Lodewijk van Oord – UWC Maastricht
Congratulations to Lodewijk van Oord who has been appointed as the next Head of College at UWC Maastricht. Lodewijk started his UWC journey as a trainee teacher (from the University of Utrecht) back in 2002 when he came to teach History and Human Rights at RCN. He then went onto work at Atlantic College, Waterford [...]
Lions Camp at RCN – July 2017
Lions Clubs International (LCI) is an international secular, non-political service organisation. UWC Red Cross Nordic has an association with Lions Norway and we will be hosting an international youth camp for the physically disabled two-week summer camp in July 2017. Click here for the brochure.
A Visit from the Minister of Health
On Thursday the Minister of Health, Bent Høie, visited our campus at Haugland with a delegation from Fjaler and Sogn og Fjordane Høyre. He showed a real interest in the operation of both the Rehabilitation Centre and our College. Mr Høie fully endorsed the focus on the resourcefulness of every person as something that unites the [...]
TV Aksjonen 2016 – Red Cross
On Friday 21st October, UWC Red Cross Nordic hosted a special educational focus on TV Askjonen and the Red Cross’ work towards innocent victims of war. The day was entirely organised by the students themselves, with invited guest speakers. The students at the college were selected so that they represented a deliberately diverse cross section of [...]
Nordic Folk Music Concert
RCN's Project Based Learning Week concluded with a Nordic Folk Music Concert in the auditorium on the evening of Saturday 15th October - an outstanding achievement to produce such a daring and inspiring programme in so many different Nordic languages. Students from 11 different countries came together to learn about Nordic Folk Music. Over the [...]
Haifa Staiti (’00 – ’02)
When I moved from Palestine to Norway to attend UWC Red Cross Nordic, it was more than a culture shock. I had not met any of my classmates or teachers before, knew virtually nothing about Norway - except that Oslo was the place where the infamous peace accord between Palestinians and Israelis was signed- and [...]