Lånekassen lowers fixed interest rates
Lånekassen lowers fixed interest rates by up to 0.4 percentage points from 1 May. The new fixed interest rates will thus be 2.35 percent for…
Education
The income limit is removed for a number of students
The Government has removed the income limit for students working in the health and care sector so as to ensure that they retain the scholarship…
Over 20,500 students and staff are ready to help the health care system
The country’s universities and colleges have reported over 20,500 names of students and staff who are in readiness for the health care system during the…
The Government extends the deadline for applications for loans and grants at the Loan Fund
The deadline for applying for loans and grants at the Loan Fund (Lånekassen) has been extended by one month. From next week, students can apply…
Students who lose their jobs are guaranteed student support
The government extends the deadline to apply for student aid to save students who lose income. SV thinks students should be secured scholarships instead of…
More teachers want further education
Over 11,000 teachers have applied for further education this year. But many teachers still need more education to continue in their profession. According to the…
Study trip to Tokyo canceled for over 1,200 NTNU students
At the end of March, more than 1,200 NTNU students were to travel to Tokyo to study, but the trip is now canceled, VG reports….
The Education Agency in Oslo asks 90,000 students to avoid hugging
The National Agency for Education has sent an e-mail to 183 Oslo schools regarding measures against the covid-19 outbreak. Here, students and staff are instructed…
Medical students want climate change on the syllabus
Norwegian medical students are calling for more classes on how climate change affects health. Both the Norwegian Medical Students’ Association and the Norwegian Medical Association…
Norwegian students are happy that British requirements are known early
The UK places new demands on foreign students. The Association of Norwegian Students Abroad (ANSA) is pleased to announce the requirements early. On February 19th,…
Not all can become star chefs
Even as Norway gains Michelin stars, it still lacks hundreds of chefs and food workers and the Minister of Agriculture and Food wants to entice…
Over 7,500 exchange students went abroad last year
In 2019, more Norwegian students traveled abroad than ever before, but there are differences in how many students the universities and colleges send out. The…
Large influenza outbreak at school in Trondheim
All the classrooms are empty at Flatåsen school in Trondheim due to a massive outbreak of influenza. On Friday, 310 students were absent from school.Twelve…
Three out of four young people say the school does not teach them online safety
Norwegian youth do not trust the school if they experience something uncomfortable on the internet and say that online training is not good enough. Norwegian…
Silverfish insects detected at 21 schools in Trondheim
Detection of the insects at seven secondary schools and 14 primary schools in Trondheim, Trondheim Eiendom informs Adresseavisen. Director Per-Tore Støen of Trondheim Eiendom, who…
400 study places for police this autumn
Before Christmas, the Storting (Parliament) decided that by 2020, 400 students will be admitted to the Bachelor’s program at the Police College. The decision came through the…
Nybø will hand-pick foreign students to Norway
“Norway should have a plan for which countries foreign students should be recruited from,” states Minister Iselin Nybø (V). Germany and France are high on…
The student union has applied to build 2,475 student housing units
The student associations around the country have applied for support to build 2,475 student housing units, the Ministry of Education and Research says. This year,…
Lack of industrial apprentices all over Norway
Since 2014, the number of students choosing industrial technology has dropped as much as 38 per cent, according to the Directorate for Education. This creates…
The government provides NOK 2.1 million for the completion of teacher education
There are almost 3,800 unqualified teachers working in schools. Now the government is providing money so that teachers who have taken some of the teacher…