Go Make A Difference

2018-03-21T06:49:08+01:00March 21st, 2018|

GoMakeADifference was created by Colin Habgood and his wife Jill Longson (AC ’81) in 2001, to provide grants to UWC Atlantic College students. The concept allowed UWC Atlantic College students an opportunity to make a difference and put into practice the ideals of UWC. In 2016, the award was rolled out to all UWC Schools and Colleges, with 20 grants of £1000 each being made available to help students make a difference.

We have two awards this year: Peace (Nigeria ’16-’18) and Novilhelha  (Malawi ’16-’18).

The project ‘Keeping Our Future Generation Safe’, planned for Makurdi Town in Nigeria, is led by Peace. The aim of this project is to help a mission school renovate the section set aside for taking care of children aged 0-3 years. The section has been left in a dilapidated state for a while now and many children stopped schooling.

The project ‘Better Environment for Better Education’, planned for Malawi in South East Africa, is led by Novilhelha. This Project focuses on providing better learning conditions for students in Ntenjela primary school. Currently, the school has very old classrooms which have cracks on the floors and walls.This project will involve renovating classrooms.

Our thanks go to Colin, Jill and GoMAD for making this possible.

2018 TEDx UWCRCN

2018-10-16T09:31:35+01:00March 19th, 2018|

On Sunday the 18th of March, RCN hosted its third annual TEDx event. The talk was organized by RCN’s very own TEDx team, who spent the past academic year collaborating amongst themselves and organizing the event, in addition to reaching out to potential speakers from around the world.

Mandu Reid

The day was comprised of two sessions – one before lunch and one after. The first talk was by Helen from Germany, one of our student speakers, discussing her love for the natural world, and leaving everyone with the greatest urge to run out and, well, hug a tree! Following her was Salomé from Ecuador, with a moving speech entitled “Youthquake: A new perspective on youth activism”. The final speaker of the first block was Mandu, founder of ‘The Cup Effect’, presenting an empowering talk entitled “The little thing that’s a big deal”, exploring the harsh realities of period poverty in today’s society.

The second half of the day commenced with our third student speaker, Jorge, with his talk, “Changing how we fight: The new age of the war against drug trafficking”. Next, the auditorium was on the edge of their seats listening to Laura’s enticing stories of the adventure races in Denmark, and closing the show was an external speaker, Kayvon Asemani from the US, explaining “Why we should invest in each other”.

The live-streamed event transformed the College into a global stage and the eye-opening speeches were truly, ‘Ideas worth sharing’.

A Gift from the Ambassador

2018-03-18T08:27:00+01:00March 18th, 2018|

Hermann Ingólfsson, Ambassador of Iceland to Norway, visited RCN on UWC Day in 2016 and kindly offered to donate a leatherbound set of ‘The Complete Sagas of the Icelanders’. In December at an event at the Nordic Association, Hermann passed on the gift to Arne Osland, our Director of Development, for transportation back to the College. In today’s College Meet, Arne presented the sagas to Hrafnhildur Ósk Sverrisdóttir. The sagas now live in our College Library – and we are sure that they will come in useful for students wanting to read or study the sagas (for an IB Extended Essay!).

Thank you Hermann.

Visit and talk by Leif Høegh

2018-10-16T09:31:36+01:00March 16th, 2018|

Leif Høegh, Chairman of Høegh Capital Partners, kindly visited RCN on Thursday 15th March to deliver a presentation on the sustainability paradox in Norway: wealth brought by oil, mineral extraction, shipping and fish farming on the one hand and important changes required to ensure a sustainable future. He presented to a packed K2 with over 75 students and staff present.

In the Silent House

The Høegh Centre was donated by his family. More recently, the family donated 1 million NOK to launch our Foundation Year Programme at our 20th anniversary event in 2015.

As part of his visit, Leif met with students in the Silent House who had completed the Foundation Year programme and are now in our IB diploma programme. The students took the opportunity to tell him of their backgrounds, experiences at RCN and to thank him for the support they had received. He was treated to a special cup of Saharawi tea.

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