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The sun was shining and the mood was excellent, as the the former leader of the Student Parliament, Ammy Bolme, had the honor of cutting the cord and opening the brand new boathouse at lake Rotevatnet.

Some 30 representatives from teacher training programmes in Europe gathered in Volda in May to share experiences and ideas. They were full of praise for VUC, the student town and the Norwegian schools.

Phillip hopes to become a professional entertainer, while Christine is living the dream of becoming a journalist. Plenty of hands-on experience give the students at Volda University College a flying start to their media careers.

VUC has recently received the accreditation for the first internal doctoral programme "Education, language and culture" which may start up in the 2025/26 academic year. This programme will be the second doctoral programme since VUC already offers a the PhD programme in health & social sciences joint with Molde University College.

Everyone is welcome to attend the International Day 2024 on Wednesday February 7th. We hope that students and staff at VUC will take advantage of the possibility to find out more about global opportunities and to experience the colorful stands, exotic food, musical entertainment and interesting talks during the day.

In autumn 2023, international exchange students in the subject Norwegian Food Culture (Eramak101) learned about Norwegian food culture at the University of Volda. Now the winner of this year's food blog has been named.

A large Finnish research project recently "hit the funding jackpot". One of the experts in the project is Professor of Pedagogy, Siv M. Gamlem, from VUC.

The interdisciplinary media master's degree at Volda University College (VUC) has opened for applications. Here you can become part of an international environment with students and lecturers who have backgrounds in various media professions.

The animation festival is approaching, and it is time to get some insight into the details for this year's program.