We greatly appreciated all the commitment:
– The participants for choosing NUAS Forum 2026 as their platform for networking and professional development.
– The speakers for sharing their expertise and insights for the benefit of others.
– The members of the NUAS Special Interest Groups for their dedicated work in developing workshops and sessions for the conference, as well as facilitating networking through their poster stands.
– The respondents to the evaluation for providing valuable feedback that will help us shape future events with and for NUAS member institutions.

Conference participants will soon be able to access the conference materials. You will receive an email with further information on when and how to access the materials.

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The event opened with a welcome from Åbo Akademi Rector Gunilla Widén and included sessions led by Senior Advisor Sidsel Valmot from the University of Oslo on core qualities, talents, and leadership pitfalls (The Core Quality Quadrant by Daniel Ofman). Participants also engaged in action learning, peer discussions, and a case study on service concept change presented by the University of Helsinki.

The gathering provided a welcome opportunity to reconnect with colleagues from across the Nordic countries and to strengthen the network built during the PLA programme. The participants thank Tapani Harkila, Financial Director at Åbo Akademi University, for a well-organised seminar.

The group’s alumni seminar for 2027 will be hosted by UiT, The Arctic University of Norway.

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Under the theme University Sovereignty – Resilient Administration in a Rapidly Changing World, we will explore the role of leaders and administrative employees in times of change.

Join us the 19^th-21^st of August in Copenhagen.

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It was an inspiring start to the programme filled with openness, reflection, and a strong commitment to personal growth.

We will be sharing more updates throughout the year. Perhaps this will inspire you to apply for the next PLA.

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Registration is open until December 10!

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NUAS Programme for leaders in Administration, cohort of 2019-2020 held their third alumni seminar on 12. -13. of June 2025. This time Karlstad University hosted the event, and pro-Rector Margareta Friman warmly welcomed the group. The academic content consisted of Senior Lecturer Eva Lid Frimans interesting lecture with recent research on remote work, working hours and productivity. Change management is always on top of the agenda for leaders at universities. After an introduction to the theme by senior advisor Sidsel Valmot from University of Oslo, the group worked with a tool to uncover barriers to change (“Immunity to change”). The participants also discussed organizational challenges at their own universities and worked with individual leadership cases.

Thanks again for a successful alumni seminar, and special thanks to Eva Lena Östlin, Head of the Department of Economics and Planning at Karlstad University, for a well-organized seminar.

The group’s alumni seminar for 2026 will be hosted by Åbo Akademi University.

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NUAS is a member-driven collaborative organization based on voluntary participation. Based on interest, the directors and the employees of the member institutions share knowledge, ideas and best practices. NUAS organizes activities and networks of high relevance and quality, through work in special interest groups. In this way, NUAS contributes to improvement through professionalization, to the benefit of universities and societies in the Nordic region. …

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The professional programme was mainly built around topics suggested by the participants, so this year AI and the consequences for universities was central. Furthermore, the participants contributed with presentations on topics of interest from their own universities, followed by discussions in groups. They then worked with “Action Learning” – sharing personal leadership matters and coaching each other in groups.

“I think we have found a formula that works well for our alumni group”, says Line Altern Halvorsen Valbø from University of Oslo, member of this year’s planning committee, “and it’s wonderful to see how the networking between participants is being strengthened every time we meet. Some also find time to meet in between.”

She also thanks Sidsel Valmot, UiO, for her contribution within leadership development and process facilitation at the seminar. “Now, a new planning committee has been appointed for the next alumni. The class of 2019-2020 lives on!” Line concludes.

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We have just finished our circle around the sun – or the circle of the NUAS Program for Leaders in Administration program.(PLA)
Last year in the beginning of June,  NUAS launched the PLA program in Reykjavík, Iceland  where 34 Nordic University Administrative leaders started their program journey designed around the roles and functions of administrative leaders in an academic setting.
The program consists of five seminars held over a year´s time span and the participants have been engaged in the topics of:

The role of leaders in administration in the Nordic HE context:​

• The role of leaders in administration in the Nordic HE context
• Change Management,
• You, as a leader,
• Higher Education in the Nordic countries – Building a Great Place to Work and
• Future-proof organizations and regenerative leadership

These seminars have been held in partnership with NUAS University members: the University of Iceland, Univerisity of Helsinki, Karlstad University, Oslo Metropolitan University and jointly by University of Aalborg & University of the Faroe Islands where their representatives formed a Planning group along with the NUAS General Secretary.
The participants have reported  on gaining new perspectives on leadership, sharing experiences and listening to others and being able to use different tools to grow as a leader has been most beneficial for them as a leader in administration.
Due to unforeseen circumstances the last seminar was moved from the Faroe Islands to the Aalborg Campus in Copenhagen.  This did not derail the participants at all and they have voiced that they would like to foster and strengthen the connections and network and meet again in a year´s time – perhaps in the Faroe Islands!

Here are some pictures from Copenhagen

Future organizations and Regenerative Leadership was the topic for seminar 5

A collage from prior seminars: Reykjavík, Helsinki, Karlstad and Oslo

Discussing challenges of the future

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  Participants experienced some Danish rain

  

  A great location at Aalborg Univeristy Campus in Sydhavn Copenhagen

  

  Group work

  

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