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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 [...]

On the 22nd of April  UN International Mother Earth Day was celebrated in many countries. As in previous years, RCN joined in with events and we used the opportunity to look at  environmental topics in classroom subjects on that day. The 'headline' event was held on the weekend of 24th-26th April. On Friday we held a [...]

On May 1st, as part of international May Day celebrations, classes were suspended and first year students, a smattering of second years who made time away from their exam revision, and members of the teaching and outdoor staff hiked up to the top of Jarstadheia - the mountain behind the College. For many it was [...]