Visitors from a local Mottak
On 1 November twenty visitors from Sørbøvåg Mottak joined us for an afternoon of canoeing and hiking. Half the group canoed to Raudbua while the others trekked through glorious mud to reach our destination. After making [...]
UWC Congress 2016 – Trieste
Last week a delegation from RCN attended a conference at our sister college, UWC Adriatic, and then the two day UWC Congress in Trieste. Our Deputy Rektor, Alistair Robertson, co-led the conference held at UWCAD for education [...]
Lodewijk van Oord – UWC Maastricht
Congratulations to Lodewijk van Oord who has been appointed as the next Head of College at UWC Maastricht. Lodewijk started his UWC journey as a trainee teacher (from the University of Utrecht) back in 2002 [...]
Lions Camp at RCN – July 2017
Lions Clubs International (LCI) is an international secular, non-political service organisation. UWC Red Cross Nordic has an association with Lions Norway and we will be hosting an international youth camp for the physically disabled two-week [...]
A Visit from the Minister of Health
On Thursday the Minister of Health, Bent Høie, visited our campus at Haugland with a delegation from Fjaler and Sogn og Fjordane Høyre. He showed a real interest in the operation of both the Rehabilitation Centre [...]
TV Aksjonen 2016 – Red Cross
On Friday 21st October, UWC Red Cross Nordic hosted a special educational focus on TV Askjonen and the Red Cross’ work towards innocent victims of war. The day was entirely organised by the students themselves, with [...]
Nordic Folk Music Concert
RCN's Project Based Learning Week concluded with a Nordic Folk Music Concert in the auditorium on the evening of Saturday 15th October - an outstanding achievement to produce such a daring and inspiring programme in [...]
Haifa Staiti (’00 – ’02)
When I moved from Palestine to Norway to attend UWC Red Cross Nordic, it was more than a culture shock. I had not met any of my classmates or teachers before, knew virtually nothing about [...]
Nobel Peace Prize 2016
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced at 1100 today (7th October 2016) that it has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his resolute efforts to bring [...]
Outdoor Leader Programme
On the weekend of 1st - 2nd October the UWC RCN Outdoor Leader Programme had its second overnight trip. After packing and loading canoes on the trailer on Saturday morning we left for the river to [...]