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27 million euro to excellent education in Norway
On 1 November, excellent education in Norway was celebrated at an event organized by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT).
Today the international expert panel revealed the nine finalists that will compete for the status as Centre for Excellence in Education.
Toolkit for Recognition for Refugees
On 15 and 16 June 2016, NOKUT had the honour of hosting the initial consortium meeting for the Erasmus+ action selected for funding by the European Commission. – The aim of the action is to contribute to the development of an appropriate common recognition toolkit to secure effective and streamlined recognition of qualifications for refugees, explains Stig Arne Skjerven, Director of Foreign Education in NOKUT/Norwegian ENIC-NARIC.
NOKUT’s Qualifications Passport for Refugees
– NOKUT has carried out a successful pilot project with the intention of testing the new method for evaluation of refugees’ qualifications – NOKUTs Qualifications Passport for Refugees. The method, on which the pilot project is based, corresponds to the proposal made by NOKUT and UK NARIC for a European Qualifications Passport for Refugees. The method was presented to the European Commission and other international organizations in September 2015, says Terje Mørland, Director General at NOKUT.
22 bids for status as new Centres for Excellence in Education
13 May was the deadline for submitting applications in the competition for Centres for Excellence in Education. NOKUT has received 22 applications from 12 different universities and university colleges. Between three and six centres will be awarded. Finalists will be revealed in the middle of July.
Helpful advice on the road towards status as a Centre of Excellence in Education
Include your students, document excellence thoroughly and reflect upon what kind of documentation you present in your application. This was one of the advice given at NOKUT’s seminar for SFU applicants.
Record high number of applications for recognition of foreign education
NOKUT received in total over 7500 applications for general recognition in 2015. This is an increase of more than 15 percent from 2014. The highest number of applicants have their educational background from Poland.
New verdict from Norwegian students on the quality in higher education
In February, NOKUT released new results from the national student survey for higher education in Norway, Studiebarometeret.