Tag: students
Oslo school absentee rules softened
The Oslo school commissioner has eased the city's stringent rules around student absenteeism after a flood of complaints from parents. Commissioner Anniken Hauglie acknowledged...
Russ spending on music is ‘absurd’
The annual "Russ" season kicked off over the Easter break, the start of weeks of raucous celebrations for graduating Norwegian high school students. Students...
International students lured home
A growing number of young Norwegians are studying abroad every year, but despite setting out with plans to establish international careers, the majority end...
Norway faces teacher shortage
One in three Norwegian primary school education students are dropping out only halfway through their training, leading to fears of a serious teacher shortage...
State helps fund new student housing
The government's education ministry has agreed to allocate NOK 359 million (USD 60 million) to help fund student housing projects around the country. The...
Students can be lonely, too
More than a quarter of Norwegian university students often feel lonely, according to a new survey commissioned by student newspaper Universitas and the Norwegian student...
Container housing opens in Stavanger
Just a year after two students in Stavanger launched the idea of constructing inexpensive student housing in used shipping containers, the first models are...
Students get new champion abroad
Vibeke Munthe-Kaas took over this month as boss at the Association for Norwegian Students Abroad (ANSA). As the students' top lobbyist, two of her...
Students slow to finish degrees
Only 35- to 40 percent of Norwegian college and university students finish their degree programs within what's considered the normal time, according to a report...
Students run over the mountains
Sporty college students from Norway's two leading business schools were competing with each other this weekend in a long-distance relay race over the mountains...
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