BI Norwegian Business School Names First Student Ombuds

In February 2020, Europe's second largest business school, Handelshøyskolen BI, unveiled a website for its first Studentombud, Anita Tøien. She was selected for the position in October last year and will serve a student body of 20,000 across four different campuses. Tøien comes to BI after serving as a European Commission National Expert on the Norwegian Ministry of Children and Equality. Prior to that, she had been the first Student Ombuds at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Science.

Prior to becoming an Ombuds, Tøien had been the student body president at the University of Bergen and worked for the Directorate for Education and Training. She earned a master's degree in law from the University of Bergen. She also studied conflict resolution at American University and the U.S. Institute for Peace. (BI Studentombud; BI News; LinkedIn.) 

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