Our second year Swedish student Herman (left in photograph) has been awarded 1st Prize in the Young Scientists Competition 2018 for humanities research. The title of his research is 'An Investigation of the Economic Consequences of Immigration'. The central question he investigates is how immigration influences salary levels in Sweden. The question was addressed by sending out a questionnaire to employment offices. One finding is that development [...]

Judit, Børje Møstre and Jelena To mark Earth Day this year, we have had a special focus on plastic pollution. The day started with a lecture by Børje Møstre about In The Same Boat, a programme where young volunteers from all around the world live on a boat for a period of time to clean the west coast from plastic and other trash. The documentary [...]

Continuing with tradition, this year's newly elected Student Council (SC) went away with the outgoing SC to a Langeland cabin this past weekend. The weekend included both team building activities, and the transfer of procedural know-how. While the weekend aided in developing the practical skills of the new SC, there was also much time for bonding - between members of the new SC but also between both [...]

Members of the RCN Theatre EAC group presented 'Things I Know To Be True' on Saturday night in the Høegh. The story of an Australian family, the Prices, the theatre company Frantic Assembly's interpretation of Andrew Bovell's original script was brought to life by a truly outstanding cast co-directed by first year students Beth (UK) and Ingebjørg (Norway), both of whom received a standing ovation and bouquets [...]

Good luck to the finalists in the Norwegian Contest for Young Scientists! Four of the twenty-0ne finalists invited to Oslo this weekend are from UWC RCN. They were selected from a pool of 141 projects entered. This is an annual event hosted by the Norwegian Research Council. Our finalists are: Yash on The Doppler Effect in Circular Motion on an Angled Plane; Silvia on The Impact of International Disputes on [...]

Stopp Valden was instigated in 1995 after 17 year old Andreas Stavseth was shot in the street in Oslo, and the ensuing programme has the aim to stop violence and bullying in all its forms. On Thursday 4th April, members of our Red Cross Youth Group were invited to speak at Dale VGS as part of their Safe Russetid programme. We represented Fjaler Red Cross in talking [...]