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Police academy attracts more women

Norway's state police academy (Politihøgskolen) has seen a slight decline in its total number of applicants, but is proud that fully 48 percent of...

Professor fired in Stavanger

A controversial professor in the University of Stavanger's Department of Cultural Studies and Languages has become only the third professor to ever be dismissed...

Officials crack down on school violence

Three government ministers, top politicians from the City of Oslo and the Norwegian capital's chief of police were among those sitting down for a...

School violence ‘shocks’ minister

Norway's acting state education minister was calling on Thursday for an emergency meeting after reports of violence at a high school in Oslo. It's...

School ordered to refund students’ fees

A private communications school that overcharged tuition and landed in various other trouble was ordered on Wednesday to refund nearly NOK 30 million to former...

‘Too much English’ for language council

Norway's national council charged with strengthening the Norwegian language (Språkrådet) is worried that children and youth are being assailed with far too much English...

Former students fight school ‘swindle’

Former students of the Westerdals School of Communications in Oslo packed a local courtroom this week as their case against the school drew to a...

‘Be nice,’ urges new UiO rector

When the University of Oslo's new rector, Svein Stølen, welcomed students at the start of the new academic year last week, among the advice he...

Tougher rules curbed school absenteeism

Norway's Education Ministry was claiming this week that its crackdown on absenteeism at the high school level has led to a 40 percent reduction...

Westerdals relieved after criminal probe was dropped

Officials at the Oslo-based Westerdals Schools of Communications could take off on summer holidays with a sense of relief, after the Norwegian police dropped a criminal...
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