{"id":421,"date":"2021-12-15T14:46:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T13:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.uit.no\/sat000\/?p=421"},"modified":"2021-12-15T14:47:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T13:47:55","slug":"erasmus-a-chance-for-personal-growth-and-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.uit.no\/sat000\/2021\/12\/15\/erasmus-a-chance-for-personal-growth-and-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Erasmus+, a chance for personal growth and inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><p>In the beginning of December, and almost a year later than planned, Svein Are and I \u2013 the UiT improvement team &#8211; traveled to London to visit our colleagues at <strong>Middlesex University<\/strong>. The trip was part of the Erasmus+ mobility programme and we were about to join <strong>the business enhancement team<\/strong> for a whole week. In addition, I had never been in London, so I was quite excited.<\/p> <a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/146212428@N05\/51749176365\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20211202_114337\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51749176365_607d2239a8.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"225\" alt=\"20211202_114337\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p>At Middlesex we were warmly welcomed, and with <strong>Nichole Dunne-Watts<\/strong> as our manager for the week, we were in good hands. In addition to working with the business enhancement team we also met their CI (Continuous Improvement) practitioners, had a guided tour around campus, visited the student helpdesk center UniHelp, had a lunch meeting with the Chief People Officer, <strong>presented the UiT Service Design project<\/strong> and participated in a Lean HE UK South steering group meeting. During the week we had many opportunities to <strong>share experiences and current best practice <\/strong>on continuous improvement and business enhancement methodologies. Amongst all the new ideas, <strong>low code automation<\/strong> is one to be tested back home at UiT.<\/p> <a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/146212428@N05\/51749176350\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20211129_162610\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51749176350_ff5bf45729_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20211129_162610\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m so grateful for the opportunity to visit and become part of another team. I know both Svein Are and I have acquired <strong>new knowledge and gained new skills<\/strong> relevant for our job at UiT. We have also strengthened our relationships with the team at Middlesex and I have no doubt we will continue to collaborate in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p>Being away from home almost made me feel I was on a holiday, not at work of course, but in the evenings. When I\u2019m home I usually drive my kids to different activities in the afternoons, but now I could be a tourist in London. We even managed to see the lighting of <strong>the famous Norwegian Christmas tree at Trafalgar Square.<\/strong><\/p> <a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/146212428@N05\/51749213865\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"265666180_623990185718967_1879695611805965638_n\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51749213865_cb546f521f_n.jpg\" width=\"237\" height=\"320\" alt=\"265666180_623990185718967_1879695611805965638_n\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Christmas holiday is getting closer and with a new year we get new opportunities. For the next year I would like to encourage all my colleagues at UiT to <strong>explore how others work<\/strong> with similar job tasks that you do. Perhaps you could shadow a colleague at another department or faculty, or maybe visit colleagues from another university in or outside of Norway. I will be more than<strong> willing to share my experience<\/strong> in writing Erasmus+ applications, so feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>-Karin Eilertsen<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the beginning of December, and almost a year later than planned, Svein Are and I \u2013 the UiT improvement team &#8211; traveled to London to visit our colleagues at Middlesex University. The trip was part of the Erasmus+ mobility &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogg.uit.no\/sat000\/2021\/12\/15\/erasmus-a-chance-for-personal-growth-and-inspiration\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Erasmus+, a chance for personal growth and inspiration<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,5],"class_list":["post-421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-erfaringsutveksling","tag-leanhe"],"featured_image_src":"","featured_image_src_square":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"sat000","author_link":"https:\/\/blogg.uit.no\/sat000\/author\/svein-are-tjeldnes\/"},"rbea_author_info":{"display_name":"sat000","author_link":"https:\/\/blogg.uit.no\/sat000\/author\/svein-are-tjeldnes\/"},"rbea_excerpt_info":"In the beginning of December, and almost a year later than planned, Svein Are and I \u2013 the UiT improvement team &#8211; traveled to London to visit our colleagues at Middlesex University. 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