Gimlekollen NLA College ( no, NLA Mediehøgskolen Gimlekollen) is a private branch institution of

NLA University College NLA University College ( no, NLA Høgskolen) is a private Norwegian Christian college accredited by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education. The school has about 2,000 students and 200 employees distributed across three institution ...

located in

Gimlekollen Gimlekollen is a district in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It is a part of the borough of Lund. The district of Justvik lies to the north, the district of Lund (centrum) lies to the west and southwest, and the Topdalsfjorden li ...

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. It focuses on journalism, media, and communication. The school was established in 1981, became a college in 1996, and was affiliated with NLA University College on January 1, 2013. NLA University College is owned by six Christian organizations and a church community, and it is based on Christian values. The college is accredited by the

Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education The Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education, NOKUT is a Norwegian government agency, established in 2003 as part of the Quality Reform. Its areas of responsibility include quality assessment of Norwegian universities, university colle ...

and is open to anyone regardless of life orientation. The institution offers a bachelor's degrees in journalism, IT and communications, intercultural communication, and communication and life orientation, as well as an English-language master's degree in global journalism. The institution, which has about 200 students, educates 10 to 20% of all journalists in Norway. NLA University College also operates the company Damaris Norge through a special framework; it is primarily associated with communication and philosophy of life. Damaris Norge is also located in Gimlekollen in Kristiansand. The college is part of the Gimlekollen Media Center, which also includes the production companies Sanden Media and Norea Mediemisjon.

Chancellors

* Asbjørn Kvalbein, 1981–1990 * Geir Sandvik, 1990–1996 * Knut Sigurd Aasebø, 1996–2002 * Hans Aage Gravaas, 2002–2008 * Lars Dahle, 2008–2012 * Since 2013 the institution has had no chancellor, but Lars Dahle has served as deputy chancellor (site manager).

References

External links

Gimlekollen NLA College homepage

Sørnett – Online newspaper produced by students at Gimlekollen NLA College
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