Stop Human Trafficking PBL
Stop Human Trafficking Project Week was dedicated to active Human Rights campaigning. We started by studying cases of Human Rights violations in the countries of the participants: Ecuador, Bangladesh, Georgia, Western Sahara, Italy, Mexico, Japan, Niger, Russia, Armenia and Iceland. There were many personal stories and much engaging debate, often finishing with "...but what we can [...]
Ulrika Kjeldsen (’10 – ’12)
Right now life feels quite odd. Newly graduated with an Art degree and being outside a school system for the first time since I was six years old, feels like being a half-finished painting and my frame just fell off. Every now and then I feel lost and I doubt myself, whether I am choosing [...]
Frivannsliv Project Based Learning
Fri-vanns-liv means something like, 'living free in open water' - in other words diving in the sea by holding breath (apnea). For this project there were seven of us - six students: Chisato, Pei-Yu, Fabiana, Vicky, Leon, Steinar; and teacher Jelena. Part of the project was that the students were in charge of organising the [...]
Tutti Fratelli! Tutti Sorelle!
UWC Red Cross Nordic was invited to send two representatives - Larry Lamont as Rektor and Arne Osland as Director of Development - to the Norwegian Red Cross' Landsmøtet (annual general assembly) 2017 in Haugesund (the 40th anniversary of this event). Alongside representation from all the Red Cross districts in Norway, the Norwegian Red Cross [...]
Nobel Peace Prize 2017
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced at 1100 on Friday 6th October 2017 that it has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The organization is receiving the award for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear [...]
Changemaker Schools
Ashoka Scandinavia is proud to announce the selection of three Norwegian schools to be part of Ashoka’s global network of innovative schools. Nordahl Grieg Videregående Skole, Ung Invest Arbeidsinstituttet Buskerud and UWC Red Cross Nordic have officially become Ashoka Changemaker Schools after a thorough evaluation. Each school’s work with what Ashoka calls changemaker skills such [...]