Drammen Upper Secondary School
Winner of the Holberg Prize School Project
Malin Eckhoff Årnes from Drammen Upper Secondary School came in second place in the Holberg School Programme 2024 with the research project “The Experienced Transition From Upper Secondary to Higher Education”
In her reserach project “The Experienced Transition From Upper Secondary to Higher Education” Malin Echhoff Årnes asks whether students are sufficiently prepared for the demands of higher education when leaving high school. Her research shows that schools can take several actions in order to prepare their pupils for the life as students.
Simultaneously, Årnes explores what responsibility the students have themselves. The project shows that both the independence and the standards of academic writing poses challenges to the fresh students.
The Holberg Prize School Project
20 upper secondary schools and more than 1000 students from all over Norway participate in the Holberg School Programme each year. The students are assisted by scholars, and the projects are integrated into the students' regular curriculum. Three research projects are awarded prizes of NOK 30,000, NOK 20,000 and NOK 10,000 respectively.
The finalists are announced in mid May, and the Holberg Prize School Project Award Ceremony is held during the Holberg Week in early June each year.
The Holberg School Project Jury
Jørn Ljunggren ( Chair ), Researcher, Centre for Welfare and Labour Research, OsloMet
Åsta Dyrnes Nordø, Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Bergen
Fredrik Nilsen, Assistant Professor, Institute of Philosophy and First Semester Studies, UiT Arctic University of Norway
Elise Farstad Djupedal, PhD Candiate in Pedagogy, Department of Teacher Education, NTNU
Tale Birkeland Engebretsen, Teacher in Norwegian, History and German, and Head of the Writing Centre at Porsgrunn Upper Secondary School.