Following the Arctic Circle Assembly in in early October, students at the Univeristy Centre of the Westfjords shared their summaries and impressions of the conference.  

The University Centre of the Westfjords hosted a Marine Litter Workshop in early September. The workshop was a part of the Arctic Marine Litter Project.

The summit will take place in Levanger and Stjørdal, Norway in 29-30 January, 2020. The summit is co-organised by Nord University, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Sámi University of Applied Sciences and University of Lapland and is part of UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity act...

The eighth Relate North Symposium will be held from November 11 to 16, 2019 in Syktyvkar, Komi, Russia and is organized by the Syktyvkar State University and the University of Lapland.

The Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security has published 'The GlobalArctic Handbook'.

The project focuses on agency and voice of young children in marginalized, indigenous and immigrant children with diverse ethnical and cultural backgrounds. The project is part of activities of UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education. 

The UNESCO Secretariat praised the application of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov for the establishment of the UNESCO Chair "Technologies for Preservation of the Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Arctic Region - Technologies for Preservation of The Historical and Cultural Heritage of...

A coordinated effort involving trailblazing science—and icebreaking ships—from many nations is needed to fill gaps in our understanding of the Arctic Ocean and how it’s changing.

The European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they may still be consolidating their own independent research team or programme. Application deadline: February 4, 2020.

The University Centre of the Westfjords (UW) has received funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers Ocean Working Group for a project entitled “Plastics in commercial fish stocks of Norway, Iceland and Faroe Islands.”

The event is organised by the UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education and the UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Teacher Education and will be held at the FERA Conference in Joensuu, Finland, November 21, 2019.

By increasing their support for UArctic's north2north mobility program, Norway aims to get the whole country more engaged in find solutions for northern challenges, and contribute to growing expertise in Norway as well as in other Arctic countries through knowledge exchange. 

Due to changes in the legal status of University of the Arctic, the new Thematic Networks for 2020 will be endorsed in February 2020. This means that the procedure of the new proposals will be handled from the end of 2019 - early 2020.

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Working Group of the Arctic Council, in cooperation with the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), are excited to announce several Fellowship programs.

Raising the importance of international cooperation, gender equality and environmental challenges in the Arctic, the Swedish Ambassador for Arctic Affairs Björn Lyrvall gave a powerful speech and video interview at the Stockholm City Hall during the meeting of the Council of UArctic.