As most of the media students at Nord Universitet (Norway) know, our faculty and with it, all media studies, have been decided to not admit new applicants next year due to, in words of the university dean, “the lack of competence of the teachers”. Teachers that might not have a PHD in their field, but how can they be incompetent after years of experience in the media industry?

We believe that this problem, if it really exists, which is disputable, can be solved like any other without such extreme measure.



A huge amount of effort, labor, time, financial and human resources is currently being invested in the creation and development of an innovation campus in which students were meant to work next years, with a building still under construction.



Dozens of great projects, games and films have already been created here by talented people, with several Norwegian Game Awards winners coming from here, just to give an example, and many others that are becoming great professionals in different media fields (animation, modeling, game development or film creation).



This faculty gives people the opportunity to get into the industry, understand how it works, find the right contacts and like-minded people, practice and develop their technical skills thanks to a huge amount of technical equipment available for the students and a media festival held once a year (&Action), to get inspiration and create their own projects.



This can only be achieved with talented professionals as teachers that get themselves involved with the student’s work to make them better.



It is impossible to just cross out the enormous work and efforts invested in the faculty, which has already become a home for many students, just because of paperwork.

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