RCN Board Meeting – Stockholm
The Board members of UWC RCN met in Stockholm on Tuesday 1st December for its quarterly meeting. Lars Leijonborg, the Swedish member of our Board, helped to prepare the programme of engagement and kindly coordinated a guided tour of the City Hall, followed by lunch and our main meeting. In the evening, we hosted a [...]
Climate Change March
The eyes of the world are on Paris where the negotiations at the UN Climate Summit are aiming to cut emissions to stop global warming exceeding a +2°C level when compared to pre-industrial levels. Communities, NGOs, political parties all across the world joined forces and brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets to protest in favour of a strong [...]
Student Council Exchange visit
RCN is developing a relationship with Nordahl Grieg Videregående skole in Bergen. Earlier this week members of our student council travelled to meet their counterparts. Here are Student Council member Emma du Marchie Sarvaas' s reflections. Six Student Council members travelled to Bergen on Sunday 22nd. We were met by two members and the 'Student Inspector' of the Student [...]
The Horizon Foundation
We are delighted to announce a new partnership between UWC Red Cross Nordic and The Horizon Foundation. The Horizon Foundation’s mission is: To improve the lives of children, families and communities in developing countries around the world, by offering education and care programmes. The Horizon Foundation was set up by Patrick and Kirkland Smulders in [...]
Philosophy Essay Prizes
Following on from the success of 2014 when Elisabeth Dietz (Norway) and Izman Suhail (Maldives) were awarded two of the three gold medals of the Baltic Sea Philosophical Essay Event, this year Alexis Fonjallaz (Sweden) and Rachele Dal Cin (Italy) were placed in the top five students for their essay submissions and were awarded silver medals – [...]
Reflections from a visitor
This weekend sees the last of the autumn university visits – with Professor Doreen Stabinsky, from the College of the Atlantic, visiting to meet prospective students and to deliver a presentation on global environmental politics (she is currently in Sweden, serving as the first-ever Zennström Visiting Professor in Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University). The [...]