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Record Number Of Foreign Students Enrolled In 2024
According to a recent compilation made by Registers Iceland, a record number of foreign students were enrolled at the secondary and university levels in 2024, measuring at 9 percent. In 2023, the rate was 8,2 percent. Across all education levels, Polish-born students…
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Kópavogur Headmaster Urges Parents To Mind Their Manners
On January 22, the headmaster of Kópavogur primary school Hörðuvallaskóli sent a mass email to parents of the school’s students. In it, principal Sigrún Ólöf Ingólfsdóttir encouraged adults to mind their manners and language when communicating with the school’s faculty, RÚV reports. …
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Technical College Will Turn Away Hundreds Of Students
The Technical College and other vocational schools will have to turn away hundreds of students in upcoming terms, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]Who better to ask what’s best in Reykjavík than the people who live here? Every year we round up a panel of…
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New Website Shows Accessibility Performance At Secondary Schools
The Union of Icelandic Secondary School Students has launched the Support Bank, which ranks school performance on accessibility and services for those with learning needs, RÚV reports. [su_pullquote]If you are coming to Iceland check out our goodie bags that you can order…
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2,500 Summer Jobs Created For Students
The Minister of Social Affairs announced yesterday that the Directorate of Labor developed 2,500 jobs for students this summer as a part of the Start a Job Campaign, Vísir reports. A broader campaign The Minister of Social Affairs, Ásmundur Einar Daðason, launched…
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Students Apparently Worried To Attend Spring Exams
This morning on the TV show Morgunútvarp on Channel 2, Jóhanna Ásgeirsdóttir, outgoing president of the National Association of Students and Derek Terell Allen, the future president of the association, have stated that many students wanted to attend their exams official rather…
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The Next Generation: Una Press Brings Young Icelandic Poetry To The Masses
In the ever-changing world of Icelandic poetry, a new anthology by Una Útgáfuhús, or Una Press, is bringing the next generation of Icelandic poets to the fore. Named ‘Það er alltaf eitthvað’, or ‘There is always something,’ the anthology is a collaborative…
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Immigration Appeals Board Overturns ÚTL Ruling Blocking Bangladeshi Students
The Immigration Appeals Board determined that the Directorate of Immigration (ÚTL) had no grounds to deny 50 Bangladeshi students access to attending Bífröst University. As a result, the board have overruled ÚTL’s decision. Bífröst University began a programme in 2017 aimed at…
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Iceland Chosen Best Destination For Students Learning How To Be Vikings
In a remote town on the coast of Norway, a small junior college is currently offering a course to teach students the original Viking crafts. Some of the kids, however, are looking to Iceland for more inspiration. According to Vísir, in fact,…
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Icelandic Elementary School Children Behaving Worse & Worse
A task force, which has been looking into the work environment of the country’s elementary schools has found that students are becoming increasingly worse behaved, reports RÚV. Icelandic teachers have complained about increasing stress at work and that a more diverse group…
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Immigration Raises Support Requirement, Foreign Students Possibly At Risk
The Directorate of Immigration (UTL) has announced that they are raising the minimum income requirement for residence permits in Iceland, and this has many foreign university students in a panic, Grapevine has learned. The announcement posted on UTL’s website states that, as…
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PHOTOS: ‘Ytri Höfnin’ Graduation Exhibition
The graduation exhibition by bachelors students in design, architecture and fine arts from the Iceland Academy of the Arts is one of the main art events of the year. This extraordinary exhibition is closing on Sunday May 8th and we urge anyone interested…