How did you end up here at UiA?
I was married to someone who grew up in Kristiansand, and we moved from Trondheim to Kristiansand when we were expecting our second child in 2013.
Before starting at UiA PULS, I worked for five years in the IT Department’s Media Services section. And before moving to Kristiansand, I spent 11 years at NTNU’s Multimedia Centre in Trondheim.
Would you tell us a bit about your position and what you do on a daily basis?
I work in an administrative position at UiA PULS (the Centre for Educational Development and Learning) in the Department of Education. I have a variety of tasks, but perhaps most interesting for others is that I am the coordinator for project funding in UiA’s Programme for Educational Quality (PRUK) and UiA’s teaching merit scheme.
Through my work, I come into contact with many employees from different academic environments, and this gives me insight into what is happening in terms of interest and expertise in development work related to educational quality. For many years, I have also helped academic staff produce different types of teaching videos.
These days, I regularly train UiA staff through the university pedagogy courses offered by UiA PULS. Otherwise, I am generally a resource person who helps individuals or academic groups get started with video or podcast production. Recently, I have helped many students begin producing podcasts, and that is really fun!
How do you find UiA as a workplace?
UiA is a large organisation with many friendly and skilled colleagues. I feel that the work I do is socially beneficial: that I contribute in my own way to helping lecturers provide better teaching for students.
Do you have any advice for someone who might be interested in a similar administrative position?
I think you should be prepared for quite a lot of variety in the work. Sometimes there is a lot of independent planning and coordination, while at other times you are part of a larger project or group work. So I believe it’s an advantage to be curious about what others are doing and how “everything is connected”, to listen to others and to be patient. Because things don’t always move as quickly as you might hope in such a large public organisation.