News in English

A group of Czech university teachers and students are currently on a visit to Volda University College to learn regional development from a Norwegian perspective. The visit may spur further cooperation in both research and teaching.

The X2 festival founded by VUC students eleven years ago has now become the largest winter sports festival in Norway. From April 14-17 you can experience extreme sports, artists and presenters of the highest quality.

The German professor and Bond expert Tobias Hochscherf will give lectures and seminars about James Bond as a Cold War Warrior. These will take place at Aasen-House, room 106, Thursday March 3 and Friday March 4.

The auditorium was full to the brink when Leo Ajkic had his presentation during International Day and the study abroad fair itself was also well visited.

A survey made by The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SiU) shows that Volda University College (VUC) is placed 5th in the country, with 23 percent of the graduates having completed a student exchange period during their studies.

Wednesday 20 January, 19.00, you can see the silent film concert Häxan in the
concert hall, Henrik Kaarstad-house. The concert is free and open to everyone.

This is a preliminary version of the Board decision made on October 30th. The Board approves protocol at the next board meeting.

The International Board at Volda University College has announced a competition for funds related to internationalization at the college. More than 600.000 NOK (app. 64,000 Euro) is in the bid and the board hopes that the competition will stimulate to the development of large projects.

We congratulate the PR-company Trigger, headed by former VUC-student Preben Carlsen, was awarded the Global SABRE Award for the best creative PR-company.

Every wednesday the animation- and documentary departments at Volda University College arrange film screenings open for all students who want to strengthen their film historical insight.