The Nansen Academy
On Monday 16th March, Arne Osland (Director of Devlopment) and Richard (Larry) Lamont (Rektor) visited the Nansen Academy in Lillehammer. The Academy was founded in 1938 as a protest against the totalitarian ideologies in Europe and was named after Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian polar explorer, scientist, author and humanist. The Academy is a folkehøgskole (for students [...]
Ridderrennet 2015
"Are you sure you don’t want to stop here!" his guide asked. "No! I want to do 20 km!" Melvin insisted, barely able to feel his hands after having pushed himself 10 km on a ski-sleigh. Melvin Ricardo Cornejo Gomez from El Salvador was one of five UWCRCN students and 450 participants in the 52nd annual Ridderrennet [...]
Natur og Ungdom
On Thursday 12th March Arstein Vestre, the national leader of Natur og Ungdom, the biggest youth environmental NGO in Norway, and one of their board members, Ida Louise Skylstad visited the College. Our guests had a meeting with Arne Osland, the Director of Development and Judit Dudás, the Sustainability Team Leader and they participated in Madulika Singh's Environmental [...]
Visitors from Malmø
On Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th we had a visit from the Education Sector of Malmø, as a return visit after our Board and management were received there last year. In the delegation were: Ingegerd Wärnersson – UWC RCN Council Member; Andreas Schönström (Labour), Deputy mayor; Mediha Ahmadi (Labour), Member Education Council; Gunn Hanell (Conservative), [...]
Northern Lights
During her visit to RCN last year and in a discussion in the Physics lab on the northern lights phenomenon, H.M. Queen Sonja recommended we invite Dr. Pål Brekke to the College. The topic of Dr. Brekke's work and his reputation as a skilled presenter was a perfect match for the inaugural RCN Thor Heyerdahl [...]
A Royal visit
Her Majesty Queen Sonja will visit UWC Red Cross Nordic on September 21st - 22nd for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the College and our work to use education as a uniting force. During the visit there will be a special focus on our co-operation with the Red Cross. Our new centre, run [...]