– Five years in a row! This year, we had a packed three-day programme featuring a mix of returning and new sessions, covering a wide range of topics from visual presentation to How to Secure Prestigious Research Funding and AI in Classroom Dialogue, says Stefan Vincent Strømnes, project coordinator for WEEK42.
Also new this year were sessions aimed at developing teaching skiills.
– I mean, we are the Faculty of Educational Sciences after all - so if anyone should be doing this, surely it's us? Strømnes continues.
The Vice Dean of Research at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Astrid Marie Jorde Sandsør, are also very pleased with this years Week42:
– We are very pleased with this year’s WEEK 42. The speakers were inspiring and offered useful advice to take away, and participants were highly engaged. The lecture on the Fellesskoleutvalget report brought together staff from across the faculty, and the event afterwards at Kjeller’n, where researchers shared stories of academic “failure”, was an enjoyable and entertaining way to round off the week.
Social Media-case won prestigious price
In their talk "Social Media as a Gateway Drug" Guro Sollie Hansebakken and Amund Aasbrenn gave an insight into how researchers can implement social media as a tool for disseminating their research.
Among practical tasks for the participants Hansebakken and Aasbrenn also showed Magne Flemmen, professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Geography, as an example of how a researcher can establish themselves in a social media world. Only days later Flemmen won the prestigous Communications Award from the Norwegian Research Council!
Here is a peak into some of the other courses held, and the feedback from it's participants:
Design principles that work: visual communication for researchers by Shane Colvin
Colvin's talks on design principles are always greatly appreciated, and this year was no exception.
– This was a super engaging course - perfectly timed and exceptionally well-delivered.
– I liked the spacing and font recommendations, and learned how to make a grid. I also learned a lot about pairing visual and vocal styles. Thanks!
– It was a GREAT presentation with amazing tips!
Self-management: getting things done with by Vivienne Lumayag
Vivienne Lumayag gave great tips into one of the most challenging aspects of being a researcher: managing ones time and capacity.
– It was nice to do small exercises during the talk!
– Self-management talk was very good.
How to secure prestigious research funding by Nicolai Borgen
In order to be able to do the research, one needs funding! Nicolai Borgen gave insights into how one may strengthen ones odds of securing those funds.
– Keep it up, great talk, very useful.
– Excellent.