Tyumen State Oil and Gas University's  rector made a speech ‘The role of human resources in development of the Arctic’ at the Tyumen region Academic meeting. The meeting of the region’s leading scientists was devoted to the Russian Science Day and addressed among other issues  development of the Arctic.

University Centre of the Westfjords organizes two field courses on innovations in aquaculture (22-27 March 2015) and marine resource utilisation (28 March-3 April 2015). The courses are offered in the Marine Innovation master’s program but are open to external participants. Apply by 6 March 2015.

On February 10 Surgut State University will celebrate the Day of Russian science.

The 6th Arctic Business Forum on March 10–12, 2015 in Rovaniemi, Finland introduces the latest business development and future prospects of the European High North economy. ArcticBusiness Forum is a discussion arena and a business to business meeting point.

Proceedings of the 8th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference & University of the Arctic Inaugural Food Summit are now available here.

The lecture “Future of Arctic cooperation in light of recent tensions with Russia”, organized at the University of Lapland on Feb 18, 2015, is given by the highly respected professor and author Michael Byers, Canadian Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

The Chukotka Branch of the Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University is pleased to invite to the International Research-to Practice Conference “Problems and Prospects of the Arctic Zone Development in the North-East of Russia”, which will be held on 15-16 April 2015 in Anadyr, Russia.

Applications are invited for the 2015 International Volcanological Field School in Katmai, Alaska (June 7-20, 2015) and Mutnovsky/Gorely, Kamchatka, Russia (August 16-29, 2015). The field school consists of two-week field trips to active volcanoes of Alaska and Kamchatka. Applications are reviewed continuously.

Advanced Master's students, PhD students and post-doc/early-career researchers from multi-disciplines (Health Science, Public Health, Political Science, and Social Science) are invited to take part in two summer courses, offered prior to the 16th International Congress on Circumpolar Health. Apply by March 15, 2015.

Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU) is glad to inform you about the special option for supporting student mobility with Russian Quota Scholarship Program

The University of Nordland (Bodø, Norway) is organizing the conference "Barents Region and Beyond - Internationalizing Higher Education" June 2-3, 2015. Conference invitation flyer available in English and Russian.

Caitlyn Baikie, one of UArctic's first Student Ambassadors, was listed yesterday as one of Canada's "young indigenous leaders: 5 under 30 to watch in 2015". (original article on CBC News)

In 2015, for the third time in 14 years, a Russian UArctic member will be hosting the annual meeting of the Council of UArctic. In addition to the Council meeting, a joint international conference entitled "Arctic dialogue in the globalized world" is being organized.

Organizers welcome the submission of proposals for Breakout Sessions at the Third Arctic Circle Assembly to be held October 16–18, 2015 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Deadline for proposal submissions: June 1, 2015.

The 15th International Scientific Conference for Students and Post-graduates “Problems of the Arctic Region” is devoted to scientific, environmental, technical, economic, and social aspects of the development of the Arctic. Deadline for registrations and paper submissions: 25 April 2015.