The 4th issue of the newsletter concentrates on best practices of international cooperation within Thematic Networks. One of them is “Managing small and medium sized enterprises in the North”. Svein Johansen, Thematic Network and project leader shared his experience of multilateral cooperation in frames of the three-year proj...
The Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme is now inviting applications for the fourth call of its project grants. The deadline for this call has been extended until 30 November 2016.
In an article for the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Heather Exner-Pirot (coordinator of the UArctic Thematic Network on Northern Nursing Education, managing editor of the Arctic Yearbook) from the University of Saskatchewan shares her experiences from Yakutsk and the challenges of nursing in remote areas - similar all across the Arc...
The University of Aberdeen will host next year's UArctic Rectors' Forum at its King's College Conference Centre, August 23-26, 2017. The theme of the meeting will be "The Inhabited Arctic: Lands, Peoples and Scholarship in the Circumpolar North."
UArctic is launching a call for intern positions for students at the UArctic's member institutions in Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland. Apply by May 31, 2016.
The forth issue of UArctic Russian Newsletter is now available online The issue tells about Thematic Networks activities and contains interviews with Thematic Network leaders.
The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission adopted a policy proposal on April 27, 2016 that will guide the actions of the European Union in the Arctic region.
The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) seeks an Executive Secretary to direct the IASC Secretariat, to guide IASC activities and to manage IASC finances. This is a five-year term position based in Akureyri, Iceland. Application deadline: May 15, 2016.
Northern (Arctic) Federal University (Arkhangelsk, Russia) is pleased to invite international Master and PhD students seeking admission in 2016 to apply to Russian Quota Scholarship Program.
The conference is organized on 14 June 2016 in Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland and is part of the 2016 Finnish presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers. It is organised in connection with the work of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ ad hoc group for quality in higher education.