Oslo will guarantee vocational apprenticeships
Oslo City Council will have more applicants for vocational apprenticeships and will offer an apprenticeship guarantee to students in the fields of construction, health and…
Education
Education important for future job seekers
Jobseekers will meet stringent requirements for education and skills in the coming decades. In 2035, the greatest labour demand will be in health, education and…
Study: – Majority of exchange students are from privileged families
Most exchange students come from affluent families, according to a new survey. – It is problematic if our investment in study abroad mostly comes from…
BI students fail most
BI Handelshøyskolen topped the statistics in Oslo and Akershus with 12.3 percent in the spring of 2016. In the spring of 2016, 12.3 of the…
“Students say no to cannabis legalization”
Over half of the respondents in a survey among Norwegian students think that cannabis should not be legalized, writes Universitas. In the survey, conducted by…
Vocational students far more exposed to bullying
Three times as many students in vocational studies state that they are being bullied at school, compared to pupils attending specialised studies, shows a recent…
Arbeiderpartiet support rises sharply among students
Arbeiderpartiet (Labour) support rose by seven percentage points to 35 percent in a poll among students. Høyre (Conservative) fell four percentage points. The survey was…
Koranic schools should receive supervision says researcher
Mosques in Norway operate weekend schools, and Koranic schools, without transparency or control, according to a new survey. The researcher behind the report, Masoud Ebrahimnejad,…
ICT Norway concerned about digital divide in schools
OIKT Norway is concerned about the large differences in digital competence that Norwegian schoolchildren acquire. The trade organisation reacted after a survey showed that six…
Norwegian for beginners
Norwegian for beginners is for those who want a thorough, practical introduction to the language. The aim is to quickly be able to get by…
Norwegian students are among the world’s most knowledgeable one
Norwegian students are fifth in a knowledge survey, shows as a measurement by OECD. Students from Japan and Finland are at the top. Then follow…
Brundtland was honorary doctorate at the Sorbonne
A cultural icon that has changed the way we speak. How was Gro Harlem Brundtland presented when she was an honorary doctorate at the…
Norwegian children living abroad lose Norwegian training
The government proposes to discontinue the scheme with the Norwegian children living abroad receiving tuition over the internet. This means a total of 1,600 pupils…
School points are increasing
From 2009, the average school points have steadily increased to this year’s average of 41.2. From 2015 to 2016, the marks increased in every county,…
More financial support to students
The Government is proposing giving students one week extra financial support, paid from June 2017. – The government is continuing to improve student economy even…
IT industry demands coding in the school
IT industry organizations unite in a common requirement for the next year’s budget. They want to make coding mandatory in schools, create 1,000 new study…
University of Bergen must cut positions
University of Bergen will cut up to 60 fulltime employees until 2020. Thursday University of Bergen (UiB) approved the long-term budget for 2017. According to…
Norway climbs to the top of international student satisfaction
Scandinavian countries put themselves back on top of the leader board by scoring exceptionally well on international student satisfaction in 2016. Norway climbs to top of the…
Principal sends home sick students without noting absence
Under the new absence policy that came into effect in autumn, principal by the Amalie Skram secondary school in Bergen found it necessary to send…
Extensive camera surveillance in Norwegian schools
Several thousand Norwegian students attend schools which use surveillance cameras.The Data Inspectorate describes the practice as problematic. Dagsavisen has mapped the use of camera surveillance…