{"id":26985,"date":"2024-12-20T21:59:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T21:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hfsu.is\/?p=26985"},"modified":"2025-07-09T10:58:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T10:58:33","slug":"new-agreement-with-the-ministry-of-higher-education-industry-and-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hfsu.is\/en\/new-agreement-with-the-ministry-of-higher-education-industry-and-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"New agreement with the Ministry of Higher Education, Industry and Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26985\" class=\"elementor elementor-26985 elementor-26984\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69dff67 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"69dff67\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a568da4 sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"a568da4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-840f9c3 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"840f9c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>It was a big day today when the University Association of South Iceland and the Ministry of Higher Education, Industry and Innovation \/ HVIN signed a new three-year agreement, which has been in the works for some time now.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>The agreement was drawn up in close consultation with the ministry and the Association of Rural Knowledge Centers, but the main emphases of the agreement are in line with the centers&#8217; missions.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>It is a sign of the times that the signing took place in cyberspace, but that environment has opened up avenues for rural residents to begin higher education and is therefore a basic theme in the company&#8217;s activities. 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