On Thursday 19th March, RCN’s biennial Nordic Global Concerns Day was held on campus with workshops led by students on Nordic topics as diverse as mythology, monarchy, fishing, peacekeeping and refugees, socialism and knitting. Per Heggenes, the CEO of the IKEA Foundation, was invited as part of the day to deliver the inaugural Nelson Mandela lecture here at UWC Red  Cross Nordic – please click here for our Rektor’s introduction to the [...]

On Monday 16th March, Arne Osland (Director of Devlopment) and Richard (Larry) Lamont (Rektor) visited the Nansen Academy in Lillehammer. The Academy was founded in 1938 as a protest against the totalitarian ideologies in Europe and was named after Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian  polar explorer, scientist, author and humanist. The Academy is a folkehøgskole (for students wishing to take a pre-university year of study) with courses available in [...]

"Are you sure you don’t want to stop here!" his guide asked.  "No! I want to do 20 km!" Melvin insisted, barely able to feel his hands after having pushed himself 10 km on a ski-sleigh. Melvin Ricardo Cornejo Gomez from El Salvador was one of five UWCRCN students and 450 participants in the 52nd annual Ridderrennet – a cross country skiing competition for people with various disabilities. Ridderrennet is [...]

On Thursday 12th March Arstein Vestre, the national leader of  Natur og Ungdom, the biggest youth environmental NGO in Norway, and one of their board members, Ida Louise Skylstad visited the College. Our guests had a meeting with Arne Osland, the Director of Development and Judit Dudás, the Sustainability Team Leader and they participated in Madulika Singh's Environmental Systems and Societies class where, together with students, they attempted to solve [...]

On Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th we had a visit from the Education Sector of Malmø, as a return visit after our Board and management were received there last year. In the delegation were: Ingegerd Wärnersson – UWC RCN Council Member; Andreas Schönström (Labour), Deputy mayor; Mediha Ahmadi (Labour), Member Education Council; Gunn Hanell (Conservative), Member Education Council; Eva Ahlgren, Education Director; Nicola Sarec, Rektor Malmø Borgarskola; [...]

During her visit to RCN last year and in a discussion in the Physics lab on the northern lights phenomenon, H.M. Queen Sonja recommended we invite Dr. Pål Brekke to the College. The topic of Dr. Brekke's work and his reputation as a skilled presenter was a perfect match for the inaugural RCN Thor Heyerdahl lecture on the environment. After completing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in astrophysics [...]