The Rainforest
Every term RCN students organize a special day on global topics - they are called Global Concerns Day. This term we decided to talk about the role and plight of the world's rainforests, not just because [...]
Svein Sæter: Visiting lecturer
This afternoon we had the wonderful opportunity to listen to a lecture presented by the Norwegian writer and journalist Svein Sæter. Sæter is currently travelling to different parts of Norway as part of “Den kulturelle Skulesekken” / “The [...]
HAFS Meeting
Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane hosted a joint breakfast meeting for businesses in the HAFS region (Hyllestad, Askvoll, Fjaler and Solund) at the Høegh centre on Friday morning. CEO Arvid Andenes has challenged our region to think about how [...]
Agents for Behavioural Change
Avis Rolfe, RCN’s Chair of the Humanitarian Committee and Red Cross Coordinator, participated in the week-long course. These are her reflections: Eliana and Reema During PBL week, we were fortunate enough to host two [...]
Model European Parliament
Johanne Hansen (Norway), Marit Bick (Denmark), Sara-Estelle Gösswein (Germany) and Teo Kettunen (Finland), 1st years at RCN, participated last week along with 80 other young students in the 22nd session of the Model European Parliament [...]
Neil Davis – In Memory
The Neil Davis Friluftsliv Project-Based Learning Week Jubilee Donation Neil Davis (UK, UWC RCN 1999-2001) passed away in May 2015. A member of Finland House, Neil was a particularly enthusiastic participant in outdoor activities, and fondly recalled his experiences of [...]
UWC RCN Strategy 2020
'Here is where we have students who are truly interesting and interested, staff who are really inspiring and inspired, and together we create an engaged and engaging community that actively cares and supports each other's [...]
Foreningen Norden
The image above shows an article on UWC RCN and its 20th anniversary published recently in ‘Norden’, the quarterly publication of Foreningen Norden (the Nordic Association - Norwegian branch). It is based on an interview with Tove Veierød, formerly [...]
Professor Geir Lundestad
It was a pleasure to welcome Professor Geir Lundestad (formerly Director of the Nobel Peace Institute and Secretary to the Nobel Committee) to UWC RCN today as part of our celebration of the official opening [...]
20th Birthday!
HM Queen Sonja and HM Queen Noor with first Rektor Tony Macoun at the opening of the College Professor Geir Lundestad Today (Wednesday 30th September) marks the anniversary of the official [...]