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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...

Westerdals now under police probe

Police have raided the once-well-regarded private communications school Westerdals in Oslo, while Norway's white-collar crime unit Økokrim has charged it with claiming far more state financial...

Ex-students ponder Westerdals offer

Students who paid excessive tuition fees while attending the private and now troubled Westerdals communications school are evaluating whether they'll accept a compensation offer from new school officials....

Isaksen admits to poor regulation of Westerdals

Norwegian Education Minister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen was probably looking forward to the weekend after a rough week in Parliament. He had to answer for...

Students drop petroleum program

Hard times in the oil and offshore industry are reflected in the numbers of students, or lack thereof, applying to participate in oil-related programs....

Schools set for ‘total makeover’

Norway's Education Minister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen is promising a major renewal of Norwegian schools' curriculum. His aim, he says, is to make students as...

Schools cut ‘russ’ party season short

Norway's top high schools for teenagers keen on sports careers are cracking down on the wild annual party season for graduating seniors known as russ....

Owner’s resignation relieves Westerdals

The decision by a member of one of Norway's most prominent family dynasties, the Løvenskiolds, to resign as head of the firm owning the Westerdals communications...

Westerdals faces more legal claims

UPDATED: Education Minister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen isn't ruling out the possibility that the state will be filing more charges against the private Westerdals communications...
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