People of RCN

Right now life feels quite odd. Newly graduated with an Art degree and being outside a school system for the first time since I was six years old, feels like being a half-finished painting and my frame just fell off. Every now and then I feel lost and I doubt myself, whether I am choosing the right way to go with life. Other times it feels exciting, like everything is [...]

"... A hope for the future ... Because every time I come here, I get new stimulation and know that you will go back to where you come from and that you be will very, very good servants of your countries ... And also just think now that you will remember these two years – and I hope indeed you will. This year you have one word which has been quite important [...]

I still have not shaken off the idealism that two years at a UWC foster, almost without fail, among its students: the conviction that we can work towards a society in which people from different backgrounds can live together peacefully and benefit from each other's wisdom and experiences in a way that challenges their preconceived notions. I am still convinced that openly acknowledging differences and thus diversity, and staying curious [...]

Sonia Soledad Leiva, or Sole, is a 20 year old student from Argentina. Sole is a welcome addition to our student body and has shown herself to be committed to the scholarship she has taken. She knows that her English abilities will need to be improved for her to attempt the IB diploma after the Foundation Year but she has shown a real commitment and drive to achieve this. Sole's [...]

This summer, the RCN delegation had the pleasure of visiting the Åland Islands as part of our Nordic Cooperation tour. Åland is geopolitically unique within the Nordic region: the islands are part of the Republic of Finland, but are the only monolingually Swedish-speaking region in the country, have their own government, fly their own blue-gold-and-red flag, and are an entirely demilitarized zone. During our visit, we had the chance to [...]

Simon Ramsay, member of staff at UWC RCN since 2015, took up the opportunity to teach at Waterford Kamhlaba, United World College of Southern Africa, for the month of July. Here he reports back: I feel that a major strength of the UWC movement is the individuality of the schools and colleges, the idea of culturally and socially distinct institutions working under wider UWC values and implementing them in ways [...]