People of RCN

Last week, we were pleased and honoured to share the news that Josh Macfarlane has been awarded the highest honour of the British Red Cross: the Dunant Award. Josh joined us at RCN in August 2016 as our annual Red Cross EVS volunteer. He comes to us with a wealth of experience and training with the British Red Cross, being an active volunteer since 2012, including his work with [...]

We were happy to welcome Mikkel Hoejgaard to UWC Red Cross Nordic as a teaching intern in October as part of the College’s ongoing commitment to supporting teacher training. Mikkel is currently completing his MA in Social Sciences and History at the University of Aarhus (in Denmark). Mikkel wrote to the College asking if he could gain some teaching experience and contribute to History and Global Politics classes – [...]

At the Norwegian Red Cross' Landsmøtet (annual general assembly) in October 2017, Sven Mollekleiv, former Secretary General (1991-2001) and outgoing President of the Norwegian Red Cross (2008-2017), was appointed as Honorary President of the Norwegian Red Cross for the period 2017-2020. Sven Mollekleiv has dedicated his professional and voluntary career to social responsibility, humanitarian engagement and the potential of volunteering - and he has been a strong and committed supporter [...]

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 [...]