{"id":10085,"date":"2014-01-16T09:18:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T08:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=10085\/"},"modified":"2017-01-20T23:34:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T23:34:32","slug":"norway-wont-cut-courses-like-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/norway-wont-cut-courses-like-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway won’t cut courses like Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denmark and Norway may be alike in population size and university numbers, but their comparable educational systems are diverging on cuts to university courses. <\/p>\n

While the Danish Education Minister Morten \u00d8stergaard complains that Denmark\u2019s 1,500 degree programs are too many and require reassembling, Norway takes an entirely different attitude. <\/p>\n

The Norwegian Education Minister, Torbj\u00f8rn R\u00f8e Isaksen, has stated that Norway needs a variety of different university courses: \u201cWe need to make room for the wishes of the students.\u201d he said in an interview with Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten.<\/a><\/p>\n

Education vs Business<\/h2>\n

Tailoring education to the realities of business are a concern for the Danish Education minister. <\/p>\n

\u00d8stergaard has stated that while many courses can seem exciting for students, they don\u2019t all translate to the business sphere and it is up to the Danish government to do something about it. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have too many courses.\u201d said Morten \u00d8stergaard to b.dk. <\/a> \u201cIt is necessary to tidy up and refocus on providing education of a high-caliber.\u201d He has not stated which programs need to be broadened or cut down. <\/p>\n

Norwegians don\u2019t believe in educational micro-management<\/h2>\n

The number of courses in Norway has increased from 800 to 2,000 in the past 15 years, prompting criticism from Norway\u2019s largest employer organization, NHO (N\u00e6ringslivets Hovedorganisasjon). <\/p>\n

However the Norwegian education minister R\u00f8e Isaksen is not similarly beholden to the concerns of business, and does not believe in ministry control of university courses in such detail.<\/p>\n

universitypost@adm.ku.dk <\/p>\n

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