Dear student,
Welcome to the International Summer School 2019!
The International Development Studies course is work-intensive, and your work starts prior to coming to Norway. Your fellow students come from all over the world, and an important part of the course is sharing your different experiences. At the end of the first week of the course, from Saturday to Monday, you will present the poverty problems of your country at a mandatory 3-day trip to the Student Cottage in the forest north of Oslo. You will have only 15 minutes for your presentation. You should prepare for this before you come to Oslo.
Throughout the course you will be working in groups according to selected themes. The themes will be chosen in the first week by all the students in the course and presented for debate in the next to last week. Th...