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Mohns give a billion to researchers

Norway's most philanthropic family, led by Trond Mohn, gave researchers in Bergen a gift this week that they'll remember long after the Christmas holidays...

Norway aims for more Nobel Prizes

Researchers May-Britt and Edvard Moser have won Norway's first-ever Nobel Prize in medicine, but admitted they hadn't quite comprehended the huge honour they were due...

Nobel lecturers charmed a crowd

Laughter, applause and rave reviews followed the Nobel lectures delivered by cheerful Norwegian researcher May-Britt Moser and her two co-winners of this year's Nobel...

Universities reject tuition proposal

Several of Norway's largest universities are rejecting a state budget proposal that would call on them to start charging tuition fees to foreign students...

Norwegian pair shares Nobel Prize

Champagne corks were popping in Trondheim on Monday after a Norwegian couple doing research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) jointly won the...

Slave trading past still haunts Norway

Norway’s participation in the trans-Atlantic slave trade is back to haunt the country, as an alliance of Caribbean nations seeks slavery reparations. Norway was...

NHH opposes any merger with UiB

The University of Bergen (UiB) seems far more positive towards a potential merger with the Bergen-based Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) than NHH does. News of...

Professor accused of racism

The dean of the University of Stavanger has called in one of its professors to question him about a comment he wrote on social media that...

Women outnumber men at university

Fully 60 percent of students entering the University of Oslo this fall are women, and they far outnumber men in the university's most demanding...

30,000 more offers than places

Norwegian student unions were angry after 84,810 applicants were offered spots in higher education courses this year, despite there only being 52,879 study places...
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