In Media

Cooperation between Western University of Applied Science and our Chinese partners have been highlighted in media at several occasions.

Report from Beijing TV on the exchange program 来自北京电视台的报道


Report from Royal Norwegian Embassy in China 挪威驻华大使馆的报道Birkeland, Åsta NRK Dagsrevyen 10 desember 2018

Birkeland, Åsta NTB, Stavanger aftenblad, Udanningsnytt.no, Barnehage. December 10, 2018 

Birkeland, Åsta TV2. December 10, 2018 

Birkeland, Åsta; Skoglund, Ruth Ingrid; Ødemotland, Siv.
Fra Bergen til Beijing. Møtet mellom kinesisk og norsk barnehagetradisjon gir nyttig innsikt. Bergens Tidende, 2017 

Birkeland, Åsta. Barnehagepolitikk på kinesisk. Bergens Tidende, 2012

Birkeland, Åsta. På vei mot Kina? Bergens Tidende, 2005

Hammer, Anne. Kinesiske barn - flinkere enn norske? Bergens Tidende, 2005

HIGHLIGHT EVENTS

  • State visit of the Norwegian Royal Couple in 2018 in Dunhuang.

Staff members and students from HVL and BNU were invited to organize a kindergarten program and a seminar on ECEfS. This event was broadcast in numerous media in Norway and China. Political leaders at the top level in both Gansu province in China and top leaders from Norway were involved.

  • Seminars organized by Nordic embassies in China

Staff members from BNU and HVL were invited by the Nordic embassies to give presentations on different topics on ECE in China and Norway in 2021,  2022, and 2024. The audience was academia, kindergarten staff, and the general public in China.

  • Norwegian Education and Research delegation to China on the occasion of the Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education

On education day, Staff members from BNU and HVL were invited to organize a seminar titled Sustainable Futures – Strengthening educational research and practice on ecological and social citizenship through collaboration between Chinese and Norwegian researchers 2018.

  • Invited keynotes at HVL and different Chinese universities

HVL staff members were invited to give keynote in the following Chinese universities: East Normal University, Nanjing Normal University, Beijing Normal University, Northwest Normal University, Northeast Normal University, Shanxi Normal University, Southwest University, Beijing Institute of Education. Staff from Chinese universities were invited to give the keynote at HVL.