The Department of English is part of the Faculty of Education and Arts and offers teaching at campuses in Bodø, Levanger, Nesna, and Mo i Rana. Focusing on subject pedagogy, literature, and language, our course offerings provide English accreditation for student teachers studying to teach in elementary schools (1-7), lower secondary schools (5-10) and upper secondary schools (8-13). Both Bodø and Levanger offer courses for in-service teachers (KfK), one-year survey programmes, micro-courses, and a variety of packages for international students. The Bodø Campus also offers courses for students in the Business School and the Faculty of Social Sciences.
The Department produces research of international quality under the banner of the subject English in areas such as: literature, children’s literature in English language education, linguistics & applied linguistics, and multilingualism. It is the home of the journal Children’s Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal).
Sluttseminar for Ingrid Hekneby Braseth
The Department of English is pleased to invite you to the final seminar of PhD Fellow Ingrid Hekneby Braseth, with Associate Professor Silje Normand (University of Stavanger) and Professor Wenche Torrisen (Nord University) as opponents. The seminar presents a qualitative dissertation …
Heidi Grosch Promoted to Associate Professor
The English Department congratulates our colleague Heidi Haavan Grosch on her promotion to Associate Professor of English. Grosch has been teaching at Nord’s Levanger campus since 2011. Her teaching and academic profile includes English teacher education for grades 1-7, as well as work with international …
Saeed Karimi-Aghdam promoted to Professor
The Department of English congratulates Saeed Karimi-Aghdam on his promotion to Professor of English Applied Linguistics and Didactics. Since joining Nord University in 2019, Professor Karimi-Aghdam has taught courses in English linguistics, English didactics, second language acquisition, …
