A proposal for Norway's National Budget for 2024 was presented to the Storting on 6 October 2023 (see the webpage of the government here).
It is with great concern that we learn about the proposed shutdown of the initiative that supports the Centre for Excellence in Education (Sentre for Fremragende Utdanning - SFU) 10 years after the start of what many of called "a success story" in higher education. In the recent days, student leaders, teachers, SFU leaders, Pro-Rectors of Norwegian universities among others have reacted to the announcement.
Here are some of the op-eds and articles (in Norwegian) from Khrono where they express their disappointment and concern for the future of higher education in Norway.
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- Op-ed by Student leaders at UiB, UiO, NTNU and NORD: "Direkte flaut for Kunnskaps-Norge å avvikle SFU-ordningen"
- Op-ed by Kristin Vinje, Nokut, and Nicoline Frølich, LINK: "Fremragende utdanning bør stimuleres, og SFU-ordningen bør derfor ikke avvikles"
- Op-ed by the 14 leaders of the Centres for Excellence in Education: "Fremtidens høyere utdanning trenger en oppgradering — ikke budsjettkutt!"
- Op-ed by the Pro-Rectors of UiB, UiO, NTNU, UiT and NMBU: "Vi trenger Sentrene for fremragende utdanning"
- Article by Khrono, featuring Vigdis Vandvik, former leader of bioCEED and professor at UiB: "Frykter at Sentre for fremragende utdanning står på kuttlista til Sandra Borch"