The support they receive from teachers who care is something that students and alumni often emphasise when talking about the quality of their two-year stay here at RCN. One of the everyday heroes on our campus is Daniel Toa-Kwapong, who, together with his wife Barbara,  has been at the College since the start in 1995 . Here is an article from our local paper, Firda, about Daniel. A [...]

I was startled when reading what President Obama said during the G20 meeting in Brisbane, approximately:  "...United States, as the only superpower in the world ... " My reflection was simply that if a leader must say so, then he wants to convince himself and others that it remains so. It is hard to avoid the feeling that the world we have been living in during the last [...]

Two of our students on the Winter Break Programme have written the following account of the month's activities: The long-awaited break started as the majority of RCN students left for their holiday destinations. We were the ones who did not have the opportunity to go home during this break. The enthusiastic crew of 28 set off for Åsane Folkehøgskole, in Bergen. As our generous hosts, they invited [...]

On 8th and 9th December 2014 the third Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons took place in Vienna. The aim of this conference, which was organised by the Austrian Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, was to create momentum for concrete progress on nuclear disarmament. Nearly 160 states were represented, as well as numerous NGOs, academic institutions and civil society organizations. It allowed panels [...]

The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 was awarded jointly to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”. Since the opening of the College in 1995, each year we have been invited to send a delegation of students to the Prize ceremony in Oslo City Hall. In considering this year's recipients, hardly ever [...]

Congratulations to Jakob Oftebro, a Norwegian actor, who won (and received yesterday) the 2015 Nordic Languages Prize – coordinated by Foreningen Norden (the Nordic Association). He has played parts in two outstanding Norwegian films - ‘Max Manus: Man of War’ (2008) and the the Oscar-nominated epic ‘Kon-Tiki’. (2012) - and other Nordic productions including the Swedish film ‘The Hidden Child’ (2013) and the Danish series, ‘1864’ (2014) [...]