the field of physics and technology include:
Read here for more information and application forms. Application deadline is 1. December. Students of the University of Bergen are encouraged to apply for student scholarships, the application deadline being also 1. December. Remember that December 1st is also
the application deadline for the Meltzerfond
and Bergen University Fond |
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ERC Advanced Grants - national information and proposal writing event
in Bergen November 8th Professors and administrators: ERC
Advanced grants offer established researchers the possibility to do
potentially ground-breaking, yet risky projects for
5 years. The ERC stipend offers up to 2,5 million for the principal
investigator and his/her team (activities are financed 100%). Find out how to write a
competitive proposal at the national information event at Vilvite
Auditorium on Tuesday, 8th November from 9:00-15:00 in collaboration with the
Research Council of Norway and Yellow Research. Hear about the experiences of
one of UiBs grant winners (Professor Kenneth Hugdahl, Faculty of psychology) and meet one of Norway's
national experts for ERC, Mr. Per Magnus Kommandantvold,
NFR. A more detailed program can be found here. Participation
is free of charge and includes course material and lunch. Please register
here by November 3rd and tell your colleagues about the event. |
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FROM STUDIA: Curriculum for Spring 2012 STUDIAs aim
is to have at all times the right curriculum books on their shelves. In order
to achieve this, we depend on each and every lecturer. Even if there is no
change in the existing curriculum list, we would like to get feedback, perhaps
just with a statement claiming that there are no changes regarding the
previously submitted list. The
curriculum lists can be sent to Studia, Parkveien 1 or via e-mail to Erna Egeland. Use this form. We would also like to remind you
of the feedback deadline, which is Friday, 4. November 2011. Please let us know with the course
start in case there are more students than expected, so that we can order more
books as soon as possible, thus avoiding the possibility of the book being
sold out. The lecturers who deliver their
lists within the deadline will participate in the lottery for winning 5 gift
vouchers from Studia worth 1.000,-
NOK each |
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FROM
STUDIA: Compendium production for Spring 2012 It is again time to think about the compendium
production for the next semester. Here you will find form C for orders and
information about the rules for compendium production. It is
allowed to copy up to 15 % from one book or a complete chapter even though it
may exceed 15%. In case the book has been sold out and no longer printed by the
publisher, you are allowed to copy 30 %. When it comes to scientific
magazines, it is allowed to print out 2 articles, but not more than 25 % of the
issues total number of pages. In case the manus is delivered to STUDIA (to Elna Nilsen) in paper format, make
sure that all of the text is readable, since the copy wont be any better
than the original. Please also make sure that all the texts come with margines on both sides. Please also make sure that there
is not too many of those black edges on each of the pages, as that tends to
use up our toners and blocks our machines. In addition, students find it ugly
(p.s. we have received quite a few complaints due to bad copies). You may choose the type of binding yourself: pin,
map, tape or binder. The size of your compendium may reflect on the type of
binding you can choose from, but just for your orientation, the pin costs 30 re, map or tape kr. 15, binder kr. 26 and spiral kr 16,-. As specified in the
appendix, you are the one deciding on the number of ordered copies. STUDIA can
be helpful with looking at the sales in the corresponding previous semester. STUDIA s deadline for compendium production is
7. November. If you
have any problems delivering the manuscript within the deadline, please send
the table of contents so that STUDIA can find out whether we need to apply
for printing permission. Foreign
publishers often take a long time to reply. Considering the
printers capacities, it would be of great help to send in your application
within the deadline. Important note: STUDIA must obtain the manuscript either
as paper copy, pdf-format or books for scanning. It
is not enough just to send the contents list. In case there are no changes
regarding the previously used compendium, it is enough to send the ordering
form C. STUDIA greatly values receiving feedback on all
courses to be taught next semester, regardless of whether you are planning to
use a compendium or not. Your feedback will be noted in STUDIAs statistics
used by the sales department in order to provide the best possible information
to students. Please contact Elna Nilsen in
STUDIA if you have any additional questions. Thank you for all the
information we receive. |
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Changing
of fire escape doors in the main corridors Next week
the work on changing the remaining fire escape doors in the main corridors. The
old doors do not satisfy the standards of fire safety, and UoB has therefore received an order from fire fighting
department to change them.
The work
may cause some noise and inconvenience in the rooms/corridors where the
changing will take place. Therefore one must count on some noise in shorter
periods. In case there are some activities scheduled for that period which do not tolerate any noise, you should inform Gjert. The work will be conducted by
the construction contractor Snekkermester Birger Morstl as.
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Time: 29. November 2011, from 09:00 –
15:30 Place: Egget in the UoBs Student Centre Would
you like to join the discussion on the future global challenges and how to
meet these challenges with new knowledge? In connection with the Science
Year, UoB, in cooperation with Norwegian Ministry
of Education, invites you all to the national conference on basic researchs
role in our continually more globalized world. The
perspective of this conference is: "The significance of the independent basic
science in meeting the global challenges – how can Norway become the
pioneer country in providing good terms for independent and basic science?" The conference will be opened by the Norwegian Minister
of Science and Higher Education, Tora Aasland, and it will include lectures by both Norwegian
and international groundbreaking scientists, such as Geoffrey Boulton and Merle Jacob. The
conference will focus on presenting good examples of basic research
which had significant impact on meeting the various global challenges.
In addition, the participants, contributors and the conference panel will be invited
to draft a proposal on which ways the universities should and can contribute
with when it comes to new knowledge in developing our common future. More
information on programme, registration and
The Science Year. |
MSc
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Master thesis presentations Monday, 31. October 2011, at 13:00 (room 316):
Friday, 4. November 2011, at 11:30 (room 292):
Friday, 4. November 2011, at 13:30 (room 546):
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IFT in the media
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Kjellmar Oksavik: Nordlys over Hordaland,
NRK Vestlandsrevyen, 25. October,
19:40, also shown at NRK Hordalands afternoon
broadcast on the radio 25. October, 17:03, 12 minutes into the
broadcast. Renate Grner: Bedre bilder av kroppens indre, forskning.no, 22. October. |