Articles from Norway
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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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Trade union rights are human rights 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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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."
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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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Union growth 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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Trade union rights are human rights 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...
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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.
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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.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 November 2012 Early Childhood EducationEarly Childhood Education
Haldis Holst
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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