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NOU 2023: 19 - Learning: Lost in the Shuffle?

Use of pupil and student data to enhance learning

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The Healthcare Personnel Commission delivers its report

On Thursday 2 February, the Minister of Health and Care Services, Ingvild Kjerkol, delivered the Healthcare Personnel Commission’s report titled Time to Act: Personnel in a sustainable health and care service.

Student welfare

The universities and university colleges have the overall responsibility for the students’ learning environment. As a general rule, all institutions encompassed by the Act relating to universities and university colleges must be associated with a

Admission to studies

The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research determines rules for admission to education.

Students are happy with flexible educational provisions

85% of pupils with flexible and decentralised educational provisions are happy with the academic content, a new report shows. These educational provisions are successful in meeting the needs of working life and help ensure that education and skills

The government is extending the grant scheme for Ukrainian students in Norway

Ukrainian students who were already in Norway before the war started can continue to receive a subsistence grant for the next academic year. Russian and Belarusian students will no longer be covered by this scheme.

Government changes admission rules for refugees who want to study

It will now be easier for refugees to be admitted to higher education in Norway. As a temporary arrangement, displaced people without a Higher Education Entrance Qualification may apply for a place at a higher education institution.

Recently arrived students must receive quality education within three months

The Storting has adopted temporary legislative amendments as a result of the arrival of displaced people from Ukraine. Children who arrive in Norway must be offered quality education within three months. The municipalities have an obligation to

Norwegian comment to the European strategy for universities and the Council Recommendation on building bridges for effective European higher education cooperation – April 2022

NOU 2022: 2 - Academic freedom of expression

A good culture of free speech must be built from the bottom up, every single day

The Norwegian Government is offering financial security to Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarusian students in Norway

The Norwegian Government wants to help Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarusian students in a difficult situation. Students who are struggling financially due to the war will now receive funding to cover their subsistence costs.

Norway seeking seat on UNESCO Executive Board

Norway is the Nordic region’s candidate for a seat on the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the period 2025-2029.

Most teachers and nurses live in their home county after completing their studies

A new report from Statistics Norway shows that people who train to become preschool teachers, teachers, nurses and social workers are more likely to study in their home county and remain there after completing their education. One important reason

Flexible and decentralised education at vocational colleges, university colleges and universities

Preface The green shift and digital transformation are among the biggest changes our society will face in the coming years. Together with other technological developments, these processes will result in the disappearance of many jobs, the emergence

Government to provide student support for electricity costs

The Government is proposing offering an application-based additional loan of NOK 3000 to students at universities, university colleges and vocational schools and adult students studying at upper secondary level in order to cover their electricity

Examinations at universities, university colleges and vocational schools are to be completed

Measures and recommendations that focus on universities, university colleges and vocational schools must provide students with safe teaching, compulsory courses and examinations.

Strategy for Norway’s participation in Horizon Europe and the European Research Area

The strategy sets out the overriding goals for Norway’s participation in Horizon Europe and the European Research Area for the period 2021-2027.

Strategy for Norway’s participation in Erasmus+ and the European Education Area

Strategy for Norway’s participation in Erasmus+ and the European Education Area