October PBL Week, 2022
Project Based Learning, or shortly PBL week, is over, so let's take a closer look at what PBL week is! PBL is part of our CAS program, the heart of the Diploma Programme. CAS is designed to strengthen and extend students' personal and interpersonal learning and is organized around the three strands of [...]
University life after UWC Red Cross Nordic
Preparing students for university applications and helping them in the process is an integral part of our work. Mark Chalkley is our Senior University Counsellor here at UWC Red Cross Nordic. The main focus of his work is to assist and support students when they apply to colleges and universities. This includes leading workshops [...]
UWC Day
UWC Day is the annual global celebration of the UWC mission and values, which takes place on 21 September every year, to coincide with the UN International Day of Peace. Each year, UWC Day is celebrated by thousands of people worldwide, including students and staff at UWC schools and colleges, national committees, UWC [...]
Book launch on UWC Day
The story of the first 25 years of UWC Red Cross Nordic is written by award-winning author and journalist Mette Karslvik, a first-generation alumna of the college. Through individual narrative, Karlsvik paints a picture of how a school dedicated to peace and sustainability has been established and flourished in a small fjord arm [...]
A Doer and a Thinker
At the end of his engagement for the Fjaler Theatre Festival, Dag Hareide visited our college to engage with our students. Dag Hareide is an author, organizational leader, and interdisciplinary thinker. He has been, among other positions, director of the Rainforest Foundation, one of the largest rainforest organizations in the world, and director [...]
Kainat Ansari (RCN’19)
Meet Kainat Ansari from Pakistan. After graduating from RCN, she studied Psychology at Whitman College, where she received the Ben Rabinowitz Awards for her community work. Now she continues her studies at the University of Oxford. Reflecting on my UWC RCN journey brings nothing but tears of joy and gratitude. The place that polished [...]