DION will join the protest organized by Forskerforbundet

Malene / / Statements and press releases, Trondheim

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When? Monday 13 June at 1200-1300 on the lawn behind the main building at Gløshaugen.

Why? After repeated and dramatic cuts in funding for research infrastructure, construction projects, student grants, projects funded through the Research Council and the continuation of the ABE cuts, Forskerforbundet and the other unions at NTNU believe that enough is enough – research and education need long-term.

We want to spend an hour of the working day to mark this with appeals from, among others, May-Britt Moser, the students and Forskerforbundet. Together we will show that research and education are important for the future of Norway.

We encourage you to stop working and join the event to send a clear signal to the government.

Foraging course with DION (Trondheim)

Malene / / Events, Trondheim

DION would like to invite you to a foraging course!

In the pristine Norwegian forest, there is so much to experience. Despite the fact that we like to explore nature, we do not fully understand the fragility and exciting life of the different ecosystems. Most people have very limited knowledge about mushrooms, edible plants, seaweed, and sustainable harvesting.

Through a lecture and a tour by an expert from Boreal Forest you will increase your knowledge about sustainable and safe foraging. There are two dates you can attend the course. Please sign up only for one of these dates.

The price is 350 NOK (The original course price is 450 NOK, DION will pay 100 NOK for you!).

The number of places is limited: 30 participants, 15 for each course, so hurry up! 

Registration is open until Wednesday (18th of May) at 10am.

4th of June (Saturday) 10.00 – 12.30

Please use this form to sign up:

https://forms.gle/bSgNdSaNiUV436Dt5

13th of June (Monday) 17.00 – 19.30

Please use this form to sign up:

https://forms.gle/a366fmr5f4AJQjiq6

The Ukrainian room within Tandem project

Olga Cherepkova / / Hearings

We are very pleased to announce that a Ukrainian room has been added to the Language Tandem platform. We would like to invite all Ukrainian academic staff, students and doctoral candidates at the ENHANCE universities (NTNU is one of the seven ENHANCE universities)  to join the project. We hope that this platform will enable our Ukrainian friends to contact each other and to establish new contacts within the ENHANCE community.

To join the platform please go to the following link :

How to join the project

How to join the project / Tandems / Strona g?ówna – ENHANCE – Tandems

Bowling event (Gjøvik)

Olga Cherepkova / / Events, Gjøvik

Spring is coming and it is time for a fun family-friendly event. So, DION invites all Gjøvik-based PhDs, Postdocs, temporary scientific employees at NTNU for a Bowling night at Bowling 1 Gjøvik. The Bowling will be followed by yummy pizza to compensate burnt calories.
It will be the last event organized by DION before the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and DION board election! Gjøvik needs new candidates and if you have any questions regarding that, don’t miss this opportunity! Join us and we’ll be there to answer your questions.

Please forward this invitation to your colleagues, in particular, those have been recently joined NTNU-Gjøvik family.

Please note that the event is free for the FIRST 30 REGISTREES ONLY and family members are welcome to join as well. But, latecomers and unregistered participants are welcome to join at their own expense.
Hurry up and register for the event!

To join please register here.

Follow our event on Facebook for further updates.

The lanes are booked from 16:00 sharp.
When: Saturday, 26th March at 4pm
Where: Bowling 1 Gjøvik, Trondhjemsvegen

Annual general meeting and board election of DION

Olga Cherepkova / / -, AGM

Dear colleagues, 

DION is happy to invite you to our Annual General Meeting on April 7, 2022. This year the event will be hybrid with pizza for physical attendees at Trondheim & Gjøvik. 

If you would like to participate physically and have pizza, please fill in one of this forms until 28th March 10am:

Trondheim: https://forms.gle/22fouHvuSUUnoJXZ7

Gjøvik: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=cgahCS-CZ0SluluzdZZ8BcDbgd3y9WlOmOQEudLCeu1URFpYUDI5QjRJV0VUQ1FUOVhFUkhIU1o4NC4u

The election of the new board will be opened at the end of the meeting. We encourage all PhD candidates, post-docs and temporary scientific employees from NTNU to consider joining the board. The DION Board consists of 5 to 8 members, including the DION president, who serve for 12 months (until spring 2022). This is a great opportunity to get organizational experience from inside the university and work towards a better PhD and post-doc experience at NTNU. A board position on DION can be credited as up to one month of duty work, or one month extension of the PhD project period; whilst the president receives two months (Forskrift om stipendiater ved NTNU, §2)

Who can apply? 

·        All PhD candidates, post-docs and temporary scientific employees at NTNU (Trondheim, Ålesund and Gjøvik)

·        Candidates must have a contract until spring 2023.

·        Norwegian proficiency is required for the president position

How to apply? 

Send your short application including picture, name, affiliation, short bio and motivation (1 page max) to post@dion.ntnu.no. Please send your application before the 4th of April, so that we can share your application on our website before the AGM. It is also possible to step forward as a candidate during AGM.

Who can vote? 

All PhD candidates, post-docs and temporary scientific employees at NTNU. 

AGM date & time: April 7, 2022; 16:30 – 18:30

AGM venue: 

Trondheim: S2, Sentralbygg, Gløshaugen; Teams (Link will be shared before the meeting)

Gjøvik: K, K102; Teams

Ålesund: Teams

The election will open at the end of the meeting on Valgweb and it will be open for 72 hours. The newly elected board will be informed directly after the election and we will also announce it through our digital channels. The online transition meeting for the new board will be held on 12th April 2022 at 15.00.

If you have any question about the president position, you can contact Martin Brattmyr ( martin.brattmyr@ntnu.no ) and for other queries you can contact post@dion.ntnu.no.