Are you a faculty staff member and wish to develop your educational competence and supervision? Nord University offers the following University pedagogy courses:
Microped (8 h), Modul-based webinar accessible to all employees in both English and Norwegian
Miniped (40 h), 40-hour course in University Pedagogy, with limited spaces
Digiped (40 h), A practical course covering digital pedagogy and didactics, with limited spaces
Uniped (200 h), regitration via the faculty, with limited spaces
PhD supervision course (approximately 120 hours), registration facilitated through the faculty, with limited spaces
Nord University is a proud member of the European University Alliance SEA-EU.
As a Nord employee, you are encouraged to foster collaborations with relevant partners in education, research, innovation and other areas that contribute to the development of the university and the work packages within the alliance.
Employees can seek funding opportunities through various sources in SEA-EU and and apply for grants from Erasmus+.
Nord University has prepared a set of criteria and accompanying guidelines for applicants for the status of Accredited Teacher.
The Storting adopted a desicion in 2017, whereby all universities and university colleges shall establish accredited systems that contribute towards placing value of the work involved in developing good teaching practices.
Practical questions can be sent to marthe.t.storhaug@nord.no.
We want you to succeed as a leader at Nord University. Here you will find more information about what Nord University offers in terms of development opportunities for our leaders.
Leadership Development Programme at Nord University
A total of five sessions over a year, aimed at providing leaders across Nord University with a fundamental understanding of what it entails and what is required to be a leader at Nord University. The target audience is all leaders at Nord University. The programme accommodates approximately 20 participants and runs with one cohort per year.
Read more about the course (internal link)
E-learning courses for leaders
In Nord University's course catalogue (internal link), you can find various e-learning courses that may be relevant to you as a leader.
HSE Basic Course
Nord University offers a basic course in Health, Safety, and Environment, that all leaders are required to complete.
Read more about the course (internal link)
Nord University has entered an agreement with Folkeuniversitetet in order to offer digital Norwegian courses (level A1 - B2) for Nord University's foreign employees.
The courses are intended for permanent staff required to acquire Norwegian language, and other permanent staff who wish to improve their Norwegian language skills.
The courses are digital.
Nord University's Norwegian courses:
A1 - sign in closed
A2 - sign in closed
B1 og B2 – Autumn 2024 (TBA)If you wish to participate in the course and are unsure of your language proficiency, you are encouraged to test your level before registering.
Please fill in NORD24 in the "bosted" box when taking the language test.
Participation in a course has to be approved by your faculty or department as they cover the cost of the course; NOK 7500,- per course module.
Open Norwegian courses at Folkeuniversitetet:
When approved from your faculty or department, you may sign up for the open Norwegian courses offered by Folkeuniversitetet, at a reduced price of NOK 6000,- per course module.
Overview of courses and registration
The course fee must be covered by the faculty. Please contact your supervisor at the faculty for a confirmation. Include the confirmation as an attachment in the registration form.
Overview of different resources for Norwegian language training
Free resources:
- LearnNow is an online beginner's Norwegian course, free of charge. The course will give you an introduction to Norwegian language at level A1 and A2 (ref. CEFR)
Access the course via our course catalogue.
- Computer-assisted listening and speaking tutor (CALST) is a programme for practicing the pronunciation of Norwegian words and expressions, as well as writing exercises. It consists of two modules and is at level A2.
Access the course via our course catalogue.
- Visnakker.no is a Norwegian language training programme that does not require reading or writing skills, and is therefore useful for beginners.
Access the course via our course catalogue.
- Bnorsk.no contains both self-produced material for learning Norwegian, as well as links to other free resources online.
- Yrkesnorsk.no focuses on Norwegian work-life, and typical Norwegian words and expressions.
- Skapago.eu has some free grammar exercises, pronunciation videos and tutorial videos. The rest of what they offer have a cost.
- New Amigos is a Norwegian app that can be seen as a virtual language café where everyone can contribute with their native language from their phone, whenever it suits them. You can use the app alone or together with others, and is suited for different languages levels (A1, A2 and B1). The app can be downloaded from Google Play or App Store.
- Duolingo is an app where you can learn Norwegian with English as a support language. The programme is easy and can be accessed everywhere; while you are on the bus or waiting for something. All lessons contain tasks in listening, speaking and translating written text.
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