This EAC creates and rehearses internationally-flavoured, diverse performances, including music, dance and drama. The performances are designed for and presented to the outside audience to represent the College and its beliefs. This EAC enables talented musicians and singers with different backgrounds and skills to share and improve as performers.
The magazine provides opportunities for students to lead free discussions, to initiate debates on political issues through refutations on articles, to express ideas, to draw caricatures with satirical dialogues, to print pictures alongside, and most importantly, to practice writing skills and English. Students in the magazine group meet once every two weeks and discuss new ways of making the magazine better and more interesting. Each student has the free opportunity of writing and expressing thoughts responsibly. The aim is to help students with ideas, to make sure every student contributes equally and to observe development and improvements.
The Bergum Mottak Center is located in Førde, one hour drive from campus. It hosts refugee claimants that wish to be accepted by Norway. They are mostly families or people on their own of all ages, including teens and children. They come from all walks of life. We offer English lessons to women only and a kindergarten service to all children. There are also possibilities for our students to do games with the teens and English lessons for men.
Sep 282007
Students participate in and lead a range of activities at our neighbouring health and sports center. The activities encourage students and patients to learn new skills, build confidence, have fun and learn about one another. Some activities are a fixed part of the Haugland weekly programme, such as; climbing/rappelling, water confidence, and kayaking. Other activities depend on skills and qualities each student has to offer. In the past we have had salsa dance, table tennis, craft activities, and cultural activities with music and games. Students need to be interested in meeting people and willing to give positive time and energy. The commitment is a regular two hours a week, although the activities with which students are involved may change.
Students learn to use a wide range of theatre skills and styles both for performance and debate. Students choose the issues relevant to themselves and their peers. As an example, recent sessions have tackled peer pressure, sexuality, HIV/AIDS, drugs and alcohol. We also produced a performance of the theme of war and peace. Students can use the techniques they learn to work with their peers both in and out of the college, and we are planning to take the workshops out to schools in the community. No experience of theatre is necessary but a willingness to try and to play is essential.
Students and accompanying staff in this group will travel to Dale Sports Hall where outdoor soccer and indoor badminton, volleyball and basketball will be available. Students must wear non-marking indoor sports shoes if playing indoors. Bus will regularly depart at 14:15 and return circa 16:30 each Friday (unless a Special Day, e.g. Global Concerns).
Sep 282007
Rafto is an important human rights organization based in Bergen. The Rafto group in our college meets every Thursday in the Swedish classroom at 6.30-7 PM. Currently we are planning the PBL-week and trying to get a good overview of what different languages are known among students in the college, because this could be helpful for the Rafto organization. Every year the Rafto organization choses a winner of the Rafto Price. In November there will be a Prize ceremony with workshops organized by Rafto in Bergen. Our group will attend this event. On campus we will focus on this year´s winner and prepare for a World Today presentation before Christmas break.
Operation Day’s Work (OD) has been an active organisation since 1964, and it is an organisation of, with, and for young people, meaning that the ones who organise OD, the ones who work and the ones who get help through the projects, are all young people. Every year OD has a different project, but they always focus on education and a better future for young people. OD also has an extra focus on girls, since girls in developing countries most often stand even weaker than the boys. On the OD Day about 20,000 young students aged 13-19 give a day of their education to people at the same age in other countries. They work and earn 200 or 300 NOK (depending on their age). NO STUDENTS ARE FORCED TO WORK, and the point is that they work, give something of themselves, to help less privileged young people, rather than to just “send” some money. We respect the people involved in the project as equals, and we practice solidarity, not charity. In the entire organisation only 3 people are paid for their work, this is the leader and two other persons who control that the money are used as they should. Under 15% of the money the people who work on the OD-day earn is used by the organisation. These are used to promote OD through producing an OD movie, information, magazines for the participants, posters etc, and to pay the 3 people who get paid.
Fjaler Youth Council is a local youth organization. The Council meets with young people from Fjaler Kommune about matters which concern young people and works to bring these matters to the attention of the local politicians and government.
Sep 282007
In this EAC we, a small group of UWC-students and the supervisor, offer English tutoring and teaching to adults in the Flekke area. The emphasis in on conversation and small interactive exercises but we also do some work on grammar and do some writing. All local people can join but some limited English knowledge and skills are required. The students in this EAC must be very excellent speakers of English and have sound understanding of English grammar. We had two successful terms last year.