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 School Programme
The Holberg School Programme is an annual research competition for students in Norwegian upper secondary schools i the humanities, social sciences law and theology. Each year, around 1,000 students from 20 selected schools participate in the competition.
The Holberg School Programme Jury selects three research projects that are awarded prizes of NOK 30,000, NOK 20,000 and NOK 10,000 respectively.
The finalists are announced in mid May, and the award ceremony is held during the Holberg Week in early June each year.