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31.01.2012
Increased Satisfaction Amongst International Students
A recent survey of international students, in their first year of study at the University of Stavanger, reveals that 37, 2 percent of the respondents experience a very high academic standard at the University. In a similar survey of international students conducted in 2009, the corresponding number was 22,6 %. One of the key factors accounting for this increase would appear to be that the standard of English amongst lecturers has vastly improved.
24.01.2012
The war on drugs is lost
Youth are in danger of choosing drugs rather than tackling life, state professor Jan Erik Karlsen at the Department of Media, Culture and Social Sciences at University of Stavanger and Maurice B. Mittelmark, head of Department of Health Promotion and Development at the University of Bergen.
19.01.2012
Sitting it out
Youngsters in Norway today are not as fit as earlier generations, and even the best perform less well. Researchers now warn that a wave of inactivity could have a major long-term health impact.
06.01.2012
Differing dangers at sea
The probability of being killed at work is 25 times higher for a coastal fisherman than for an offshore worker, according to a study from the UiS. Seafarers also run a high risk of accidents.
06.12.2011
Now it is easier to find your way in the library
Take a look at our new digital map!
15.11.2011
Surgical checklists save lives
Using checklists to improve work practices has long been normal in the aviation and oil industry. Checklists are now also implemented worldwide in the operating room.
15.11.2011
Creating safer surgery
Surgical procedures save and improve lives worldwide, but the figures on serious complications and deaths are high. PhD student Sindre Høyland sees ways of reducing these numbers.
15.11.2011
Coming to terms with terror
How will the terrorist attacks in Norway on 22 July change the country? That question has been put to three social scientists at the University of Stavanger (UiS).
20.10.2011
Face-to-face with an ancient human
A reconstruction based on the skull of Norway’s best-preserved Stone Age skeleton makes it possible to study the features of a boy who lived outside Stavanger 7 500 years ago.
19.10.2011
If coordination fails
The Norwegian healthcare services are organized in primary and secondary service levels. According to PhD student Kristin Laugaland at UiS effective and safe care depends on coordination across the two service levels in which transitions across them represent a crucial stage in the recovery of elderly people.