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Articles from Norway

  1. Standards and working conditions 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."

    The educational bottom lines
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 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...

    It’s time to look carefully at where testing fails to make the grade
  3. 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.

    This May Day, why not try solidarity?
  4. 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.

    Norway: Government doubles down on support for global education
  5. 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.

    Norwegian teachers turn their focus to funding the future of education
  6. 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.

    Norwegian teachers’ union elects new president to take the helm
  7. 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.

    Norway: Collective agreement a victory for teachers
  8. Union growth 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.

    Norway: private school teachers denied collective bargaining rights
  9. 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.

    Norwegian teachers claim victory as strike ends
  10. 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.

    Norway: Teacher strike intensifies as schools re-open
  11. 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
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2014

    Norway: Trade Union of Education campaigns for Quality teaching

    The Union of Education Norway (UEN) is connecting its activities to the 10 key messages adopted by the ETUCE Committee on ‘What is needed to improve the Quality of Education in Europe?’, aiming at securing quality education for all and quality for the teaching profession worldwide.

    Norway: Trade Union of Education campaigns for Quality teaching
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 March 2013

    Norway: trade unionists give their vision of quality education

    EI’s largest national affiliate in Norway, the Union of Education Norway (UEN), has participated in a post-2015 MDG consultation meeting in Oslo.

    Norway: trade unionists give their vision of quality education
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 June 2012

    Educators join public sector strike in Norway

    The Union of Education Norway (UEN), one of EI national affiliate, has joined in a strike action in defence of quality public services, as well as decent salaries and working conditions for public sector workers.

    Educators join public sector strike in Norway
  15. Standards and working conditions 6 November 2009

    Norway: union elects new leadership

    At the recent national Congress of Norwegian teacher union Utdanningsforbundet, Education International General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen thanked the union for its extensive development cooperation programme that has “helped strengthen education unions in many low-income countries”.

    Norway: union elects new leadership