By Abraham Gerber. The 51 public universities and 101 private ones must face up to the reduction in student numbers and some will have to close.
The Ministry of Education yesterday outlined plans to merge universities, as the number of students has been on the decline. Read more...

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The Norwegian government has begun the biggest series of higher education reforms since 1994, when 98 higher education institutions were merged into 26 university colleges.
Minister of Education and Research Torbjørn Røe Isaksen said he expected significantly fewer universities and university colleges would result from the reforms than the 33 Norwegian institutions today. Read more...

Academic staff have welcomed decisions of two institutes of technology not to speed up a planned merger but will still vote on possible industrial action over the move.
The governing bodies of Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) are sticking to the timeframe to formalise their merger sometime in the second half of 2016 after discussing the issue at special meetings on Wednesday. More...