Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
May 8th marked the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, celebrating the Red Cross Principles in action all over the world. At RCN students and staff could take pictures with statements expressing solidarity, calculate [...]
Coastal clean-up in Dale
Water pollution caused by humans threatens marine life and ultimately humans. One of the most harmful pollutants is plastic waste that will travel with currents for thousands of miles and for hundreds of years. Sometimes [...]
Sara Al-Husaynat (’16-’19)
Sara, from Iraq, is one of our students on the Foundation Programme. She was born with Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) - brittle bone disease. She has a fragile body and significantly reduced stamina, but her character is strong, her [...]
Investment Competition
Four of our students were given the opportunity to travel to The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to participate in the final of an investment competition. The Wharton School is the business school [...]
Tove Veierød (RCN Board Chair ’11-’17)
Tove Veierød has been the Chair of the UWC Red Cross Nordic Board for six years. Last weekend's Council Meeting was her last as Chair, although she will be at the College for Graduation, and in [...]
RCN Council Meeting 2017
Council Members It was a pleasure to welcome the members of Council and other guests from Thursday 20th to Friday 22nd 2017 April for the annual UWC RCN Council meeting here on campus. [...]
Pär Stenbäck
The Chair of the UWC Red Cross Nordic Council and Vice Chair of the UWC International Council has been profiled on the UWC website. Click here to read what he has to say about Politics, [...]
Floods: Helping in Peru
Juana Mélendez Martos and Edson Cadenillas Ñaccha (current RCN students from Peru) have taken the initiative to raise awareness about the serious floods that have affected Peru in recent weeks. The flooding is causing serious [...]
UN Landmine Awareness Day
Last Saturday, 8th of April, UWC Red Cross Nordic held its third campaign for the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. Students of the RCN Survivors of Conflict programme and those [...]
Chris Hamper (’95 – present)
I never liked doing “seat of the pants” stuff, as Tony Macoun would put it, but that’s how it was being an administrator with a full-time teaching job. I ended up in administration because I [...]