Q&A
General information
- We are following the situation closely and posting information on a regular basis. Keep up to date here: Information about the coronavirus.
- Any suspected or diagnosed cases of coronavirus infection can be reported here: Please report it!
- Any suspected or diagnosed cases of coronavirus infection can be reported here: Please report it!
- We have put together a few good tips here: 7 tips for your new digital studies
- Yes, you will. Read more here: Home access to Adobe Creative Cloud
NB: This only applies to campus students who usually have access. Not to online students.
- We can definitely help you with writing such confirmation when required.
For campus-based students in Oslo and Bergen: please contact us on student@kristinia.no
For online students at Kristiania University College: please contact us on nettstudent@kristiania.no
For online students at Fagskolen Kristiania: please contact us on fagskolenettstudent@kristiania.no
- As you know, the health authorities have decided that all universities, university colleges, vocational colleges, schools and kindergartens in Norway should remain closed for pupils and students, so far up until April 13th. This is to prevent the infection from spreading. Obviously Kristiania University College and Fagskolen Kristiania must comply with this decision.
Like other educational institutions in Norway, we will be providing tuition and supervision so that our students are able to achieve the learning outcomes and, wherever possible, follow the progression that we have planned for them. This means that tuition and examinations will continue, but like other university colleges and universities we are not allowed to keep our campuses open.
Our employees are working as previously and many of them are working from home. Our tutors have been moved from classrooms, workshops and auditoriums to digital teaching and learning platforms. Consequently there will be no changes in our tuition fees.
The library
- Yes, all electronic access options are working normally. For home access please use the VPN.
- Librarians can help you with conducting literature searches for assignments, supervision, source criticism, managing references and setting up bibliographies. We can help you to investigate the options available for gaining electronic access to material, and we can also provide you with tips about where you can purchase e-curriculums.
- You can book a supervision session with one of our academic student assistants who will provide you with help on writing assignments and exams, etc.
- Our librarians are available from 0900 to 1500 hrs on all weekdays. They can be contacted via live chats and e-mail or by booking a supervision session on our website. We provide supervision on Zoom when required. Please see our website for up-to-date information.
Examinations
- If you have any questions about exams, please log onto StudentWeb, check our website for information about exams or contact our Examination Department on eksamen@kristiania.no.
- Wherever possible Kristiania University College and Kristiania Professional College will adhere to their current examination schedules at the scheduled times. This means that students are being encouraged to plan their studies in accordance with the published examination schedules.
- New examination schedules for the spring semester will be published on StudentWeb on a regular basis. All those students affected will be informed on StudentWeb and by student mail. All students will receive an SMS reminder about any changes no later than four days before the date of their examinations. This applies to all our students at both Kristiania University College and Fagskolen Kristiania, but not to our online students.
If you are an online student, you will find your information here.
Information about any changes will be sent online to students’ registered e-mail addresses.
- Digital home exams will be held in accordance with the original examination schedule and will not be changed unless otherwise notified.
- The examination schedule could be extended until June or even August. We are not planning to hold any exams in July.
- Students whose examinations schedules change will receive an e-mail or SMS from Kristiania University College or Fagskolen Kristiania. If you are affected by examination changes, you will be notified by no later than four working days before the start of your exams.
- Priority is being placed on exams for graduates and international students so that they can sit their exams by the end of June 2020.
- Your exams will not be moved to an earlier date than the date originally notified.
- Exams will be adapted to the aids you have access to. In other words, they will be just as easy/hard as before.
- We are working on alternative assessment and implementation solutions for practical and performance-related exams. This applies in particular to students at the School of Arts, Design and Media, and some courses at Kristiania Professional College.
- For group exams we are asking all students to find alternative ways of working. We are asking students to avoid physical contact, particularly when the group in question consists of people at risk.
Please use digital platforms such as Zoom or Canvas.
- Information will be provided on our website about re-sits in weeks 32/33 (August). The main rule is that the format for re-sits will continue to be the same as it was for their ordinary exams. For students sitting ordinary exams in the spring of 2020, the re-sits for these will be assessed in the same way as for the re-sit exams.
NB: no re-sits are held for online studies. This information only applies to campus-based studies.
- Kristiania University College has adopted new temporary regulations which allow students to self-certify their absence from their exams.
- We have not yet decided if any exams will be held in August or which courses this will apply to. We will provide further information on a regular basis.
Supervised professional training
- Supervised profession training will be take place as normal, provided that such is possible. Students engaged in practical training will be regarded as ordinary employees at the company concerned and they should comply with the guidelines set by the company: Keep up to date on the website of the place where your training is taking place. Please comply with the guidelines about the coronavirus provided by the place where your training is taking place.
- If you have been in any areas where the infection has been widespread: please follow the advice relating to home quarantine and be aware of any cold symptoms developing for 14 days after returning home. If you become ill, please call your GP or A&E on 116 117 for further follow-up. Please do not visit your GP or the A&E in person.
Students in quarantine are responsible for informing their employers. For students who have become infected or who are in quarantine, please register here: Please report it!
NB: Please remember to notify the company where you are doing your supervised professional training and your course supervisor that you have been placed in quarantine, or have been prevented from going to work.
- Elective course, supervised professional training (SPR2101): for students who are quarantined (for 14 days) during their period of supervised professional training, their training will be approved if they have a valid medical certificate. If absence during this training period lasts for more than two weeks, an individual assessment will be made to see if the period can be extended. Please notify our Supervised Professional Training Office or your course manager.
- Other supervised professional training courses: students who are quarantined during their period of supervised professional training are being asked to contact their course managers to assess the approval of their absence from training. If the training period cannot be approved or extended, the student concerned must apply for a re-sit. Please notify your course manager. Medical certificates must be sent to the College within the deadlines which apply to medical certificates.
Tuition and cooperation
- Your lectures will be delivered by streaming/online via Canvas or Zoom. You will receive a direct link to your lectures and more information about individual lectures.
We would like as many students as possible to finish within the standard time. Consequently all our course managers are drawing up plans to show how tuition will take place during the remainder of the semester. These will be posted on a regular basis. Some courses are particularly challenging to teach at home by using digital methods. For these we will need a bit more time before we can issue a final plan. We are posting regular updates in Canvas, so please keep an eye on your courses there.
NB: this information applies to campus-based studies and not online studies, which are already taught digitally.
- Yes, unfortunately this also applies to appointments booked with the Student Clinic, as per the official recommendations.
- Canvas has good tools for undertaking group work digitally and we are encouraging our students to use these. Information about this has been published on Canvas and on this website, under Information About Tuition. We understand that this is a very demanding situation for everyone and that working in groups is particularly challenging.
Our top priority is for our students be able to complete their education and take their exams in a satisfactory manner. We are asking students to avoid physical contact, particularly when the group in question consists of people at risk.
- It is important that you maintain a dialogue with your fellow students whenever possible. Even if you are not able to meet physically, you can use digital platforms such as Zoom or Canvas. Please use these communications platforms for undertaking group work and for creating discussion groups and social meetings.
Exchange visits
- Applications for exchange visits during the autumn of 2020 are being processed and you will receive a reply to your application during the course of March. Exchange visits are dependent on the advice provided by international, national and local authorities and whatever our partners are able to offer.