Eleven years of water leaks
The Department of Musicology at the University of Oslo has been struck by several destructive water leaks during the last eleven years. Still nothing gets done, claim employees at the department.
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Wants to be entertainment hurricane
Oslo Student-TV wants to meet the students where they are at. Social media such as Facebook and Twitter is therefore used to tempt potential viewers of the new and online-based TV channel.
Investigation committee on higher education:
Too much control in detail
The title above is the judgment on the universities and university colleges in Norway. The sector wants more free money to fix the problems. Tora Aasland promises nothing.
Shapes the student housing´s future
Design student Alice Andreoli wants to help the Foundation for Student Life in Oslo make your everyday life better.
Grants found after all:
Temporarily saved
After numerous ifs and buts the University of Oslo has decided not to stop the enrolment to the study of sign language and interpretation this fall.
University under attack
Every single day, the University of Oslo receives several millions of e-mails. 85 to 90 percent of these are junk mail.
1 000 000 kroner in library fines
Book loaning students at the libraries at the University of Oslo paid more than one million kroner in fees in 2009. The board of the libraries hopes that an increase of fees will make the students less forgetful.
Rages against possible dismantling of subject
Next fall, no new students will be enrolled at the only study for sign language and interpreting in the eastern part of Norway. Students of sign language and also deaf people fear a lack of interpreters and more isolation among the deaf.
More and more pass their exams:
Percent of flunking grades hits record low
The percent of flunking grades at the University of Oslo has gradually dropped since the quality reform of 2003 was introduced. Is better follow-up the reason or has it become easier to pass the exams?
Promises a music bonanza
Half of the concert group at Betong has been exchanged since last semester. All the same they promise a spring semester filled with exciting concerts, including styles such as afrobeats, electronica and metal.
Battle for the batter
The waffle irons steam while the waffle sellers at Kafé Uglebo scratch their heads over whether the University of Oslo has banned waffle sales or not.
Updates academia
– Master´s degrees should be more publicly visible, thinks Anne Aaby, the editor for the recently established Masterbloggen.
Students pressured by rental prices
Newly released numbers from Statistics Norway show that it costs a fortune for students in Oslo to have a roof over their heads. The rent is still increasing.
With the will to make fools of themselves
Every Wednesday, on the small stage at Studentersamfundet, you will find a dozen young people having no idea what they are doing.
From study hall to sofa corner
As of now, students at the University of Oslo can download 150 000 e-books sitting in their own living rooms. The University of Oslo Library is going electronic.
Students on the dentistry scandal:
Tired of the harassment allegations
Students by the Faculty of Dentistry by the University of Oslo strikes back after a fall semester filled with serious accusations of a bad learning environment, sexual harassment and bullying.
Student IDs to be checked
The student cafes at the University of Oslo will during January set up an electronic card system that ensures that student discounts will not be given without a valid student ID.
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- Tekstilstudent lager klær som spiller musikk (Sveriges Radio)
- Student utvist for antisemittisk webside (JTA)
- Foreleser plantet spionkamera i studenthjem (The Telegraph)
- Student drepte snorkende romkamerat (Associated Press)
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