Annual performance appraisal and work planning

Today I have had my annual performance appraisal in relation to my employment as Professor of philosophy at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies. This included work planning for the academic year 2026-27.

University board discussion of suggested work planning guidelines; new Khrono story

Last afternoon Khrono published the story "Vil ha nye retningslinjer for forskningstid stoppet" (Wants new guidelines for research time stopped), focused on discussion, to put it mildly, in the university board about the University of Stavanger leadership´s suggestions for new work planning guidelines. With indirect reference to my statements published in Khrono earlier, board member Ketil Fred Hansen said during the University of Stavanger board meeting yesterday that "— Vi blir ikke redusert til å være en høgskole gjennom dette, men vi havner ned på nivået til en videregående skole" (— We are not reduced to being a university college by this, but end up down on the level of a high school). 

In the board meeting, which was streamed and can be watched here, he backed this up by saying that certain high schools give teachers more time to prepare for teaching than the UIS leadership has now suggested in the new work planning guidelines. In the board meeting, the Khrono coverage featuring me (letter to the editor and interview respectively) was referred to by both board members representing UIS employees, and by Director of business management and development John Viflot, although I was not mentioned by name (but mentioned by Hansen as "one of our colleagues").

Hansen said the suggested guidelines should be withdrawn, and that he has demanded that the university board, not rector Klaus Mohn, makes any decision related to new work planning guidelines. This was supported by several other board members.

The two most-read stories on Khrono

The news story featuring an interview with me on the University of Stavanger´s suggested new guidelines for work planning is still the most-read story on Khrono. Earlier today, my (related) letter to the editor "Høyskolevisjonen for UIS" entered the top 5 list; now it has climbed to no. 2., so that I´m currently involved in the two most-read stories on Khrono.

See also:

Most-read story on Khrono

Follow-up news story in Khrono

Follow-up news story in Khrono

Khrono has published a follow-up news story to the news story published Wednesday featuring an interview with me on the University of Stavanger´s suggested guidelines for work planning. The news story is titled "Guro Lind: — Dette er en farlig vei å gå og jeg blir dypt bekymret" (Guro Lind: This is a dangerous path to go down and I am deeply concerned), and features comments by Guro Lind, Head of the Norwegian trade union Forskerforbundet, a trade union for researchers, as well as by professor Tony Burner. The news story also refers to comments made to the original story on Khrono and Facebook. The new story links to the original story, and to my related letter to the editor, but does not mention me by name.

4-5 scheduled meetings

Today I have attended 2 job interviews (3 were scheduled, with 1 no-show), an employee appraisal (total to date: 28) and a work planning meeting.

2 meetings

Today I have taken part in two meetings.