Hege Myhre – Rektor
Moving on with Reflection Please let me extend the most heartfelt welcome to UWC RCN; a place that sets out to create a peaceful and sustainable future by uniting people, nations, and cultures through education. Think of it – a peaceful and sustainable future. It’s a bold ambition, and as one student argued [...]
In Memory of Ulysses (Nkosingizwele) Zwane (UWCRCN 2002)
We were shocked to receive the following information from Mzwandile Ginindza (RCN 2003 graduate, Ulysses' first year): It is with our deepest sorrow that we mourn the passing of our beloved Ulysses (Nkosingizwele) Zwane (UWCRCN 2002 graduate). Ulysses passed away on 15 July 2020 in the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland); he was [...]
RCN Students get ChangeMaker Funds
Congratulations to our RCN students Laura, Ylva, Diva and Meg whose ChangeMaker video-pitch about Quality Education was so good that they project got funded! Now the real work starts as they have to execute the project. The other ChangeMaker Participants from RCN also made a really good video-pitch. It is about online education [...]
Angelika Love (RCN ’09-’11)
Escaping the Echo-Chamber During Lockdown: About her road to starting a Podcast on Social Integration I consider myself lucky to have experienced very little loneliness in my life. I have felt alone at times, yes. But lonely? Whenever my inner commentator gets too loud in my personal echo-chamber, I switch on the radio – [...]
Education Minister, RCN Graduate and Role Model Father
David Sengeh (RCN '04-'06) is today today Sierra Leone's Education Minister and we are proud to see him living the UWC mission in his personal and professional life. BBC News describes him as “a role model” while UNICEF declare that it is “great to see a leader - and a father - enjoying a [...]
RCN: Official distribution point for coastal cleanup equipment
We are proud to announce that RCN is now an official distribution point for coastal cleanup equipment: Local families and groups can get small and big bags and working gloves in different sizes from us for their own environmental actions. As a part of RCNs Environmental Pillar we engage in a coastal waste [...]