International Children’s Day
International Children's Day was celebrated in style in Førde. We contributed with music and rhythms from the stage - and tastes from all over the world in our stalls. Many children had their names written in Chinese. Thanks to the Førde Festival for providing this meeting place for us all. Click here for [...]
Annual Thor Heyerdahl lecture
Our annual Thor Heyerdahl lecture was delivered by Lizzie Daly today. What a way to start the day! Lizzie told about her work as conservationist and communicator with wildlife all over the globe. Lizzie has worked as a presenter on National Geographic, BBC and Animal Planet. Her lecture was very much in the [...]
A21 – Walk for Freedom
On Saturday, October 19th over 50 UWCRCN Students hosted a "Walk for Freedom" in our local town, Førde, which happened simultaneously in 450 other locations around the globe involving 70 million people. "It’s our way of telling the world that slavery still exists and that it will never be okay–not on our watch. [...]
In Memoriam – John Lawrenson
It is with sadness we have received the news that John Lawrenson passed away this morning. John was our longest serving Rektor, in the period from 2002 to 2012. Together with his wife Nicky, he returned to the UK on retirement, where they have been living in the town of Stone. John came to [...]
Human Rights Education by the RAFTO Foundation
2009 Rafto Prize winner Malahat Nasibova with students Theresa Aarhus, Vilde Mørch Hobæk and Lene Mortensen from RAFTO provided HR awareness training for our students on Monday September 30th. They visited Global Politics classes and offered two sessions: Democracy Cake - analyzing all ingredients of democratic society Responsibility Cards - looking [...]
Leonie Koning (RCN ’00 – present)
Leonie Koning has been the UWC Red Cross Nordic Admissions Coordinator for twenty years. In essence this means that she has played a central role in enabling 2,000 students to come to our College, from the total of 2,500 we've welcomed since the College opened. She receives the annual nominations from National Committees from [...]