This is an annual conference for staff and students where we highlight the educational activities across the UiO. The registration deadline is November 18, 2025.
English program thread
10:15-11AM: Parallell session 1
Transforming Higher Education: Circle U. in Action
Circle U. is a European university alliance that serves as a platform for testing innovative educational concepts, renewing study portfolios, and strengthening international collaboration across its nine participating universities.
This session will examine how Blended Intensive Programs (BIPs), which combine short-term physical mobility with collaborative online learning, can foster innovative and sustainable teaching formats. Participants will hear firsthand from a student who has participated in a BIP, offering reflections on learning, collaboration, and building academic networks across institutions. The session will also address hybrid teaching practices, highlighting lessons learned and discussing approaches to creating more inclusive, engaging, and flexible learning environments in an international context. By the end of the session, participants will have a clearer understanding of how to engage with Circle U., draw inspiration from practical experiences, and explore ways to integrate international and hybrid approaches into their own teaching.
Contributions by
- Dan Banik, Professors and Academic Director of the Democracy Hub at Circle U
- Marthe Landmark, Student at Department of Political Science
- Paola Soto Batista, Student at Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies
- Sarah Ruth Schmid, Student at Faculty of Educational Sciences
This session is part of the Utdanningskonferansen at UiO. The target audience is all student and staff at UiO and Circle U alliance.
Location: Georg Sverdrups hus, Stort m?terom
12:30-13:15 PM: Parallell session 2
You as an Educator – Teaching with Confidence
This is a practical session for educators who want to become more confident in managing the dynamics of the classroom. We will look at how you can balance giving students space, handling questions, and creating a good flow in the teaching situation that benefits both you and your students. The goal is to provide you with tools to be a confident leader in the room, so that you can support students in the best possible way.
Facilitators
Siri J?nnum and Helene Aalborg Christiansen at LINK- Centre for Learning, Innovation & Academic Development
Location: Georg Sverdrups hus, tbc
13:30-14:15 PM: Parallell session 3
Learn to Learn: Building Skills, Aligning Expectations, and Supporting STEM Student Success
The "Learn to Learn" iEarth project is an initiative designed to improve student retention and success in STEM education through targeted academic skill development and interdisciplinary collaboration. The session will present key findings on how student retention, attitudes, and skills evolve over the first year of university; the alignment between student, faculty, and industry expectations; and the design and effectiveness of active skill-building interventions.
The workshop will give educators insight into the challenges students face during their first year and offer tools to support skill development in their own courses. Activities will include small-group reflection on real student scenarios, collaborative discussion on integrating skill prompts into existing course structures, and a guided exercise on redesigning one assignment or teaching moment to explicitly support skill-building. These activities are designed to be practical, adaptable, and immediately relevant to participants’ teaching contexts.
Location: Georg Sverdrups hus, tbc
The conference is organised by LINK in close collaboration with the faculties, the Pedagogical Academy, the University Library, the Student Parliament, and the management at UiO.
UiO's photographers will be present to document the event for potential later use in UiO's official channels.