Collaboration with Kabul University

Youssof Ghafoorzai and Rector Curt Rice sign a letter of intent on
cooperation between Kabul University and OsloMet.
Ambassador Youssof Ghafoorzai and Rector Curt Rice sign a letter of intent on
cooperation between Kabul University and OsloMet.

OsloMet has signed a letter of intent with Kabul University in Afghanistan on cooperation in research and education.
On February 2, Rector Curt Rice and Afghan Ambassador Youssof Ghafoorzai signed a Memorandum of Understanding between OsloMet and Kabul University. The Rector of Kabul University was also present online.

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Challenging stereotypes: How to build gender awareness

Participants grouping up for a group picture
Participants at the conference about gender and media in Indonesia in the autumn of 2019. 

On the International Women’s Day 8 March 2021,  International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) and JMIC will launch a special issue of the Journalism Education journal, addressing how to build gender awareness among journalism educators, challenging marginalization and stereotypes.

panel debate on stage.

The digital event is to take place at 8 am in New York, 1 pm in London, 2 pm. in Oslo/Berlin, 630 pm in New Delhi and 9 pm in Manila.

A globally composed panel will address experiences on how to mainstream gender perspectives in journalism education with speakers from India, Nepal, Uganda, United Kingdom and Norway. 

More information: 

https://www.oslomet.no/en/about/events/challenging-marginalization-stereotypes

Students work screened at international festival

(PHOTO): Tipping Point – the students work from last year – was presented during Chobi Mela in Bangladesh. (Photographer Docile Francis Rebeiro, Pathshala) 

Tipping Point was shown yesterday at the international photo festival Chobi Mela in Bangladesh, called the most significant photographic event in Asia. 

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Warming up in Nepal, Bangladesh and Norway

This year’s participants, teachers, mentors and alumni students gathered for an introduction day online, January 17.

Photojournalism students from Bangladesh, Nepal and Norway attended a digital “Sunday Session” this week to mark the start of this years’ collaborative Storytelling program between the three countries.

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