Board Meeting – November
Our Board and Management visited Malmø and Copehagen ahead of this weekend’s Board Meeting. Our delegation was treated by the County of Malmø for a lunch at Värhemsskolan on Thursday, hosted by Kommunalråd Andreas Schønstrøm and Polical Secretary Sylvia Bjørk. We were given a comprehensive presentation of the work done at Borgarskolan, leading up to an intentional agreement to follow up co-operation with their IB Diploma Department. [...]
Alumni Giving Back
All our students are now equipped with their own laptops. Many thanks must go to the classes of 2002 and 2003 for helping us to equip those with a need - and for leveling the conditions for our students. In the picture, IB Coordinator Peter Wilson handing over the laptops donated by the alumni fund.
International Children’s Day
Last Saturday some of our students participated in the celebration of International Children’s Day and the “Colourful Førde” World Food Festival at Førdehuset. A group of Nordic-speaking students helped host the children’s activities, which were led by professionals. Another group of our students accompanied children from local mottaks (centres for asylum seekers) to the various activities. The smaller kids enjoyed Moroccan music, dance and yoga groups while [...]
Sexual Health Workshops
Over the past weekend at the College, the Red Cross Youth in Sogn og Fjordane held an instructor course for students as part of their activities promoting sexual health. Twelve students from the RCN participated. They were both 1st and 2nd year students from the UK, Norway, Tanzania, Bolivia, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Belarus, Tadjikistan and Libya. During a workshop The content of the course was [...]
Global Concerns
Is RCN Ecologically Sustainable? The theme of the autumn-term Global Concerns Day at RCN was "Is UWCRCN sustainable?". We welcomed some guests - both students and staff - from Aurland Jord og Hagebruksskule and from Fylke. The day started with a musical breakfast and plenary presentations from the guests and staff. That was followed by a variety of workshops; How sustainable RCN is at the moment in [...]
Bergen International Week
During International Week in Bergen the UN Association had invited us to take on a central role for two events which were going to be considering our common responsibility - Humanitarian and Environmental: Environmental Seminar: The Future of the Earth – Our Common Responsibility and Cultural evening with debate: “Go Roma with us!” How can Roma people be engaged in education to participate in society? Big thanks [...]