School allows gum to aid learning
A Swedish school has endorsed teachers’ pet peeve – chewing gum – in class in the belief that the activity of chewing enhances learning.
Actavis continues support for drug prevention programme Youth in Europe
Leading generic pharmaceutical company Actavis recently announced it will be extending its backing of the drug prevention programme, Youth in Europe (...
Never more graduating students in Iceland
Never have more Master’s level students graduated in Iceland than last year, 2010.
Speaker: Icelandic parliament deserves better treatment
Cleaning the Icelandic parliament building after last year’s protests on the first day of the autumn term had the same impact on the old buildin...
Concern over Reykjavik boys’ reading ability
Despite Iceland’s often-acclaimed education system, new research suggests that the reading ability of many teenage boys in the capital city is c...
LazyTown sold, Sportacus not made homeless
The Icelandic company Latibaer, world famous for its LazyTown children’s television series and merchandising, has been bought out by a company p...
Obama adviser to give lecture at University of Iceland
Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, a respected professor and adviser to US President Barack Obama, will give a speech at the University of Iceland this week. ...
Iceland pre-school teachers’ strike averted, schools open as usual
It is not yet clear what methods individual municipalities will choose to finance pay increases to pre-school teachers following Saturday’s reso...