Suitability assessment
Suitability assessment is an ongoing evaluation of the student's academic and personal qualifications for functioning in their future profession. If there is justified doubt regarding a student's suitability, a special suitability assessment shall be initiated.
Legal grounding
When in doubt about a student's suitability
If you have concerns about whether a student is suitable for the profession or programme of study, you should discuss these concerns with the student as early as possible.
If you are uncertain about how a concern should be handled, please contact the suitability assessment coordinator at Nord University.
The purpose of the suitability assessment is to determine whether a student may pose a potential risk to the life, physical or mental health, rights, or safety of the patients, service users, preschool children, pupils, animals, clients, animal owners, or others with whom the student will come into contact during practical training or in their future professional practice.
The ongoing suitability assessment shall be carried out throughout the entire course of study and shall be evaluated in both the theoretical and practical components of the programme. If there is justified doubt regarding a student's suitability, a special suitability assessment shall be conducted. This measure is intended for exceptional cases where other formal and informal interventions during the course of study have not resolved the situation.
The following programmes at Nord University are subject to suitability assessment:
Bachelor
- Kindergarten teacher
- Child Welfare
- Animal care
- Pharmacy
- Paramedicine
- Practical pedagogical education (PPU)
- Social Work
- Nursing
- Driving instructor
- Social care Vocational teacher
Master 2 years
- Speech and Language Pathology
- Master's in Health SciencesMaster's in Clinical Nursing
- Master of Science in Specialist Nursing
- Master in Adapted Education Social Sciences
Master 5 years
- Primary and lower secondary teacher education 1st-7th grade
- Primary and lower secondary teacher education 5th-10th grade
- Teacher education in physical education and sports
- Teacher education in social sciences
- Teacher Education for Practical and Aesthetic Subjects Grades 1-13, Music
- Lule Sami Primary and Lower Secondary School Teacher Education
- Lule Sami Primary and Lower Secondary Teacher Education 1-7
- South Sami Primary and Lower Secondary Teacher Education 1-7
Additional education/short courses
- Dementia care for older people with mental disorders
- Diabetic Nursing
- E-health with technology assessment, welfare technology and digital remote follow-up
- Public health and social sustainability
- Geriatrics, Gerontology and Professional Management
- Palliative care 1 and 2
- Counselling and education 1
- Consulting & Innovation 2
- Interdisciplinary advanced training in mental health, substance abuse and addiction work
Fill out the form (Norwegian Word document) with a description of the issues you're experiencing.
Use the secure eDialog link to submit the form. You can get in touch with the institution's suitability assessment officer if you have any questions.Regulations for suitability assessment in higher education
§7-3 Criteria for assessments
If any one of the following conditions meets the criteria to the point where the student could endanger the others they will be interacting with, then the student is not suitable.
a) The student demonstrates a lack of concern, understanding, empathy, and respect for people with whom they will interact during practice or in the future;
b) The student demonstrates a lack of cooperation, ability to build relationships based on trust, and ability to communicate with people with whom they will come into contact during practical training or in the future;
c) the student abuses drugs or acquires drugs illegally
d) the student has issues of such a character that the student functions very poorly in his/her surroundings
e) the student behaves in a threatening or offensive behaviour in the study environment, or toward those with whom the student will come into contact during practical training, or during future professional practice;
f) the student displays inadequate self-awareness in relation to tasks in the study program and future professional role;
g) the student exhibits carelessness and recklessness that could put people in danger of harm when they interact with the student during practical training or in the course of their future professional practice;
h) The student demonstrates a lack of motivation or capacity to modify inappropriate behavior under supervision.
i) The student is unable to perform the professional assessments and actions that practice or future professional practice requires.
j) The student exhibits a lack of willingness or ability to lead learning processes for children, young people, and adults in accordance with the organization's goals and guidelines
k) The student disregards the organization's objectives and policies by failing to assume accountability for serving as an example for kids, teens, and adults.
l) The student shows a lack of willingness or ability to observe what is happening in a group or class an on the basis of this, establish an atmosphere that considers the mental and physical health as well as the safety of children, adolescents, and adults.
Responsible for suitability assessment
