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Weeks of Discovery: Special Weeks at UWC Red Cross Nordic

At Red Cross Nordic UWC, learning is a holistic journey. Students embark on enriching experiences that spark their interests, develop their abilities, and forge meaningful connections.  For two weeks in February experiential learning takes over the Campus: second-years are preparing for upcoming exams through practice tests, while first-years have been enjoying a snowy adventure on skis, gaining valuable first-aid skills, and taking part in a [...]

March 8th, 2024|

Oline Lykke Grand RCN’24

In these columns, we are introducing people: students, staff, former staff, and governance members of RCN. Today meet Oline Lykke Grand, our second year student from the Faroe Islands. Oline is passionate about human rights and humanitarian issues and as such she is one of the leaders of the Amnesty International youth group in our College. You can also see her to walk or run along [...]

March 4th, 2024|

Nobel Peace Prize Celebrations in Oslo

This year the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all. We were honoured to be invited to take part in the celebrations taking place in Oslo in December every year, this year represented by Shahed (Palestine), Elinor (Germany/Serbia), Shari (Tibet), Maya (Morocco/Colombia), Norkis [...]

December 13th, 2023|

Finding Solutions for Real-Life Problems Collaboratively: G4 Project

This month, our Class of 2024 carried out their Group 4 projects. The Group 4 project is a highlight of the IB Diploma Programme because of four key features: It involves science, which means developing skills in reviewing the literature, asking good questions, forming hypotheses, considering ethics, making observations, modeling, simulating and/or experimenting, evaluating and presenting. Collaboration is essential, from understanding the requirements to writing up. [...]

November 21st, 2023|

UWC Red Cross Nordic’s role in OD day

OD-day is a day that takes place every year across Norway. OD stands for Operasjon Dagsverk or Operation Day's Work. Each year the organisation chooses a new cause to donate money to, the concept of the day is for Norwegian school students to participate in a day of work and send the money to the OD organisation. This year, first year students at UWC RCN, an [...]

November 7th, 2023|

PBL Week October 2023

Project Based Learning week, or as we call it, PBL is an integral part of our CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service) program, which serves as the core of the Diploma Programme. CAS aims to enhance students' personal and interpersonal growth and is structured around three key elements: creativity, activity, and service. During PBL week, both students and staff propose and complete projects that align with the College's [...]

November 7th, 2023|

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