The Language Committee is responsible for surveying, reporting on and implementing measures related to parallel language use, plain language and language quality in all of the university areas of operations.
- The Language Committee is an advisory body for the University's leadership in cases that relate to language use at the institution and general language policy.
- The Language Committee will make priorities for work with language policy at the institution.
- The Language Committee will identify, adopt and introduce measures that facilitate implementation of language policy.
- The Language Committee will ensure that plain language and parallel language use are founding principles for language use, and that the institution achieves and maintains a strategic and reasonable balance between Bokmål, Nynorsk, English and the Saami languages in research, education, communication and administration.
- The Language Committee wil survey the need for language training, and work to improve the language skills of staff and students.
- The Language Committee reports to the University Board in the annual report regarding completed, ongoing and planned measures, as well as the language situation at the institution.
- The Language Committee is a resource and a leading example for parallel language use and plain language.
- The Language Committee can adopt decisions when half or more of the total number of members is present, including substitutes when permanent members are unable to attend.
By decision of the rector, 10. november 2020.
Name Role Represents Ketil Eiane Chair, prorector of research and development Jarle Jørgensen Member FBA Unn Siri Olsen Member FSH Hege Lamark Member FSV Hege Eilertsen Member HHN Malin Norman Member, administration University Library Marthe Storhaug Member, administration HR Stine Sæthre Student representative Ellisiv Flatval Secretary Communications Unit