14/03/2006 :: The Norwegian Minister of Education and Research, Mr Øystein Djupedal, will attend the Conference of European Ministers of Education on 16 and 17 March in Vienna in the framework of the Austrian Presidency. + More

13/03/2006 :: The Norwegian Minister of Education and Research, Mr. Øystein Djupedal, sent a letter to his Austrian colleague on 9 March 2006, presenting Norway's view regarding the seventh framework program for research and technological development. + More

07/10/2005 :: The Erasmus Mundus programme is gaining ground in the Norwegian institutions of higher education. The recently completed third Call for Proposals prompted 150 applications for master’s courses under Action One of the programme, involving hundreds of European universities. The universities of Bergen, Oslo and Tromso and several other norwegian institutions are amongst these. + More

22/07/2005 :: The Norwegian Minister of Education and Research, Ms. Kristin Clemet attended last week the Education Ministerial Conference in London. This was an informal meeting for Education Ministers from the EU, candidate, accession and EEA-countries and took place on 12 - 13 July. The Secretary of State, Ruth Kelly chaired the conference.Ms Clemet participated in the discussions the first day. + More

27/06/2005 :: Under the EEA Agreement Norway will implement the recently adopted Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications. The directive aims to simplify the process behind the free movement of persons by merging 15 directives into one. + More