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The Student Welfare Organisation in Agder (SiA) is providing extra support for students who are stressed, lonely or need to talk to someone due to the current situation.
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A craftsman working in the I-building, Ketil Moes hus, Campus Kristiansand, has confirmed corona covid-19 virus. Alle close contacts at UiA are traced and put in quarantine.
6 May: The student at the Faculty of Engineering and Science, Campus Kristiansand who was put in isolation by the Municipal Health Service due to suspected COVID-19 virus 5. May, tested negative. Fellow students,subject teachers and close contacts are therefore out of the temporary quarantine they were put in yesterday.
The students at UiA will have their voting period extended by two days in this year's student elections, until 12 May. The reason is that a candidate at one faculty was mistakenly listed as a candidate at another.
Eight candidates from the constituency temporarily employed in education and research positions are now fighting for vacancies on the University Board at UiA, one representative and two deputies. The election will be held 3-10 May.
When the international NORDTEK conference on artificial intelligence is held on 8 June, three bachelor students will be behind the scenes.
“To ensure diverse fish stocks, we should enable the safe passage of fish past the power plant turbines”, says Tormod Haraldstad. He has a doctorate in coastal zone ecology.
The Council of Europe launches its annual report on democracy, there will be a rebus, webinars and podcasts during the Democracy and Election Week at UiA from 3 to 7 May. The student associations, STA and various disciplines at UiA organise the events. A main goal is to increase participation in student elections.
Morrow Batteries AS is planning a large battery factory in Arendal. Their innovation centre will be UiA’s nearest neighbour in Grimstad.
The new Local Government Act has provided a clearer framework and rules, but also a new dynamic between the elected representatives and the municipal director. These are among the findings of a new report from UiA prepared on behalf of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS).
(Updated 16 April) The government is opening up for more teaching activity on campus, provided that the necessary safety measures are observed. The two-metre requirement is reduced to one metre.
