Pre-announcement - Call for UArctic's Graduate Area Chair and Program
Team Members
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UArctic, a cooperative network of universities, colleges, and other
organizations committed to higher education and research in the North,
has announced that a call for a Graduate Area chair and Program Team
Members will be formerly made around mid-August 2007.
During UArctic's 10th Council meeting in June 2007 in Arkhangelsk,
Russia, the Council of UArctic confirmed the establishment of the
UArctic Master Program, endorsed the Program's goals, and in principle
approved the foundation principles as outlined in the Guidelines for the
UArctic Master Program. The Council further asked the President to take
immediate action to ensure that the new Program is developed quickly.
The development of the UArctic Graduate Area has been led from the
UArctic Field School office at University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) in
Longyearbyen, Norway and was developed in close cooperation with leading
UArctic member institutions. The new Graduate Area will consist of the
UArctic Master Program, the Field School Program, and the PhD networks
(Graduate Networks).
UArctic Member institutions who might be interested should consider
their capacity to take the lead of this very important program.
Successful candidates should demonstrate adherence to UArctic Values and
Goals, preparedness to demonstrate relevant competency, experience in
international cooperation in a broad specter of disciplines, and have
experience in the development of graduate programs in cooperation with
institutions in other countries. The leader will be supported by a
program team consisting of selected experts from the circumpolar north
as well as the leaders of the Field School and Graduate Networks
programs.
The leader will have the strategic lead for the whole of the Graduate
Area when it comes to content and delivery and will have support from
the rest of UArctic in finding resources for the operations this
strategic area. UArctic will encourage all those who gave valuable time
and resources to the early development phase of the Graduate Area to
consider continuing to serve in the program activity. The need to
balance competency and UArctic values, regional background, etc. will be
taken into consideration when creating the team.
The formal call will be made around mid-August 2007 and interested
institutions are encouraged to start the necessary steps now in order to
be ready when the call comes.
For further information, please go to:
http://www.uarctic.org/singleNewsArticle.aspx?m=83&amid=2936