The college is having a success in its cooperation on the international bachelor program; Bachelor of Northern Studies. By a recent visit to its partner institutions an increasing interest for the program was documented.

The recent decision by the Government of Canada to dramatically cut funding to the University of the Arctic will have a impact on not only the ability of Canadian students to participate in UArctic programs, but also thousands of other students around the circumpolar world who benefited from them. UArctic has already ta...

The Chair of SCPAR Mr. Morten Høglund has written a letter to Canadian authorities in support of continued strong Canadian funding of the University of the Arctic.

November 20-25, Kazan will host International Scientific Seminar “Russian-German Collaboration in the field of Ecology of Arctic ecosystems: Results and Perspectives”.

Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2012 will be held 19-22 April, 2012, in conjunction with the International Polar Year (IPY) 2012 Conference (22-27 April, 2012). For more information, see: http://www.assw2012.org

The Call for Abstracts for the IPY 2012 From Knowledge to Action Conference is closed and over 2100 abstracts were received from 46 countries. Featuring the latest research results from both the Arctic and Antarctic, the conference will provide an opportunity to network with polar experts and consider ways to translate...

The new study, "Mapping mobility in European higher education" has now been published electronically by the European Commission, for whom it was produced. It was written by ACA and INCHER (University of Kassel), in cooperation with ACA members DAAD and CampusFrance, as well as HIS (Hannover). Mapping mobility is a sequel to A...

12 October, 2011, the Institute of the Northern Peoples of the Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University hosted the International  Workshop Conference “Reality of Ethnos: Northern Dimension”. The conference was organized in collaboration with Research Institute of Arctic and Sustainable Development of Indigenous People w...

UArctic's Thematic Network on Distance Education and e-Learning is organizing a workshop from Nov 21-25, 2011 at the University of Tromsø, Norway: "Students’ scientific cooperation between Murmansk State Humanities University and the University of Tromsø." See program. For more information contact steinar.thorvaldsen@uit.no o...

Close to 100 attendees representing government, industry, community leaders, academia, and NGOs took part in the first ever Greenlandic oil and gas key stakeholder dialogue designed to discuss and address key issues regarding oil and gas development in Greenland. UArctic's Thematic Network 'Energy in New Time' was involv...

Having been member of the UArctic since 2006, the University Centre of the Westfjords has established an intensive relationship with the Higher Education Institutions of the high north and is an active part of UArctic.

Several articles have appeared in the Canadian media in reaction to the Canadian government's budget decisions that saw funding for the University of the Arctic drastically cut.

The Arctic Frontiers (AFT) conference is a central arena for discussions of arctic issues. The conference brings together representatives from science, politics, and civil society to share perspectives on how upcoming challenges in the Arctic may be addressed to ensure sustainable development.

Two of the members of UArctic Thematic Network in Indigenous Arts and Crafts, Sami University College in Guovdageaidnu and Sami Educational Centere in Jokkmokk, Sweden have completed a joint education project. The project lasted one acadmic year, from August 2010 to June 2011. It was a 30 credits course in duodji (Sami...