Visit from a UWC Principal

2018-10-16T09:31:24+01:00June 14th, 2018|

With the Educational Management Team

Gone fishing!

Arnett Edwards, Principal of UWC Li Po Chun, visited RCN this week as part of research he is conducting on leadership within UWC and students’ understanding and enactment of UWC mission and values.

As part of his itinerary, he met with individual members of the management team, students selected to represent Hong Kong, members of the Student Council and other student groups. He also gave a stimulating presentation on our sister College LPC and some new initiatives they are introducing.

He also took the opportunity to try fishing in the Flekke River (with some success – a mackerel and sea trout landed) and also joined in for an evening of Parafootball with students and our adult partners in Dale.

The last time Arnett was here was for the UWC International Board Meeting in February 2016 when there was lots of snow – and the Knights (with Mean as his guide) took him to Langeland for his first ever ski. Springtime in the fjords was quite a contrast!

It has been a pleasure to host him and we look forward to developing the partnership between our two Colleges.

Opening of the Baking House

2018-10-16T09:31:24+01:00June 8th, 2018|

Marianne Andresen opening the new Baking House

Marianne Andresen opening the new Baking House

On Wednesday 6th June, our Baking House was formally opened.

Invited guests, students and staff joined together for the opening mid-afternoon. It started with an introduction to the development of the Nordisk Tun (Nordic Yard), pizzas freshly cooked in the wood-fired oven, speeches and musical performances (with a Swedish theme for their National Day).

We were delighted that Marianne Andresen and her children Johan, Eva and Birgitte were present at the opening with Marianne cutting the ribbon to mark the official opening.

Later in the afternoon, guests were invited to K2 for an introduction to projects run by students as part of our Humanitarian Pillar.

Thank you to everyone who helped fund, design, build and launch the Baking House. It promises to be a wonderful resource for students, staff, patients at RKHR, Leirskule and participants in our summer camps – a building that complements our Silent House on the Nordic Yard.

(Photos by Simon Ramsay and Suzair Mohamed Laish)

Lecture by Kai Eide

2018-10-16T09:31:25+01:00June 7th, 2018|

Kai Eide, former Norwegian politician and diplomat, was invited to give the 2018 Nelson Mandela Humanitarian Pillar Lecture at UWC RCN on Wednesday 6th June. He chose the title of ‘The Changing Balance of Power and other Challenges to our Order’ and gave a stimulating and thought-provoking presentation to an auditorium of students, staff and trainees from Framtidsfylket. He finished with encouragement to defenders of globalism to participate in ongoing debate and to take up the challenge against tribalism in its different forms.

Mr Eide took the opportunity to attend first years classes in Global Politics and Philosophy – and this afternoon attended the formal opening of the Baking House.

We look forward to welcoming him back to RCN in the future.

World Environment Day

2018-10-16T09:31:25+01:00June 6th, 2018|

World Environment Day picnic

Mia Chamberlain and Andreas Randøy from “Nature and Youth” visited to celebrate World Environment Day with us. Nature and Youth is the biggest youth environmental organization in Norway and part of the global Friends of Earth organisation. They work for global causes by engaging in local issues – by fighting against oil drilling in Lofoten or dumping mining waste in the Førde fjord. Mia and Andreas gave a lecture about the organisation and helped our students to form an official Nature and Youth group. Olivier (Netherlands) was elected as leader and Mirandas (China) as deputy leader of Flekke Natur og Ungdom. The group is planning to develop and carry out projects in the college and recruit local youth. Madhulika Singh, Director of Extra-Academics and Judit Dudas, sustainability Team Leader also met Mia and Andreas to talk about the possible cooperation between Nature and Youth and the College. We crowned the day with sunny a picnic on the fjordside.

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