Employers Criticize New Scale

In a recent evaluation of the new grading system introduced at the Faculty of Law, employers express dissatisfaction with the new scale, which ranges from A to F. The letters A through to F have replaced the old, number-based system, which allowed for the use of fractions in grading students. Five of six employers replied that the new scale is not exact enough, and therefore a poor guide in choosing between different job applicants. The new scale, which was introduced by the Faculty of Law in 1999, is to be adopted by the rest of the University from the autum term of 2003. Kari Breirem of the solicitors\' firm BA-HR complains that the University has failed to provide information on the new system.

Members of the Muslim Student Society have protested after VG last week claimed that the University functions as home to Muslim groups of the al-Quaida type. Hasan Satici (21), the Muslim Student Society\'s information officer, points out that his organisation has nothing to do with Al-Muhajiroum, the organisation led by Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammar, who made it to VG\'s front page with claims that Norway should become a Muslim state.