Category: Siste nytt
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Committed to advocate for COVID-19 compensation on a national level!
Doesn’t it seem fair that PhD students should be compensated for the time lost due to Covid-19? We think so, and are therefore not satisfied with the current compensation at OsloMet. In hope of greater support, we are now redirecting our effort. We have initiated a collaboration with the Association of Doctoral Organizations in Norway…
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Kompensasjon som følge av korona / COVID-19 Compensation
English version follows below Uavhengig av hvilke retningslinjer som gjelder vil det å dokumentere produktivitetstap være viktig. Kjære kolleger, Som stipendiater har denne tida vært spesiell tøff. Vi er midlertidig ansatte, og har hovedansvar for et prosjekt som skal bli ferdig på kort tid, og vi er ansatt basert på tiden det vil ta å…
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PhD-Night on the Trial Lecture and the Public defense
Have you heard the about the one student that failed his doctoral examination? Yet, no one really seems to know who this is? The doctoral examination is surrounded by myths. In order to prepare you for the big day, we invited three resources within academia to address our insecurities and share their experiences with the…
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PhD-night on Mental Health
On September 23th the fourth PhD-night was arranged. Around 35 PhD-students and representatives from Human Resources (HR) gathered at Fyrhuset to learn more about mental health for PhD-students. The topic of balancing work and private life is a well known challenge for most of us and was mentioned by all contributors. A series of presentations…
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October afterwork for Phd Candidates
Afterwork for Phd Candidates will return on the 11th of October. Are you doing your PhD at OsloMet, and find yourself in need of a relaxing break? Perhaps you have just started and want to meet other people doing their PhD’s here? Want to exchange life hacks and advice? Or do you just want to…
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Going Abroad during your PhD
On the 21st of may we arranged our third PhD Night. This time the topic was “Going Abroad during your PhD”, a topic relevant to most of us. Tropical rain poured down outside Fyrhuset, but inside we enjoyed beer, pizza and the company of good colleagues. Representatives from the Section for Internationalisation at OsloMet kicked…
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Ph.d.-night on rights
The topic for the second Ph.d.-night was “Know your rights”. OsloMet-researcher Jan Messel gave an introduction to the history of trade unions and their development in Norway. Afterwards, representatives from Forskerforbundet, Norsk Tjenestemannslag (NTL) and Akademikerne talked about their unions’ work at OsloMet and gave some examples of cases related to ph.d.-students. The program was…
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The very first Ph.d.-night
On January 24th, we hosted our very first Ph.d.-night at Deiglig Fyrhuset on campus Pilestredet. The topic was: “Strategies to survive a ph.d.” and we had three talented speakers who shared their insights from their perspectives as professor and supervisor (Silje Bringsrud Fekjær), former ph.d.-student (Ellisiv Lærum Jacobsen) and current ph.d.-student (Jon Magnus Eilertsen). We…
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PhD-forum is now a member of Fellowship Organizations in Norway (SiN)
On May 25th 2018, our PhD-forum was accepted as a member of Stipendiatorganisasjonene i Norge (SiN) (Fellowship Organizations in Norway). SiN is a joint committee of local organizations for doctoral candidates and post doctors at Norwegian colleges and universities. SiN functions as a network promoting contacts between its member organizations and expressing joint opinions on…
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We changed our name
Some of you may know our forum as “Stipendiatforum”. We have changed our name to “PhD-forum”. This was in order to clarify that we represent everyone who is enrolled in a PhD-program at OsloMet, regardless of employment and funding. If you are enrolled in a PhD-program at OsloMet and have concerns you want us to…