Uni Shrimps on Multi-culturalism

In 2002 the Norwegian Government encouraged all public bodies to

include a formation stating that immigrants are encouraged to apply in all

job advertisements. The University of Oslo has decided that the three

additional sentences proposed by the Government are too costly, and has

therefore dropped the standard formulation. Ellen Stensrud, secretary of

the Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions, believes that the University is

losing out on qualified immigrant applicants due to this omission.

Elisabeth Halsen, Personnel Manager at the University, promises that the

Universitywill change the current practice. It has already been decided to include the formulation in all job ads for academic positions.

Oslo students are flocking to the treadmills at the SiO (Student

Welfare Association) gyms as if there were no tomorrow. So far this

year, SiO has sold a total of 15,000 membership cards for its gyms – an

11% increase compared to last year. It is hoped that Centrum Athletica,

the prime student gym in Oslo, may expand in the near future in order

to accommodate the demand. Asbjørn Amundsen, director of the

University’s Athletics Division, believes that the gym is popular because

of the quality of the gym’s facilities. He observes that the University

gyms have succeeded in enticing students that were formerly passive to the

gyms.