Borch’s successor as minister for research and higher education has been found, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) confirmed to news at a press conference this afternoon. – When will we know? – It will be when the king has found out about it, said Støre. The prime minister signaled in connection with Borch’s departure that he would appoint a new minister early this week. news has now confirmed that the change will take place tomorrow, Tuesday. For several days, various SP sources have singled out Borch’s state secretary Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel as highly relevant and favorite to take over from Borch. DEPARTURE: Last Friday, Sandra Borch left the government. Photo: Rodrigo Freitas / NTB And in the education sector – and from Trøndelag – there are now many who speak warmly of Hoel. Dean Monica Rolfsen at NTNU tells Adresseavisen that she hopes Hoel moves up. – We have an extremely competent state secretary from Trondheim, who works in the sector himself and enjoys great respect, she says. Hoel as a safe card and gets good praise for his efforts in the government apparatus after 2021, according to news’s sources. And when Borch’s predecessor Ola Borten Moe had to step down last autumn, Sp’s county teams in both Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane pointed to Hoel, according to Dagsavisen. Other names Borch resigned as Minister for Higher Education and Research on Friday. – When I wrote my master’s thesis around ten years ago, I made a big mistake. I took text from other assignments without stating the source, she acknowledged. From what news understands, it has long been clear that a new Center Party politician will take over the ministerial post, which is under the Ministry of Education. MENTIONED: Storting representative Ivar Prestbakmo from Troms. Photo: Fabian Ubeda / Fabian Ubeda In addition to Hoel, news’s sources have in recent days also highlighted other names in the discussions: Ivar Prestbakmo: Storting representative from Troms, former mayor for many years and central board member of Sp. From the same county as Borch. Has long party political experience. Marit K. Strand: Storting representative and experienced education politician. From the hinterland, but representing Oppland. Solid party experience and sits on Sp’s central board. EDUCATION: 31-year-old Marit K. Strand already has over six years’ experience as a parliamentary politician. Photo: NTB Støre: Confidence in Kjerkol At the same time, it is unclear what is happening with Minister of Health and Care Ingvild Kjerkol (Ap). At the weekend it emerged that she too had formulations in her master’s thesis that were identical to previous assignments. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) commented on the matter at a press conference this afternoon. – I have confidence in Ingvild as Minister of Health and Care, and I am pleased that Nord University will now carry out an assessment of the task. – I do not want to make any further assessments until we are familiar with Nord University’s treatment, he said further. The protagonist herself says after Støre’s press conference that she has no plans to comment on her master’s thesis any more. – I am not going to comment on the assignment any more now, but will refer to Nord University who will look into the matter in the usual way in line with current routines for this. I want to be involved in the process in line with their routines, says Kjerkol to news. On Saturday, Kjerkol denied having copied parts of another master’s thesis in the thesis she and a fellow student submitted in 2021. On Sunday, however, she admitted that parts of the texts in her master’s thesis actually originate from an earlier thesis. Kjerkol justified similarities in text using the same method. At the same time, similarities have also emerged in the sections dealing with informants – those interviewed in the thesis. Kjerkol maintained that the informants were “known and unique for our task”. At the same time, DN was able to say this afternoon that the newspaper has found several textual similarities in Kjerkol’s thesis.
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