MoU – Continuing Cooperation
Our Nordic pillar receives invaluable support from national committees and selection contacts in all Nordic countries and autonomous regions. To ensure that this mutually beneficial cooperation is kept up, we have created and signed, an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding). In the picture, Claus Reistrup, the Faroes and Thomas Urvas, Åland, with Rektor Richard Lamont and [...]
Investments for Change
For the second consecutive year, our student-initiated Investment Club has reached the finals of the prestigious investment competition for high school students facilitated by Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania. The club aim at finding viable alternatives to the current profit-driven investing culture. "It is our belief that returns on investments without [...]
Coastal Protection Week
The first week of May in 2018 is Coastal Protection Week all over Norway when local communities clean the coast from plastic and other pollution. In Fjaler the clean-up happened a bit earlier and, just like last year, RCN joined in. Despite the bad forecast, the weather was gracious, and we managed to clean the [...]
The New College Signpost
The College's signpost – first planted on the grass between the Admin and Andresen Buildings in 2003 with arrows pointing to cities across the world - has over the years taken on a real significance at RCN as both a visual reminder to us all of the world beyond and also destinations our graduates [...]
RCN Council Meeting
It was a pleasure to welcome the members of Council and other guests from Thursday 26th to Saturday 28th April 2018 for the annual UWC RCN Council meeting here on campus. Our Council members continue to act as our supporters, our bridge-builders, and our voice across the Nordic region. The Council gathers once a year [...]
First Prize in Competition
Our second year Swedish student Herman (left in photograph) has been awarded 1st Prize in the Young Scientists Competition 2018 for humanities research. The title of his research is 'An Investigation of the Economic Consequences of Immigration'. The central question he investigates is how immigration influences salary levels in Sweden. The question was addressed by [...]