Tag: universities

Norway: Record levels of foreign citizens among new PhDs

A total of 1,601 new PhDs were completed at Norwegian universities and university colleges last year. Almost 700 of them were foreign citizens, according to figures from Statistics Norway.

Huge increase in international students doing their PhD in Norway

40 per cent of the people who get doctorates in Norway are foreign citizens. Half of them leave when they are done. Is Norway investing in lost knowledge?

Researchers under pressure: “We can't conduct secret research.”

There are contracts, and then there are ethical guidelines for research. But money easily leads to pressure, even in the Ivory Tower of research.

Norwegian universities tackle their carbon footprints from travel

You would think that universities would be leading the charge to cut back on carbon-intensive air travel. But some members of the Norwegian business community are far ahead of academics in dropping flights.