ASCET Webinar: Aesthetic & Social Constructions of Energy Transition
The ASCET Project invites you to our inaugural webinar, on 22 Jan. 2024, which focuses on the dynamics & possible futures of political, aesthetic, and pedagogical interventions in the climate crisis and the energy cultures that underpin it. Featuring a keynote …
Virtual Book Launch to Celebrate New Edited Collection from Drizou
The Department of English invites you to a virtual book launch, on 29 September 2023, to celebrate Dr. Myrto Drizou and her co-editors (Palmer & Roudeau), who recently published New Perspectives on Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: Reading with and Against the Grain (Edinburgh UP) …
Bachelor of English: #1 on the Study Barometer: Six Years in a Row
For the sixth consecutive year, Bachelor of English has rated highest in overall student satisfaction among all similar disciplinary degree programs in Norway, according to the annual survey administered by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT) …
Picturebooks, intercultural learning and citizenship in primary English classrooms
The ICEPELL Project (Intercultural Citizenship Education through Picturebooks in Early English Language Learning), funded by Erasmus+, is leaving us with a treasure trove of pedagogical resources around picturebooks for teachers of English in Grades 1-7 …
English Students & the International Student Union (ISU) Scare up a Collaboration
Nord Students from several English programmes and the International Student Union recently joined forces for this year’s zombie walk. Over 20 students worked together to create a night to remember. Nearly 100 Nord students and community members dared to come for a scare …
ASANOR 2022 – America and the Sea: Bachelor of English Students Test the Waters
In week 39, Nord University hosted the American Studies Association of Norway’s biennial conference. The event attracted over 75 participants from around the world to engage in scholarly discussions and research presentations concerning this year’s theme: American and the Sea …
Bland Launches New Book: Compelling Stories for English Language Learners
The Department of English congratulates Professor Janice Bland, who recently published her latest book, Compelling Stories for English Language Learners: Creativity, Interculturality and Critical Literacy (Bloomsbury, 2022). The book promotes reading as central to …
Professor Jessica Allen Hanssen Receives Accredited Teacher Award
Congratulations to Prof. Jessica Allen Hanssen on receiving Nord’s Accredited Teacher Award. Hanssen received recognition at Nord’s academic awards ceremony on 27 September. This award recognizes faculty who have demonstrated excellence …
Maja Henriette Jensvoll Promoted to Associate Professor
The Department of English congratulates our colleague Maja H. Jensvoll on her promotion to Associate Professor. Jensvoll has been teaching at Nord University since 2003. Her profile includes English subject pedagogy, school development and professional development …
