Eirik Fismen
Today Eirik Fismen, long-serving doctor at the Haugland Rehabilitation Centre, came to the College Meeting to receive our grateful thanks on the occasion of his retirement. Larry offered the following address: It is a great [...]
Tedx at UWC Costa Rica
It was a privilege to join our sister College, UWC Costa Rica, during their second TEDx UWCCR event. TEDx events are independently organized talks created in the spirit of “ideas worth spreading”. The event was [...]
Vacancy – UWC Connect
This spring UWC Connect opens a new Centre for visitors at Haugland in Fjaler, Western Norway. We are looking for an experienced and ambitious person to lead the development of an international centre for the region. The [...]
Peace Conference
Over the past weekend, we had the privilege of attending the International Peace Conference hosted by UWC Maastricht in the Netherlands. Two students, one from Israel and one from Palestine, who realized the importance of [...]
Friluftsliv
2015 is the year of 'Friluftsliv' in Norway. The year will be packed with events that will give opportunities for experiences in the great outdoors. For our diverse group of students we always emphasize gaining [...]
Daniel Toa-Kwapong
The support they receive from teachers who care is something that students and alumni often emphasise when talking about the quality of their two-year stay here at RCN. One of the everyday heroes on our [...]
A Scenario for the World
I was startled when reading what President Obama said during the G20 meeting in Brisbane, approximately: "...United States, as the only superpower in the world ... " My reflection was simply that if a leader must [...]
Winter Break Programme
Two of our students on the Winter Break Programme have written the following account of the month's activities: The long-awaited break started as the majority of RCN students left for their holiday destinations. We were [...]
Humanitarian Concerns
On 8th and 9th December 2014 the third Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons took place in Vienna. The aim of this conference, which was organised by the Austrian Ministry for Europe, Integration [...]
Nobel Prize Ceremony
The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 was awarded jointly to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”. Since the opening [...]