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This month, our Class of 2024 carried out their Group 4 projects. The Group 4 project is a highlight of the IB Diploma Programme because of four key features: It involves science, which means developing skills in reviewing the literature, asking good questions, forming hypotheses, considering ethics, making observations, modeling, simulating and/or experimenting, evaluating [...]

OD-day is a day that takes place every year across Norway. OD stands for Operasjon Dagsverk or Operation Day's Work. Each year the organisation chooses a new cause to donate money to, the concept of the day is for Norwegian school students to participate in a day of work and send the money to [...]

Project Based Learning week, or as we call it, PBL is an integral part of our CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service) program, which serves as the core of the Diploma Programme. CAS aims to enhance students' personal and interpersonal growth and is structured around three key elements: creativity, activity, and service. During PBL week, both [...]

UWC Day is a celebration of UWC ideals, our mission and values which falls on the UN International Day of Peace each year. In 2023 this occasion was full of inspiration, learning, and connection that lasted for three days, rather than the usual one day celebration. Under the theme "Shaping a Sustainable Future" [...]

On UWC Day, on the banks of our beautiful Norwegian fjord,  celebrating the UN International Day of Peace, we came together as a community to host our patron, Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway, philosophers and politicians to explore together how, through education, we can “Shape a sustainable future”. On this day, Thor [...]

As we celebrated UWC Day 2023 under the theme "Shaping a Sustainable Future," we were honoured to welcome Her Majesty Queen Sonja, Queen of Norway, to our campus. Her visit not only marked a yearly celebration of the UWC values and mission but also gave us a chance to honor Her Majesty’s unwavering support [...]