Læra News
16 July 2025
In June 2025, the BANHER students from Trent, along with University of Tromso and Yukon University faculty continued the exploration of Yukon-Alaskan Arctic borderlands in a visit to Whitehorse, Skagway and the borderlands in between. They six-day research field trip began in Whitehorse where they explored the urban landscape of this small northern Canadian City, its infrastructure, architecture and public institutions.
16 July 2025
In April 2025, a group of Trent and University of Tromsø faculty and students continued the exploration of the Arctic borderlands in a visit to North America. At the end of the 2025 Winter semester, they travelled to Anchorage to begin an eight-day research field trip that took them from Whittier in the Prince William Sound to Homer, and the University of Alaska, Kachemak Bay campus.
7 July 2025
The Arctic-2030 BANHER project is a research-based teaching consortium funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UArctic’s north2north support mechanism. In January 2025 several Arctic-2030 BANHER events were arranged in Tromsø, Norway. In this article, you will find a review of these events as well as an overview over general and future activities of that network.
1 June 2024
This week, the Læra Institute took an active part in Arctic Congress Bodø 2024, convening our third faculty workshop, a side-meeting on UArctic Circumpolar Studies programme delivery, and a double session of presentations on 'Educational innovation for the Circumpolar North'. We also took part in a workshop on 'Circumpolar Education for Environmental Change and Resilience'.
10 May 2024
We're delighted to announce the publication of two Læra Institute Circumpolar Studies exemplar courses. These courses were designed according to our Circumpolar Studies Curriculum Development guidelines to supplement the UArctic Circumpolar Studies core curricuum, and they're available for use to any faculty teaching about the Circumpolar North.
11 March 2024
The Læra Institute website has expanded! Please select the 'Studies' element of our top menu above to learn more about the UArctic Circumpolar Studies programme, including online courses on offer to undergraduates studying at any UArctic member institution this academic year.
27 November 2023
The Læra Institute was delighted to host our first student symposium, 'Being Circumpolar', which took place online on 20th, 22nd and 24th November 2024. Undergraduate students from around the UArctic attended to learn about and discuss three topics under the three UArctic Circumpolar Studies themes of peoples and cultures, lands and environments, and contemporary issues.
20 November 2023
Abstracts are invited for a session entitled 'Educational innovation for the Circumpolar North', hosted by the Læra Institute at the Arctic Congress 2024, taking place 29 May to 3 June 2024 in Bodø, Norway.
6 November 2023
The Læra Institute invites undergraduates from any UArctic member university to take part in our first student symposium, 'Being Circumpolar', taking place online on 20th, 22nd and 24th November 2024. Inspiring speakers, engaging discussions and conversations, and the chance to interact with fellow students from around the Circumpolar North, and around the world!
30 October 2023
We're pleased to announce the two proposals selected by our Steering Committee for development into the first two Læra Institute Circumpolar Studies exemplar courses. Congratulations to the faculty involved!
28 September 2023
The UArctic Læra Institute is pleased to extend the deadline on our call for proposals from UArctic member faculty for two new undergraduate-level Circumpolar Studies courses. The new deadline for submissions is 9th October 2023.
15 September 2023
This week, the Læra Institute took an active part in the 8th UK Arctic Science Conference, convening a session on 'Arctic educational innovation and pedagogical scholarship' together with the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia.
