Art Exhibition – Inclusion
An exhibition was put in place on the 21st of September, for HM Queen Sonja, with the theme of "inclusion", a value that is at the core of the UWC movement. The work displayed in Naustet - one of the boathouses next to the floating bridge - was a combination of mediums such as photography, [...]
Long Service Award for Vidar
Vidar at work on the Baking House This summer saw the retirement of Vidar Jensen (Head of Maintenance) from UWC Red Cross Nordic. Vidar has worked at Haugland for the past 30 years, from the times before the College and the Rehabilitation Centre were opened – and, more recently, he has served the [...]
Ed Love – Visiting Intern
Over the past fortnight, Ed Love (a doctoral candidate in Egyptology at St. John's College, Oxford) has been on a teaching internship at RCN. He has been visiting classes, contributing to our extra academic programme and has been helping students with advice on how to craft personal statements for university applications - and on one of the last evenings, [...]
HM Queen Sonja
"... 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 [...]
HM Queen Sonja at RCN
HM Queen Sonja "Education is the most valuable we can give to you young people". This was the message Her Majesty Queen Sonja gave in front of a packed auditorium at the end of the Cultural Show. "Coming here to UWC RCN is always so invigorating, experiencing so much talent and willingness to [...]
Angelika Love (’09 – ’11)
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 [...]