On Friday 17th of March, the students of Nordic Literature and the second year of Norwegian B are going to Dale to see the comical theatre piece The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco. Sogn and Fjordane Theatre is on tour (The Cultural Rucksack) and is going to perform for most High School classes in the area. The students will be able to “meet” the student who is supposed to achieve the “Universal [...]

On Sunday March 12th, UWC Red Cross Nordic hosted its second TEDx event and the second one ever held in Sogn og Fjordane. The organizing committee involved 12 students, with technical support coming from students on the ‘Media and Communications’ course at Hafstad Vidaregåande Skule. The programme was divided into four sections: ‘Politically Speaking’, ‘The Future’, Lived Experiences’, ‘Perspectives’. A total of twelve speakers (seven guests and five from [...]

First and second year students attended a presentation given by Emily Wilkes of Lanterna Education, an organisation that offers academic support to IB students -  which started life as a CAS project in Sweden. Emily shared valuable tips on topics such as time management and revision, procrastination and distractions, recommending useful apps and responding patiently and constructively to many questions from the audience. It was inspiring and [...]

As part of Gender Week, the Gender and Sexuality (GAS) EAC members prepared seven days of panel discussions and activities across a wide range of issues for participation by students and staff. The main events were: Monday, March 6th: Gender Equality in the Nordic Region Presentations; Tuesday, March 7th: Men and Masculinities Panel Discussion; Wednesday, March 8th: 'The Vagina Monologues' Thursday, March 9th: Intersectionality 101; Friday, March [...]

The RCN Safety Net: Developing Pastoral Care. Two workshops were run on Saturday morning by special guest, Ingeborg Lykseth, as part of the College’s commitment to developing pastoral care on campus. Ingeborg is a well-known entrepreneur in Norway, director, psychiatrist, certified coach, and speaker – and was invited by our teacher, Cristina Pinazo, to run two workshops (one for House Reps and some selected first years and [...]

Fabiana Between 3rd to 5th March, Sogn og Fjordane Røde Kors ran a youth camp at Skilbrei for local volunteers and youth interested in the Red Cross. UWCRCN sent eight students, along with the EVS Red Cross Volunteer. The idea of the camp was to gather like-minded young people to have fun and learn more about the Red Cross’ work. Over the three days the [...]