UWC Atlantic College Alumna Ulrika Bjørkstén yesterday visited the College and showed her prize-winning film 'Dirty Waters: Discovering the dirty truth about the future of the Baltic Sea'. It provided a great case study about the problems of international co-operation in dealing with environmental issues. The film was well received by the students and the follow-up discussion was lively with good questions and thoughtful comments. The evening was much appreciated [...]

Many congratulations to second year student Elisabeth Dietz for taking first place in the Norwegian High School Philosophical Association Olympiad. Students were given a choice of five topics and had to write their essay in English, German or French - not in their native Norwegian. Elisabeth chose the question: 'Should a totalitarian party that gets enough votes to form a government through a democratic election be allowed to rule?' The judges [...]

We are already looking ahead to the graduation of the second year students in May. Attached is information for friends and families who are thinking of attending the ceremony. A letter to parents and guardians from the Rektor. Information about accommodation in the local area.  

As the final part of their course, the second-year Visual Arts students put on an exhibition of their work. It has been much enjoyed by students, staff and visitors. Teachers have been able to take their classes to the exhibition, being guided by the Visual Arts students who have happily taken the opportunity to explain their art pieces. Thank you to all concerned (especially Art Teacher Reidun [...]

Lauren Trumper (UK) came to UWC Red Cross Nordic for the academic year 2014-15 and worked as an EVS Volunteer in the Outdoor Department. Given the College’s ongoing partnership with the Laski School for blind and partially-sighted children and teenagers from across Poland, Lauren has volunteered  to work at the Laski Centre, on the outskirts of Warsaw, from October 2014 to November 2015. She kindly offered to write [...]

Our very own Muxuan Yan was =1st, with Johan Socrates Wind from the Kongsbakken high school in Tromsø, in the prestigious national mathematics competition - the Abelkonkurransen. Many congratulations to both first place winners and to the other participants in the final round including second year RCN students  Ricardo Guzman from Mexico and Jana  Řežábková from the Czech Republic  . Here is a link to an newspaper article about Muxuan's [...]