What will change with the new government?

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Publisert 5. oktober 2021 kl. 15:10

Norway’s Socialist Left party (SV) has pulled out of talks to form a new majority left-center government. Labour (Ap) and Center (Sp) have started negotiations on a government platform.

We can count on marked changes in research and higher education from the new parliament and government.

1. A clear parliamentary majority is now against the strongly criticised budget cuts of up to 0.8% in the deregulation and efficiency reform.
2. The majority wants less reporting and target and performance management in the public sector. Labour’s platform calls for a reform in trust.
3. In 2016 the government introduced a requirement for all teacher-education students to achieve grade 4 in high-school maths. ‘This requirement is pure political symbolism,’ said SV’s Mona Fagerås.
4. The majoriy have said that they would vote to reopen the college in Nesna in the future, but exactly how they will breathe life into the former college is unclear.
5. Labour have signalled that a high priority will be reducing the proportion of temporary positions at universities and colleges, and Sp is in agreement to stop temporary employment for postdocs for more than one period.

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