Guðmundur Hegner Jónsson – Rektor
Guðmundur and Katarina "This place is so full of life, even before we have started the term." Katarina has arrived here to work together with Guðmundur, who is starting his new position [...]
SDGs with Bergen Næringsråd
25 trainees from Bergens Næringsråd (Bergen Chamber of Business), had their training at UWC Red Cross Nordic during this weekend. The focus of the programme was the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The programme included [...]
Flekke Glocal Challenge
UWC Red Cross Nordic in collaboration with cCHANGE and Sogn og Fjordane Fylkeskommune is pleased to invite teachers and students from Sogn og Fjordane to challenge themselves together to learn about our personal responsibility when [...]
Future Talks – In the Arctic
There are trips, and then there are the trips that change you. I found out the application at our UWCRCN homepage last term. I did not expected to be on the Arctic with 100 brilliant [...]
Junette Maxis (RCN ’05-’07)
Clinton Global Initiative Stay Hungry In 2011, I was attending the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) event when the former US president Bill Clinton said to me, “Stay hungry”. I must admit, [...]
Nelson Mandela International Day
Today (18th July 2018) is Nelson Mandela International Day across the world, celebrated each year on his birthday. Our students celebrate 'Mandela 67' (in honour of his 67 years of commitment to social justice) when [...]
Fundraising Initiatives
In the past year we have had lots of exciting, new initiatives for fundraising for College programmes, from an art exhibition with proceeds of sales going to the RCN scholarship fund to a Garage sale [...]
Sumaya Said Salma (RCN ’15-’18)
When Sumaya arrived at UWC Red Cross Nordic in July 2015, she new little of what was awaiting her. She had very basic English, no IT knowledge, and she thought there would only be Norwegians [...]
Til Topps with the Red Cross
Again this year we were invited to join in with the Sogn og Fjordane Red Cross team that headed for the highest peak in Norway - Galdhøpiggen. This is a Red Cross event for everyone [...]
Kathini and Larry
A profile of Kathini and Larry, written as they prepare to set sail for Vancouver, can only be a tribute, one contributed to by colleagues and students who worked closely with them. They have both [...]