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SANORD Day 2016

This year's SANORD Day, celebrating higher education and research cooperation between all the Nordic countries and southern Africa, is a joint effort by UiB and Bergen University College.

Namaqua NP, South Africa
Photo:
Davide Zanchettin

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Open seminar

Welcome remarks by Prorector Bjørg Kristin Selvik, HiB.

Why SANORD-cooperation?
Anne Christine Johannessen, Vice-Rector for International Affairs, UiB

South African Higher Education as nursery to Southern Africa: of excellence or mediocrity?
Suriamurthee Maistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Why history matters
Tore Sætersdal, Underdirektør ved UiB Global  

De-colonizing knowledge in academia and the public space
Tor Halvorsen, UiB

Intercultural and global awareness in teacher education
Gerd Wikan, Hedmark University of Applied Sciences

International Politics – A Joint Master Programme Collaboration between Sweden and South Africa
Per Assmo, University West, Sweden / University of Western Cape, South Africa

Grassroot movements and social entrepreneurship in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
Silje Nordal Sylta, HiB

Online Interprofessional Education in Higher Education: A North and South Initiative
Nina Rydland Olsen, HiB

The Southern African Nordic Centre (SANORD) is a non-profit membership organisation of institutions of higher education and research for all Nordic countries and southern Africa.

This year, the SANORD Day is part of Bergen University College's International Week.
Check out the many interesting events.

This seminar is open to all.