Articles from Norway
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Equity and inclusion 13 February 2019 “A Pending Task: Addressing Inequality in Education”, by Karen Inga Eira and Juan Gabriel Espinola.
Juan Gabriel Espinola, Karen Inga Eira
2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention 1989 (No 169), the only international treaty that specifically addresses the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Education International recognizes the critical role that teachers and their organizations in the education system have in ensuring the...
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Union growth 24 January 2019 #EI25: “Standing together: the power of teachers in the fight for democracy”, by Steffen Handal
Steffen Handal
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has said that "One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world." She is right. Education changes lives, communities and the world. It is both a key to changes in society and individual freedom projects. I therefore stand shoulder...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 May 2018 Go for it! The Bologna ministerial summit in Paris, by Andreas Keller
Andreas Keller
Isn’ it ironic? 50 years ago, in May 1968, students in Paris were going to the barricades and aspiring to a societal revolution – and initiated an overdue reform of higher education almost throughout Europe eventually. Today, in May 2018, ministers in charge of higher education from 48 countries belonging...
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Equity and inclusion 4 May 2018 Reflections on the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, by Ann Mari Milo Lorentzen & Gro Hartveit
Ann Mari Milo Lorentzen, Gro Hartveit
This year, Union of Education (Norway) had two political leaders as a part of Education International’s delegation to CSW62 in New York. We, Ann Mari Milo Lorentzen and Gro Hartveit, members of Union of Education (UEN)’s Executive Board, participated for the first time. We arrived on the 10th of March...
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Equity and inclusion 15 March 2018 “What Europe can do for refugees and migrants’ education” by Silvia Costa MEP
Silvia Costa
Refugees and migrants education, especially minors, is a top priority, the best way to empower them and foster their integration, but also one of the principles on which the EU is funded. It is incredible, though, that education of migrants - especially forced migrants and refugees - seems to be...
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Union growth 15 January 2018 Education organisations firmly condemn President Trump’s “vile and unacceptable” comments
Education International’s affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers and the Union of Education Norway, have strongly rejected US President Trump’s racist comments while speaking about Haiti, El Salvador and unspecified African countries.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 October 2017 The educational bottom lines
Steffen Handal
"The Oslo School system is run like a big company where the students' achievements represent the bottom line. The goal is improvement year by year."
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Leading the profession 3 May 2017 It’s time to look carefully at where testing fails to make the grade
Steffen Handal
Teacher unions have for a long time expressed concern about the growing scope of international tests. In this post, I will point out some of the reasons why Union of Education Norway is especially critical to the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). I will also point to some alternative...
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Union growth 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 October 2016 Norway: Government doubles down on support for global education
Education unionists have commended the Norwegian government for delivering on its promise to double its financial support for global education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 April 2016 Norwegian teachers turn their focus to funding the future of education
As a part of Global Action Week, a Union of Education Norway event embraced this year’s theme of education financing by delving into the issues of commercialisation, results-based financing and tax evasion.
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Equity and inclusion 17 November 2015 Norwegian teachers take a stance for refugees and object to the commercialisation of education
At its fifth national congress, the Union of Education Norway called on the government to open its arms to refugees, and also strongly opposed looming trade deals that threaten to commercialise education.
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Union renewal and development 4 November 2015 Norwegian teachers’ union elects new president to take the helm
Change was in the air during the Union of Education Norway’s congress this week as delegates elected a former teacher from Oslo as the organisation’s new president for at least the next four years.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 April 2015 Norway: Collective agreement a victory for teachers
A strike by 17 teachers at a privately-run government funded school north of Oslo in Norway has ended, representing a victory for the teachers who were on strike since 18 March.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 April 2015 Norway: private school teachers denied collective bargaining rights
Teachers at a privately run government school have exercised their right to strike following management’s demand that they cut their ties with the Union of Education Norway.
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Union growth 4 September 2014 Norwegian teachers claim victory as strike ends
The teachers’ strike in Norway has ended after two months with a new agreement reached between the Union of Education Norway (UEN) and employers. At its height at the beginning of this school year, nearly 8,000 UEN members were out on strike.
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 August 2014 Norway: Teacher strike intensifies as schools re-open
With nearly 7,800 teachers now on strike in Norway, the significant jump in numbers is a sign that educators are refusing to back down as students return to classrooms across the country.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 June 2014 Norway: Government to double support for global education
“Education is key to reducing poverty.” That’s according to Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg in a statement on 16 June. “The Government therefore intends to double its development assistance to education in countries affected by extreme poverty, crisis and conflict. It is particularly important for us to ensure that more...
Norway: Government to double support for global education