 Det neste sentre som utnevnes til å få statu som fremdragende utdannelsinstitusjon, det er matrik og universitetet i agder. Det er å lede innovasjon og forskning innen læring og undervisning i matematikk, innenfor andre utdannelsprogram som ingenuer, naturvitenskap, økonomi, læretandning, såkalt det bruker program. Intensjonen er å være et nasjonalt senter for fremdragende matematikkutdandning, i gjennom å skap en nettvek for kollegaer som er involveret i matematikk-undervisning innenfor brukeprogram i hele Norge. Sentere tilbyr alle redde fremdragende utdannelser, senytte virerende læringsmetoder og resurser. E-læring og IQT-utdannelser bygger både på fremdragende utdannelser og fremdragende forskning. Miljøet er i front på bruk av spennende IQT-baserte løsninger, bl.a. ved vurderinger samt innovative digitale simuleringer. Fagmiljøene dokumenterte et megesterk kvalitetssikringssystem og gode metoder for å innhente og vurdere tilbakemeldinger fra studentene. Sentere fikk i vurderingen gode skussmål for metodik og undervisning av studenter og arbeidsliv. Sentere er godt forankret i hele universitetets ledelse og senter ledelsene sterk, og det er tydelig at et team, at de er et team av engasjerte kollegaer som spår nettopp bak dette sentere. Dette var en megesterk søklande av høy kvalitet som fortjener å få FUS-status, og som ekspertgruppen også eleverte søklande konkluderte hvor det heter A well-written proposal which gave a much better impression at the site visit. The written proposal was sound, but the site visit made it inspiring. The students were eloquent advocates for the excellent existing provision and the proposal has a very clear aim to be a truly national centre with well-developed plans for achieving this. The panel regards this as a high-quality bid. Kjære, nye senteledre, presentamte fra Malkeri. Takk skal du ha. Takk skal du nå kunne ha. And thank you to Professor Lawson and your evaluation committee. The University of Agda prides itself on being an international institution. In my department alone there are ten different nations represented, ten different languages. My working language is English, so I hope you will bear with me as I say my thanks in English. The University of Agda has for over two decades put a great deal of effort into the development of mathematics and mathematics education. And we are overjoyed at receiving this award, this status, because it allows us, gives us the opportunity to take that effort further and collaborate with colleagues throughout Norway and we hope eventually internationally. Since 2003, the University, or previously the University College of Agda, has received many visits from Nukaert's evaluation committees and other evaluation committees. We looked to those reports, the reports from those evaluations to write our proposal. And as I read those reports it is clear that the process has contributed a great deal to our development of excellence at the university. So we have much to be grateful to Nukaert for their work in our milieu. There are many excellent teachers of mathematics in Norway, in Norwegian universities and university colleges. One of the aims of the centre is to coordinate that excellence for the benefit of all students who are required to study mathematics in other programmes, where their motivation is to study engineering or economics, but they are required to get to a high level of competence in mathematics. Together in Norway, across Norway, we can do it. The centre creates great hopes and expectations. We want to improve students' performance in mathematics. It's demanding. It's challenging. And we've got a lot to do. Tusen hjattelig takk.