The Statistics Bank gives you figures and facts concerning adult learning. Some of the information contained in the Statistics Bank has been translated to English.
When the deadline expired on 19 January 2012 the Basic Competence in Working Life Programme had received 498 applications for funding in 2012. The corresponding figure for 2011 was 409.
The Norwegian Ministry for Education and Research has nominated Vox as National Coordinator for the implementation of the European Agenda for Adult Learning.
The Basic Skills Profiles are a tool meant to facilitate the design of basic skills courses tailored to the needs of each work place and individual learner.
A report on the effects of courses in basic skills. The report highlights the participants’ background and motivation for enrolling on the basic skills courses, and comments on the effects the courses may have. (Published 2011)
This fact sheet presents a comparable analysis of digital skills in the Norwegian population in 2008 and 2010.
Vox new street address from 28 November is Karl Johans gate 7, entrance from Dronningens gate. Our new postal address is: P.O. Box 236, Sentrum, N-0103 Oslo.
A conference for those engaged with the process of recognition and validation of prior learning.
This fact sheet presents an analysis of digital skills among Norwegian-born persons with immigrant parents.
The fact sheet addresses the need for training among enterprises and in the population as a whole. The survey is an excerpt from the Vox Barometer 2010.
Vox has been given a new task – to act as the secretariat for the newly established national council for tertiary vocational education.
The report Immigrants Connected presents an analysis of digital skills of the five largest immigrant communities in Norway.
Researchers, practitioners and policymakers gathered at the 17th International Conference of Adult Learning Mathematics (ALM) in Oslo from 28 to 30 June 2010.
Vox announces the possibility of applying for about 65 million NOK in financial support of training in reading, writing, numeracy and computer skills through the government programme for Basic Competence in Working Life.
Vox has launched a new service which makes it easier to find the statistics you are interested in.
Download the presentations from the European numeracy seminar that Vox organised on the 1st and 2nd of February 2010 in Oslo.
800 000 NOK is now being made available for projects that are directed towards the improvement of basic competence among prison inmates.
Combining education with work and family life will be made easier. This Government intention is brought out in the recently published white paper called Education Strategy.
Even though primary education for adults is a statutory right in Norway, and a municipal responsibility, a recently published Vox report uncovers that four out of ten municipalities do not provide such education.
The Nordic Network for Adult Learning (NVL) is a forum under the Nordic Council of Ministers.
A European web page on research, pedagogical approaches and learning resources is available for all those who are involved in numeracy training for adults.
As the result of a Vox initiative courses for teachers of basic skills will now be offered at university level.
– Didactic approaches and assessment systems for adults who need to enhance their key competencies through embedded learning
More than 200 enterprises have received a total of 34 million NOK in support of training in reading, writing and computer skills for their employees through the Government Programme for Basic Competence in Working Life for 2009.
From January 1st 2009 Vox has a new director. His name is Jan Ellertsen and he comes from a position as deputy director at the Department of Education and Training in the Ministry of Education and Research.
«The Digital Citizen» is a recently published analysis of digital competence in the Norwegian population. The complete report is now available in English in print, or you can download the pdf-file.
