Postveitrimmen
The Postal Walk is a well-attended annual event locally, hosted by Svint Sports Club in Flekke. This year it was held on Sunday 7th and approximately 50 students and staff took part. The walk follows the old postal route from Bergen to Trondheim, the part from Rennestraum to Hovland. The terrain is relatively flat, along lakes and [...]
Alumnus Saye-Maye Cole
Our alumnus Saye-Maye Cole came back to our College as part of his visit to Norway last week. Saye-Maye was chosen on an SOS scholarship in 1998. Having completed his education, he has now taken up a central position for the government in his home country, Liberia. Our regional news on NRK has covered his [...]
Visiting speakers
As part of our commitment to students’ futures, we strive during the course of each academic year to incorporate not only visits from university admissions counsellors but also workshops on careers. For example, In April each year, we invite members of the UWC RCN Council to deliver workshops on their areas of professional expertise. On [...]
Lord Attenborough
Oscar-winning actor and film director Richard Attenborough died at lunchtime on Sunday at the age of 90. Lord Attenborough was a member of the UWC International Board, an active member of the Governing Council of UWC Waterford Kamhlaba and patron of the UWC Movement for many years. Alongside his extraordinary career as a film-maker, Richard Attenborough took every [...]
Mandela 67
Nelson Mandela devoted 67 years of his life to the service of humanity - by being a lawyer, while being in prison, and by being the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa. He devoted the last 18 years of his life to our UWC movement - being our Honorary President since 1995 [...]
The Rektor’s Address
I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome back the second years after their summer break and to extend a huge welcome to all those first years in the auditorium today. Throughout yesterday afternoon and evening, I was so delighted to hear the Red Cross Nordic traditional welcome being given to new arrivals – some [...]