Appointment of New Rektor

2018-10-16T09:31:40+01:00February 9th, 2018|

UWC Red Cross Nordic is pleased to announce that Guđmundur Hegner Jónsson will become the College’s next Rektor, starting in August 2018.

Guđmundur was selected from an exceptionally strong field of applicants. Icelandic in origin he brings a broad international experience within education and management.

On his appointment, Guđmundur said:

I am truly delighted and humbled to have been offered the position as Rektor of UWC Red Cross Nordic, and I am very much looking forward to visiting again and to establishing myself on campus together with my family. It will be an honour to lead such an inspirational school and to be part of the wider UWC and Red Cross movement whose aspirational values I fully share.

Originally from Dalvík, Iceland, Guđmundur was educated at University College London (UCL) and the University of Sheffield in archaeological science, subsequently directing research excavations on Viking age and Medieval settlements. Together with his wife, Katarina and two children, Aleksandar (12) and Petra (7), he currently lives in the United Arab Emirates working for Brighton College Al Ain. Previously he has worked in international schools in China, Serbia, and Italy. Guđmundur is passionate about the student voice and the role that critical thinking plays in furthering democracy and citizenship and has taught Theory of Knowledge, Geography, Music and Critical Thinking, mostly within the IB framework. He also brings a love of music, having studied at the Reykjavik Academy and the Royal Academy of Music, London as a vocalist. He has always involved himself in the musical life of his schools.

The Chair of the Board, Kristin Vinje, is delighted with the outcome of a thorough process:

We very much would like to welcome Guđmundur to take on this trusted role as Rektor at UWC Red Cross Nordic after 6 successful years with Richard Lamont. I am convinced he is the right person for this position; to nurture the remarkable qualities of the College and to implement innovative ways to keep us relevant to the UWC and Red Cross values. The ties from Fjaler to Iceland are deep, and we are excited about the prospect of a Nordic internationalist at the helm.

Shelby Davis – Dare to Dream!

2018-02-05T07:29:23+01:00February 4th, 2018|

BREAKING NEWS:
UWC Receives Major Donation from Shelby Davis
** Introducing the new Davis-UWC Dare to Dream programme **

For UWC, the year 2018 is off to a fantastic start: Shelby Davis has just announced another major donation to UWC of at least 100 million USD! This gift is one of the most significant gifts ever made to a secondary educational institution.

Davis’ donation will be rolled out across the UWC movement through the new Davis-UWC “Dare to Dream” programme which will provide additional scholarship funding of 5 million USD per generation of UWC national committee-selected students, to be used for 100 additional scholarships each year.

In making this tremendous pledge, Shelby said: “UWC provides a unique education to students from across the world independent of their socio-economic means. Each year, UWC national committees identify promising young people in almost 160 countries to attend UWC schools and give them access to an international education they would otherwise never even dare to dream of. We need to equip a new generation to work towards a better world. The Dare to Dream scholarships recognise UWC’s capacity to do that and to bring together students from the most diverse backgrounds from around the globe. I hope it will encourage others to support UWC in eliminating a privileged socio-economic background as a prerequisite for world class education.”

The Dare to Dream scholarships will be granted to UWC’s national committees in recognition of the paramount role they play in enabling UWC to educate students from the most diverse backgrounds. Scholarships will be allocated to national committees successful in fundraising and outreach to diverse pools of candidates.

The Dare to Dream programme puts real momentum behind UWC’s strategic goal of ensuring meaningful socio-economic diversity across UWC as set out in the UWC Strategy: 2018 and Beyond, approved in October 2017. For more information about Dare to Dream and what it means for the UWC movement, please visit www.uwc.org/daretodream.

We are overjoyed, humbled, a bit speechless – and, especially, very grateful. Join us in saying THANK YOU to UWC’s wonderful patron Shelby Davis – as our students already did. Have a look here.

For the full story, read here.

UWC Connect at Atlantic College

2018-10-16T09:31:41+01:00February 3rd, 2018|

Last week Leonora Kleiven and Joakim Janninge, staff from UWC Connect, visited Atlantic College to meet with their Outdoors Department to learn and share experiences of how to best develop outdoor activities and local outreach. Alongside the sharing they also got to participate in different activities, among them gorging. It was fun! Maybe it will be possible to find suitable rivers close to UWC RCN?

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