INN University allocated five millions for student follow-up

The government has allocated funding to INN University to ensure that the study progression of students is maintained and that more social low-threshold services are provided.

A female student sitting in the library.

INN University has received just over five million kroner for student follow-up in 2022. Photo: INN University.

In total, the authorities have distributed NOK 170 million to universities, university colleges, vocational colleges, and organizations in Norway. INN University received NOK 5.1 million, while the student association of Innlandet (SINN) received NOK 3.2 million from this financial package.

“This is good news both for INN University and for our students. We have good experiences from the measures we initiated last year and have received positive feedback from the students themselves. Now we will hopefully be able to use these funds throughout 2022, which is important for our students,” says Pro-rector for Education Stine Grønvold.

In March last year, INN University received eight million kroner to strengthen the follow-up of students during the pandemic. Project manager for the Student Package, Maria Bøhlerengen, believes the pandemic will also have major ripple effects for students in 2022, although some easing is expected in terms of current measures within a short time.

"INN University has already begun work in October to prepare us to continue with the good measures we implemented in 2021 until spring semester 2022. Through these preparations, we have obtained a long list of wishes for the use of student and learning assistants at all faculties and in many different courses that will strengthen the learning environment and learning outcomes among our students. Now it seems that we can have the opportunity to implement these measures, which is very rewarding,” says Bøhlerengen.

It is up to the institutions themselves to assess which measures and activities may benefit most from the government funds, so that they are used to follow up the students in the best possible way both academically and socially. It is possible to either initiate new or extend existing measures that are in place to help students.

“We have existing agreements and the money we now receive means that we can enter into new agreements and plan for new activities, in addition to the fact that some existing measures can be continued,” says Grønvold.

The allocation of new funds also opens up the opportunity to expand and further develop the offers we have had accross the entire institution. I hope that we can get started quickly and get the new scheme up and running, so that as many of our students as possible can benefit from the funds in the spring semester,” says Bøhlerengen.

 

This article was translated from Norwegian by Noorit Larsen.

By Håkon Boye Bergum
Published Feb. 13, 2022 9:44 PM - Last modified Feb. 13, 2022 10:19 PM