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American English has become the norm. – This affects how young people speak English and what they think about the English language, says researcher Ulrikke Rindal.

The war in Ukraine is changing how translators view languages. This makes translating educational materials for Ukrainian students a difficult balancing act.

In spring 2026, the Centre for Educational Measurement (CEMO) was asked by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research to investigate how difficult different elective subjects are in Norwegian upper-secondary school. The project, titled "Karakterulempe og kompensasjonsnivå i realfag", focused especially on elective subjects in natural science (realfag).

In the five-year anniversary edition of UV’s annual career-boost week, teaching skills finally get the attention they deserve. 

– Hart’s research on the fadeout of intervention effects is groundbreaking, says Arne Lervåg, Centre Director at CREATE - Centre for Research on Equality in Education.

This is a recognition that Zachrisson’s work represents the highest quality in Norwegian research.

This is an honor awarded to researchers who have made exceptional research contributions to the field of education.

Researchers find no differences in actual competence. – Female teachers have no reason to have less confidence in their own competence. School leaders should shift their focus from courses to good mastery experiences, says researcher.

Oleksandra Mittal has written a doctoral dissertation on equity in education—a topic she is strongly committed to, both professionally and personally.

“Week 42 has been an important opportunity to develop skills and reflections that are often not covered in formal PhD education”, says Diego Gonzalez Campos. 

Students love using games, videos and music, and they learn English incidentally that way, but a recent study highlights why we still need English teachers to make sure students learn everything they need.

This year’s program brings together a wide range of contributors, including many of our own researchers who will share reflections and advice drawn from their own academic journeys. 

Researcher Diego G. Campos at CEMO is awarded His Majesty the Kings`s Gold Medal 2025.

Students' perceptions of their mathematical identity can provide insight into why some lose motivation or underperform in math.

Professor Henrik Daae Zachrisson from CREATE recently featured on the OECD Education Policy Podcast Top Class together with Professor Stephanie Jones from Harvard University, and OECD Editor Duncan Crawford. In this podcast episode they discuss ideas to ensure that all young children get lasting benefits from early childhood education and care. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Soundcloud.

From joining the very first cohort of the CEMO Master’s programme to now being the first to defend her doctoral thesis at the same centre, Kseniia Marcq makes history.

– We have created a Circle U. network to work on hierarchies and interdisciplinarity, says Professor Luca Tateo at Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo.

In the fall semester of 2024, master student Teodora participated in a somewhat different course. Entrepreneurial Change-making is a hybrid course developed in collaboration between universities in the Circle U. alliance, of which the University of Oslo is a part. The course focuses on sustainability and innovation and concludes with a week-long conference in Mons, Belgium. 

On January 30, we welcomed Dr. Marie-Ann Sengewald from the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LlfBi) and presented her with the prestigious Sigrid Blömeke Scholarship Award 2025.

Diego G. Campos has received the GEBF Junior Publication Prize 2025 from the Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEBF: Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung).

What should happen to qualitative research data when a project ends? How can data be used for multiple studies, even ones that were not planned for when a project was started? And how can we get the most out of research data while also protecting participants’ rights and privacy?

The Connected Classroom project has examined teaching quality in the context of the digitalisation of education. 

After five years of research and more than 500 hours of classroom videos analysed, what have we learned about the quality of teaching in the Nordic countries?

In collaboration with teachers, QUINT researchers studied teaching quality in the Nordic countries.

New record number of participants at the annual WEEK42.