This is stated by their lawyer in a press release on Saturday evening. NTB mentioned the case first. In April, Nord University censured Kjerkol (Ap) for cheating for a master’s thesis she submitted with a fellow student in 2021. Kjerkol and the fellow student complained about the decision. The Joint Board of Appeal heard the case on Wednesday 30 October, but did not want to make the decision public. On Saturday, lawyer Marianne Klausen of the law firm Føyen writes that they have been sent the decision. – They have upheld the conclusion of the Board for Student Affairs at Nord University, writes Klausen. The lawyer says that Kjerkol and the fellow student complained about the decision because they wanted to clarify students’ legal certainty in such cases. – The panel at Nord University based its decision to cancel the master’s thesis of Kjerkol and the fellow student on the same factual basis on which the examiners approved and censored the master’s thesis in 2021. – Does not wish to comment on the matter further Klausen says to news on Saturday evening that she has no further comments . news has been in contact with Kjerkol, who does not wish to comment further on the matter. news has also not succeeded in getting in touch with either May Britt Lagesen (Ap), who met regularly as a parliamentary representative when Kjerkol was a minister, or Nærøysund mayor Amund Hellesø (Ap). Both have previously expressed support for Kjerkol, and Lagesen himself wanted the former health minister to be at the top of the Nord-Trøndelag Ap’s parliamentary list. Nor has Steinkjer mayor Gunnar Thorsen (Ap) answered news’s inquiry on Saturday evening. Thorsen already gave a clear message in January, when the case became known, that he thought the case was a “non-case – things you find in every master’s thesis”. Nominated as 1st candidate Ann-Inger Leirtrø, leader in Stjørdal (Ap) tells news that the Labor Party has nominated Kjerkol as 1st candidate. – And we stand for that anyway, she says. – She is the best politician, and is extremely talented. This is independent of what has now come, says Leirtrø. Leirtrø says that she will go up to the podium to speak for Kjerkol in connection with the nomination meeting later this year. The nomination committee’s chair, Arnhild Holstad, says that they have submitted their proposal to the nomination meeting. – I have no comment beyond that, he says. – There is no reason for an extraordinary meeting of the nomination committee. This doesn’t make or break anything, as I see it as a manager. Published 09.11.2024, at 20.44 Updated 09.11.2024, at 21.14
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Kjerkol and fellow student were not successful in their appeal – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country
