Circle U Student Fellow on AI in teaching

About the position

The Department for Study Administration will employ 1 student in part-time positions to work alongside academic staff at the University of Oslo on the project Generative Artificial Intelligence in Next Generation Studies.

About Circle U

Circle U. is a research-intensive and interdisciplinary alliance working to provide outstanding education, research and innovation to contribute to more sustainable, democratic and healthier societies. The following Universities are member of the alliance: Aarhus Universitet (Denmark), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany), King’s College London (United Kingdom), Università di Pisa (Italy), Universität Wien (Austria), Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), Université Paris Cité (France), Universitetet i Oslo (Norway) and Univerzitet u Beogradu (Serbia). 

About Student Fellows

As a Student Fellow, you are hired as a project assistant in a 20% position and become part of Circle U. team at the University of Oslo. In this role as student fellow, you will collaborate with staff at UiO’s Center for Learning, Innovation and Academic Development who will act as your supervisors. Working hours will be determined in consultation with your supervisors, and there is room for flexible working hours.

Work tasks

The project "Generative Artificial Intelligence in Next Generation Studies" (GAINS) aims to explore effective ways of using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in teaching. It is led by King’s College London and includes participants from the University of Oslo, University Paris Cité, University of Pisa, and UCLouvain. The project is anchored in the Circle Us Teaching and Innovation Lab (CU.til) and targets, among others, educators associated with Circle Us' four knowledge hubs for Global Health, Climate, Democracy, and Artificial Intelligence. The project starts in January 2025 and will last throughout the year.

The goals of the GAINS project are to:

• Develop knowledge within Circle U regarding the use of AI in teaching.
• Contribute to creating good pedagogical practices in the use of AI across Circle U.
• Involve researchers and students across Circle Us platforms in research on the pedagogical use of AI.

As a Student Fellow in this project, you will, among other things:

• Collect and systematize pedagogical resources and research findings in the field.
• Develop resources and guides on how educators can design varied teaching and learning activities using AI.
• Develop resources and courses for the pedagogical use of AI.
• Disseminate the project results in various forums and channels.

Several partner universities in this project will also attempt to employ Student Fellows, and our ambition is that these Fellows can collaborate on various activities.

Qualification requirements

We are looking for you who:

• Are a student at the University of Oslo.
• Communicates well in both written and spoken Norwegian and English.
• Are interested in contacting students and staff at the University of Oslo and partner universities through email, digital, and physical meetings.
• Have a special interest in research on and the use of AI in teaching or other qualifications relevant to the project.

We offer

• An exciting and challenging part-time position with opportunities for professional development.
• The opportunity to work on interdisciplinary topics within technology and pedagogy.
• Experience in an international work environment within the Circle U network.
• Flexible working hours suitable for students.
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with favorable mortgages and good insurance schemes.
• Salary in position as consultant/position code 1065, in salary range NOK 418 500 per year in 20% position over a 12 months period. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.

How to apply

The application in Norwegian or in English must include:

• cover letter statement of motivation 
• CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work)
• copies of educational certificates (academic transcripts only)
• list of reference persons: 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and phone number)

The application with attachments must be delivered in our recruiting system.

Formal regulations

Interviews with the best qualified candidates will be arranged.

According to the Norwegian Freedom of Information Act (Offentleglova) information about the applicant may be included in the public applicant list, also in cases where the applicant has requested non-disclosure.

 

Inclusion and diversity are a strength. The University of Oslo has a personnel policy objective of achieving a balanced gender composition.Furthermore, we want employees with diverse professional expertise, life experience and perspectives.

If there are qualified applicants with disabilities, employment gaps or immigrant background, we will invite at least one applicant from each of these categories to an interview.

Contact information

Seniorrådgiver Knut Augedal - knut.augedal@link.uio.no

Seniorrådgiver Øystein Moen - oystein.moen@admin.uio.no