1. ASP Education Goal, strategy and plans
To ensure future generations knowledge and competences within Arctic science.
To ensure an interdisciplinary Arctic education at all levels.
Part of the Strategy to reach the goals:
Joint/interdisciplinary teaching to address students from different disciplines

2. 2018 spring
2018 fall
2019 spring
6-14 students
Total of18 students
Arctic courses on ecosystems and climate in Nuuk (partly interdisciplinary) (3 courses, ECTS)
Arctic courses on ecosystems and climate in Nuuk (3 courses, ECTS)
1 Fullbright student (AU/GINR)
Summer University:
July in Aarhus (5 ECTS, master)
Summer University:
Aarhus (5 ECTS, master)
Arctic courses on environment and health, (3 courses, ECTS)
Summer school:
July in Nuuk/Reykjavik (Graduate level)
Nordic Collaboration

3. Course program started in 2015 and been growing in terms of students and courses

4. The courses take place in the new science education building in Nuuk.
The building also has apartments for teachers

5. 2018 spring semester Biology Chemistry Engineering Geosience
Environmental science

6. Summer/winter schools
2018: ABS summerschool (Master/PhD): Two weeks, in July :
Collaboration between Aarhus U., U. of Helsinki, Lund U., Agricultural U. of Iceland, U. of Greenland, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Estonian University of Life Sciences.
Focus on climate, ice and society
Multidisciplinary; both natural and social sciences involved
Takes place at 2 locations, Reykjavik, Nuuk

7. Nordic collaboration
Summer schools are funded through NordPlus programmes:
Nordplus Higher Education → ABS (Atmosphere Biosphere Studies; master exchange program)
Nordplus Horizontal → CCTG (collaboration with high schools and industry in Greenland)

10. Future plans These were our plans until spring 2019
We will discuss plans from 2019 and onwards at our ASP meeting here in Tromsø.
Plans will involve collaboration on
master courses,
summer/winter schools (field courses)
PhD exchange (joint PhDs) ……