Tag: education
Business schools win spots on new list
The Economist magazine has ranked master's degree programs in management for the first time, and both of Norway's major business schools won spots in the...
Historic property takes on new role
The City of Oslo has paid NOK 338.2 million (USD 40 million) for two square blocks of historic barracks located adjacent to the historic...
Government lures teachers to Northern Norway
An acute lack of teachers in Norway's three northernmost counties of Finnmark, Troms and Nordland has prompted the government to offer incentives in the form...
Wristwatches to be banned during exams
The University of Oslo is imposing a ban on the use of all wristwatches during exams, because many of them have become too smart. The...
Troubled Westerdals set for takeover
Westerdals, the private communications school in Oslo whose owners landed in trouble after claiming too much public funding and over-charging students, has been bought...
Schools produce better test scores
Norwegian teenagers are performing much better on national and international tests. A batch of new test results are among the best ever, although many Norwegian...
Business school NHH challenges rival’s turf
Norway's Bergen-based business school NHH (Norges Handelshøyskole) plans to challenge its arch-rival Handelshøyskolen BI on its own home turf in Oslo. Newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN)...
Budget removes source of underemployment
The conservative government's budget proposal delivered today includes NOK 60 million to help finance high school for immigrants in Norway whose own high school...
More sex-ed aims to curb assaults
Alarmed by a recent wave of sexual assaults among Norwegian youth, the City of Oslo's top official in charge of education, Tone Tellevik Dahl,...
Westerdals settles with 750 former students
Around two-thirds of the former students at troubled private Oslo high school Westerdals who were overcharged tuition fees have accepted the school's compensation offer...
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