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Contact:
International Students' Union of Norway, Lakkegata 3,
0187 Oslo, office: +47-98225998, email: nationalsecretary  isu-norway.no org.nr: 892 438 072 |
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On this site, you will find information related to our National Assembly, our member organizations and our national board. There are also links to relevant information for international students in Norway.
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Global student appeal on higher education, addressed to G8/G20 leaders (June 2010)
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Policy forum on aid effectiveness and development: The example of Ghana
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Students' organisations from across the World, collectively representing more than 150 million students, have released a Statement, addressed to the leaders of the G8 and G20 member States during the June 2010 Summits in Canada, with the aim to tackle the challenge of privatisation of education and reaffirm education's value as an 'essential public good and a fundamental right', according to the commitments and principles agreed upon by global community within the framework of UNESCO World Conferences on Higher Education. The Statement (in English, French or Spanish) has also been endorsed by ISU, in an effort to strengthen the students' voice and rights globally and within the framework of the organisation's international work. For more information, please visit the European Students' Union (here) and/or the Canadian Federation of Students website (here). July 5th, 2010.
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On June 3rd, ISU has been kindly invited and participated to Spire's 3rd policy forum for 2010, where aid effectiveness policies and development issues have been specially focused upon. The forum's featured speaker has been Mrs. Astrid Schnitzer, a former UNDP programme/policy specialist, who shared her global experiences regarding challenges and recent developments on aid effectiveness, with a special focus on Ghana. Her presentation (here) as well as the important information provided, together with the discussion which followed, permitted ISU to acquire a better insight on the relevance of issues such as multi-donor budget support, aid policy, coordination & management, with Norwegian Institutions of higher education's interest/aim for participation in global knowledge cooperation through the Quota scheme programme, directed to students from developing countries (link at www.siu.no). For more information, please see the Minutes (here). June 23rd, 2010.
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New partnership agreement between UngInfo and ISU
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Case resolved: Funding for Quota students on exchange
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ISU -within the framework of the organisation's work and the National Board's commitment towards the welfare needs of its members-local organisations (and through them, of all international students)- has very recently signed an agreement with UngInfo (Youth Information Centre) in Oslo, a project-based organisation established within the framework of Barne og Ungdomsrådet i Oslo (BURO) in 1992, with the aim to cover the growing need amongst young people (aged up to 26 years old) for information about issues such as education, accommodation, health care, travel, tourism and job search. UngInfo, which is part of the European Youth Information and Counselling Agency (ERYICA) and member of Ungdoms Informasjonen (www.unginfo.no), strives to ensure that the information provided is reliable, accurate and easy to understand, while all the services offered (information booklets/brochures, internet, phone, luggage storage, etc.) will be free of charge. For more information on the new partner organisation, please visit www.unginfo.oslo.no (in Norwegian) and www.use-it.no (in English), while the signed agreement can be found here. June 17th, 2010.
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1100 Quota scheme students stand to be benefited from the solution recently offered by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, according to which funding will be available throughout the exchange period abroad, as part of the students’ degree. The above case, which came into light for the first time in November 2009 and has been included in the current year’s Political Agenda of ISU as presented to the State Secretary Mr. Kyrre Lekve in a meeting in February 2010, received media attention in the local press (see Studvest article), while the solution offered should be considered not only a progress for Quota scheme funding, but also a breakthrough on (i) Institutions’ academic freedom and autonomy, and effective management, as well as on (ii) student empowerment on the local level, in view of the fact that the responsibility of the assessment of Quota students' right for an exchange period abroad as part of their degree is being shifted from SIU to the Institutions. For more information, please visit Studvest’s latest article. May 22nd, 2010.
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Organisation of 2nd ISU Leaders' meeting in HiO/OUC
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Palestine, Israel and Norway's Higher Education - Meeting with the Ministry
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ISU 2nd Leadership meeting for 2010 (LM), held in Høgskolen i Oslo from 30th April to 2nd May 2010 and hosted by the local ISU HiO/OUC branch -together with the support of ISU's Regional Cooperation Group-, has been kindly attended and welcomed by the Pro Rector of HiO Mr. Per Arne Olsen, the Director of the International Office of HiO Ms. Dagrun Kvammen, NSU (and future NSO) Leder Ms. Anne-Karine Nymoen, StL Leder Ms. Ina Tandberg, StL HiO nestleder Ms. Catrine Lie, NSO HiO future Leder Mr. Daniel Massie, Spire's Leder Christian Bull and SAIH's nestleder Ms. Anette Remme, while -among its partecipants- have been Mr. Bjørn Anders Foss (a motivational speaker from Multiple Sclerosis Forbundet) and Farshad Tami (ex ISU National President). The LM's main topic has been "political/academic affairs and issues on the local level", while its objectives have been democracy and project management, better regional cooperation among ISU branches and strengthening cooperation between ISU and its partners. ISU National Board would like to thank everyone for their contribution, partecipation, help and support towards the organisation of a successful meeting. Please, feel free to access both StL's (here) and Spire's (here) presentations. May 3rd, 2010.
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ISU has been kindly invited by the State Secretary (Education) Mr. Kyrre Lekve to attend and contribute to a meeting with the Minister of Education and Research Mrs. Tora Aasland on Israel - Palestine and Higher Education. Such meeting, which was held on 27th April 2010 and attended by various stakeholders, as well as by ISU’s National President George Vlazakis, and NSU and StL’s Leder and Internasjonal ansvarlig (Anne-Karine Nymoen, Ina Tandberg, Magnus Ofstad Malnes and Anette Cvijanovic), focused on Norway's current cooperation on research and higher education with Palestine and Israel, and included presentations of existing networks and the Ministry's view on the path forward. ISU's contribution to the meeting has been through a presentation of its current work in cooperation with its partners, NSU and StL. April 28th, 2010.
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