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Mark Chalkley, RCN's Senior University Counsellor, reports on his experiences on a university tour in April: In early April 2015, 21 counsellors from the UWC family were flown over to the Midwest of the United States to visit four "Davis Partner Schools": Macalester, St Olaf, Carleton and Luther Colleges. This fantastic opportunity enabled us to [...]

Larry, our Rektor, attended the biannual UWC Heads Meeting in India last week. As part of the programme, he had the opportunity to connect with various NGOs (including the Akshara Programme which prepared Saurabh Bharam before he came to RCN in August 2014), to visit UWC Mahindra, to meet students and staff (including some former [...]

Arne Osland (Director of Development) and Richard Lamont (Rektor) were invited by Liv Ronglan (RCN's Norwegian Red Cross Board Member) to visit Geneva for a two day programme which included meetings at the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). This provided the opportunity to connect [...]

We are very pleased to announce that students from the College won first and second prizes in the 2015 Chinese Bridge Speech competition on 9th May in Bergen. The competition was sponsored by the education section of the Embassy of P.R.China in the Kingdom of Norway and organized by the Confucius Institute in Bergen. In [...]

The 8th May is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. This date is the anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant (born 8th May 1828), the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize.  It is a day that is dedicated to reminding us of our responsibility to [...]

Robert Clarence (the founding Head of School of UWC Changshu China) and his wife Desirée have been visiting UWC Red Cross Nordic this week, staying with us from Sunday 3rd to Wednesday 6th May. UWC Changshu China is due to open to students in August 2015; the purpose of this visit was for Robert and [...]