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First year student Daphnie Knoll writes: Life at UWC Red Cross Nordic can sometimes be very intense and stressful. So for Inga and me - it is 'Lucky us!', as we have the opportunity to go to a local host family for some weekends during the year. Our host family live on the island of Atløy, [...]

Twelve players of varying experience represented the College at the Masfjorden tournament over the Valentine's Day Weekend. Sleeping in classrooms of the primary school where the games were played was part of it, as was chowing down with the other participants. When Pietro realised that there was a prize for the most ridiculous move of [...]

After a day-long visit to the county archives, First year student Valery Vakhitova writes, On Tuesday 10th February, first years students (studying IB Group 3 subjects) were given the opportunity to visit the Archives of Sogn og Fjordane. We were met with a very warm welcome and it was lovely to speak to all those people [...]

Second year student, and dedicated First-aider Bob Okello writes: This year’s edition of the Annual First Aid Course was noteworthy for its high levels of energy  and enthusiasm. The three-day training course for our first years took place from Wednesday 28th to Friday 30th January under the keen leadership of the well-trained and dedicated group [...]

Starting on 11th February, HIFUS and the companies at Haugland hosted a two-day seminar with a focus on health and human resourcefulness, with participants from many sectors. The theme of the seminar was: "The Sound of the Human Being". The seminar opened with a lecture by Cato Zahl Pedersen in English in front of a [...]

On the 2nd of February, a non-Norwegian-speaking team of five students and one staff member set off to Trondheim to participate in a Norwegian-conducted national competition on energy innovation held by the Norwegian organisation Ungt Entreprenorskap. Flying off to Trondheim in a small aeroplane, we were buzzing with anticipation as we contemplated meeting our Norwegian [...]