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Hansen said the suggested guidelines should be withdrawn, and that he has demanded that the university board, not rector Klaus Mohn, makes any decision related to new work planning guidelines.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