See the table of which studies had the most first-choice applicants per study place and which studies had the highest points threshold for admission. Bjørn Helge Nerdal (41) is one of the few who have entered the newly established bachelor’s degree in after-school pedagogy at the University of Stavanger. – There were a surprising number of people who applied, I think, and then it’s all the nicer to be one of the lucky ones who got a place. Inside the base area for the 2nd stage at Eiganes SFO in Stavanger, Bjørn Helge Nerdal clears it ready for the pupils to arrive in August. Photo: Marte Skodje / news From before, Nerdal has, among other things, a bachelor’s degree in political economy as well as a year’s study in economic administration. But after a while he realized that office life was not for him and he therefore chose to change direction. – I wanted to work with people more than sitting in an office and pushing paper. Today it is almost ten years since he started working at Eiganes SFO. Now he wants to learn more about the subject. Alongside his regular job, he will study after-school pedagogy for four years. – For my part, it is important to go in depth in the subject I use when I do this job, he says. – After-school education is a very interesting subject, and now there is finally a bachelor’s degree that is tailored to what I work with, says Nerdal. Photo: Marte Skodje / news Health education most popular Almost 105,000 people have now been offered a place to study at universities and colleges in Norway, through Samordna opptak. Of these, 3 out of 5 applicants have entered their first choice. While fewer will become teachers, this year there is the greatest increase in students choosing economic and administrative subjects. The main admission also shows that health education is still popular. This year, every fifth applicant has been offered to start a health education. In addition, there is great interest in Norway’s first bachelor in after-school education. Almost 200 people want to take the bachelor’s degree in after-school pedagogy at UiS. Only 20 have been given a place and as of now there is a long waiting list. The after-school program is in 15th place on the list of the number of applicants per study place, according to recent figures from Samordna admissions. Facts about this year’s main admission to higher education There were a total of 134,782 applicants in 2023. This corresponds to a percentage increase in the number of applicants of 0.9% compared to last year. 104,618 applicants have been offered a study place at the main entrance, compared to 105,216 last year. In this year’s admissions, the educational institutions have registered 257 more study places than last year. A total of 62,757 study places have been registered for Samordna admissions at this year’s admissions. At this year’s admissions, 63,264 applicants have been offered a study place at their first choice. This is a slight decrease from last year. Around 60 per cent are still offered a place at their first choice. 16,604 qualified applicants were without an offer as of 20 July. There are slightly more than last year, but before that we have to go back ten years to find a year in which so few are left without an offer. Of those who have been offered a study place in this year’s admissions, the proportion of women is 61.3 per cent and the proportion of men is 38.7 per cent. This is the highest proportion of women since 2008. The biggest increase is in study places in economic and administrative subjects, while teacher studies experience the biggest decline. The medical studies at UiO, NTNU and UiB have the highest point limits in the ordinary quota Source: Coordinate admissions Digital pedagogy Today, there are around 150,000 children in Norway who attend after-school programs. After-school care is an offer that the municipalities are required by law to provide (external link). At the same time, there is no requirement that the employees have formal education. – We have worked very hard to get this study started, so we are very committed and looking forward to meeting something completely new, but at the same time something very important. That’s what Eli Vibeke Eriksen says, who is one of the subject teachers on the newly established bachelor’s program in Stavanger. Eli Vibeke Eriksen is associate professor in educational psychology at the University of Stavanger, UiS. Photo: Marte Skodje / news The 27-year-old from Lakselv in Finnmark has a master’s in pedagogy and is in the process of completing a doctorate in educational psychology. Now she has been given responsibility for the subject digital pedagogy. In this subject, the students will, among other things, learn to use digital tools to create commitment and a desire to learn among pupils at SFO. – In teaching, we will use various games with artificial intelligence, which stimulate the cognitive part of learning, says Eriksen. – Who has accepted a study place here? – There is a good mix of both first-time students and people who are already working. The study is group-based, so those who are already in work will have the opportunity to participate in the teaching, she replies. Eager student The study that Bjørn Helge Nerdal has entered lasts over four years and is online and collection-based. And even though there are still several weeks until commencement, the new student is eager to get started. Bjørn Helge Nerdal is one of 20 students who have entered the bachelor’s in after-school pedagogy at UiS. Photo: Marte Skodje / news Nerdal has already been and bought the syllabus, so that he can spend the last remainder of the summer getting to know the specialist literature. In addition, the 41-year-old has invested in a new sweater. – Yes, when am I going to “burn” myself properly, Nerdal says and laughs out loud. – What do you think it will be like to be a student again? – I am really looking forward to starting my studies. But I’m not going to hang out at Folken or Checkpoint and do all the student things like Fadderuka and things like that. I had a great time in my 20s, but now I’m 41 and done with that part of student life, he says, chuckling.
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