RCN Annual Report 2018

2018-04-15T07:22:37+01:00April 15th, 2018|

Here is this year’s Annual Report, published in advance of the annual Council Meeting, Friday 27th April 2018. Themes and articles are submitted by members of the management teams and the Chairs of the RCN Standing Committees to the the editorial team of Arne (Director of Development), Edmund (Communications Team Leader) and Larry (Rektor). The report also includes our financial statements of 2017, funding and results.
The pages of this Annual Report speak to the strength and achievements of the College.

Rektor-elect visiting NYUAD

2018-04-16T11:50:11+01:00April 15th, 2018|

Following consultation with RCN, Carlos Escobar invited our new Rektor, Guðmundur (currently working at Brighton College Al Ain), to an alumni gathering at New York University Abu Dhabi last week. In the picture, from left to right, are:

1. Nghiem Huynh (RCN ’12 – ’14) – Vietnam; 2. Mariana Arrieta (RCN ’14 – ’16) –  Venezuela; 3. Emil Goldsmith Olesen (RCN ’12 – ’14) – Denmark; 4. Bassel Abifaraj (RCN ’95 – ’97) – Lebanon; 5. Boyan Stoychev (RCN ’11 – ’13) – Bulgaria; 6. Ilma Jahovic (RCN ’12 – ’14) – Bosnia and Herzegovina; 7. Leonore Wunsche (RCN ’12 – ’14) – Germany; 8. Daniel Rey (RCN ’14 – ’16) – Colombia; 9. Carlos Escobar (RCN ’12 – ’14) – El Salvador; 10. Jigna Sampat (RCN ’96 – ’98) – India.
RCN, coordinated by Arne Osland (Director of Development) and Mostak Rahman (Alumni and Development Officer) has in recent years set up a series of events for engagement with alumni both on and off campus. We hope the NYUAD event is the first of many engagements for Guðmundur with our UWC RCN alumni.

Spanish Cooperation

2018-10-16T09:31:32+01:00April 14th, 2018|

Nordahl Grieg vgs is one of the schools in Norway we have joined together with as part of the Ashoka Changemaker School network. As part of this co-operation, one of our Spanish classes has established a language immersion exchange. The experience started last February with three of our Spanish-speaking students and teacher travelling to Bergen hosted by their students Maria, Benjamin, and Amanda (centre of picture). This week we have had the pleasure of welcoming them to our College for different language and culture exchange opportunities.

¡Bienvenidos y Gracias!

Visit from Inga Bostad

2018-04-10T15:34:48+01:00April 10th, 2018|

Inga Bostad visited us today here at UWC Red Cross Nordic. Inga is currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo and Professor at Oslo School of Architecture and Design. She was appointed director for the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights at the Faculty of Law from 2014-2017 and is, from 2018, at the Department of Education at the Faculty of Educational Sciences. She is also Chair of the jury for Queen Sonja’s school prize for equality and inclusion (2016 – present).

Inga’s programme included an introduction to the College, contributing to IB classes in Philosophy and Development Studies plus a guided tour of our campus by students.

It was a real pleasure to host Inga and introduce her to our work towards peace, sustainability, access and inclusion – and, given her professional background, she has generously given us some direction as to ways we can further serve Norway in the fields of education and human rights.

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