Finland’s 100 Years of Independence
Finland can be seen as a bit of an anomaly in Fennoscandia. Whereas pronunciation constitutes the primary obstacle to mutual comprehension between the Swedes, Danes, and Norwegians, Finnish belongs to an entirely different (Uralic) language group, and serves as a sort of secret language when traveling across the Nordic region. Sweden, Denmark, and Norway remain [...]
Libby Mason
I first visited UWC Red Cross Nordic in the Spring of 2015, when I was doing a short tour of some UWCs in preparation for the UWC Pastoral Care Conference to be held at Pearson College in June 2016. It was, for me anyway, love at first sight; love of the beautiful setting, of [...]
Davis-Mahindra Intern’l Scholars
Each year, RCN is asked to put forward four second-year nominations for the Davis-Mahindra International Scholarship. In essence, this is recognition of an outstanding contribution throughout the RCN programme and something for the CV as RCN receives an annual cheque for investment from the Davis Foundation. The following students have been nominated in the past [...]
UWC RCN Boad Meeting
Signing the Agreement The RCN Board met for a quarterly meeting at the SOS Children's Villages office in Oslo on Friday 23 November. The board members were given a presentation by Bente Lier, Secretary General of SOS CV. Since 1995, over 50 students from SOS Children's Villages across the world have studied at [...]
The ENOVA Competition 2017
A team of five RCN students – Ilaria (Italy), Jennifer (Hong Kong), Mirandas (China), Sara (Italy), and Yash (UAE) – participated in the county round of the ENOVA competition. The competition, held annually, is for raising awareness about sustainable technologies and renewable energy use. Teams from local high schools compete to come up with an [...]
Josh Macfarlane
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 [...]