Our Community Blog

---

We are happy to introduce our newest members of staff, Franziska Vogl and Franziska Schmidke from Germany. They are doing and internship at the University Centre as a part of their studies in Public A...

---

I am Canadian-Swiss, and I did the majorities of my studies up to my bachelor’s in molecular biology in Geneva, Switzerland. Now you might be wondering how and why I went from molecular biology to coa...

---

I am not what one might call a Good Skier, but I got some hand-me-down skis about three years ago during a friend’s ski trip to my area. I hadn’t used them since. But when I was researching the Univer...

---

When the EU shut its borders to American citizens last summer, I called my boss (at the time) and told him that, if Iceland decided to follow the EU’s lead, I’d be doing my best to get there before I ...

---

A team of researchers from University Centre of the Westfjords and University of Iceland have finished a summer project exploring the relationship between Arctic terns, eider ducks, and the land owner...

---

Field trips and experiential learning is a key element in the teaching methods of our two masters programs in Coastal and Marine Management and Coastal Communities and Regional Development. We try to ...

---

This is Ellyn Davidson, an aspiring marine ecologist from Canada who is passionate about the Arctic. She graduated in 2016 from the Coastal and Marine Management Program at UW with a Master of Resourc...

---

The natural environment surrounding UW provides students with a plethora of research opportunities, all they have to do to make it happen is to have vision and determination. Take for example Justin B...