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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, [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

Forsikningsdagane (Research Days) is an event organised nationwide in Norway. This year Vestlandforsikning, the research institute of West Norway, organised an international climate change workshop for youth called ‘Climate Voices in Sogn Folkmuseum’ on Friday [...]

The 2017 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award winner has been announced as Mr. Zannah Mustapha, a lawyer, school-founder and peace-maker from north east Nigeria. He is being honoured for his dedication and commitment to ensuring children [...]

In light of the dramatic escalation in the number of young displaced people fleeing conflict, persecution or environmental disaster, combined with the need for future post-conflict leadership, there is an urgent need to further increase [...]

Our annual university fair took place last weekend with many US universities represented. It was superbly coordinated by Mark Chalkley and Hildegunn Arstein, our RCN university counsellors, and Susan Albrecht and Dave Fredricks, the UWC tour [...]

An exhibition was put in place on the 21st of September, for HM Queen Sonja, with the theme of "inclusion", a value that is at the core of the UWC movement. The work displayed in [...]

Vidar at work on the Baking House This summer saw the retirement of Vidar Jensen (Head of Maintenance) from UWC Red Cross Nordic. Vidar has worked at Haugland for the past 30 years, [...]