End of the Summer Course
For the final four days of the 2014 Summer English Course, students and staff moved out to Værlandet, a beautiful island off the west coast. Accommodation was in the cosy former island school. Here, students [...]
Staff Intro Week
During Staff Introduction Week we were fortunate to have Andrew Turney from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and Angus Ford-Robertson from Battersea Yoga in London visit us to lead workshops and discussions for new and returning [...]
English Summer Course
When asked for his name as he stepped into the Bergen airport terminal in July, Argentinian first year Elias Rodriguez could only give a blank stare in response. This story is typical for new students [...]
Concert with Rita Eriksen
Rita Eriksen, who in 2012 was awarded the prize as best vocalist in Norway, played for a packed auditorium this weekend at the annual "Kobbeskjerskvelden", which is a celebration of local poet Jakob Sande. After this [...]
FK Youth Exchange
Preparing for FK Youth exchange with UWC Red Cross Nordic Eight Norwegians and two Thai volunteers have spent two and a half weeks at UWC Red Cross Nordic preparing for their posting abroad with FK [...]
The Summer Season
The summer season at UWC Red Cross Nordic has been blessed with nearly continuous sunshine, with a fjord temperature between 20 and 25 degrees! The Red Cross Holiday Camps were well attended, excellently run by [...]
Semester at Sea
In 2013 and 2014, Shelby Davis has kindly offered scholarships to students from each United World College to attend a Semester at Sea voyage. Åse (Norway) was the first UWC RCN recipient of the award [...]
To the Top!
This year UWC Red Cross Nordic was invited to participate in the annual Red Cross event 'Til Topps', an ascent of Norway’s highest mountain, Galdhopiggen. Til Topps is the year’s most energetic multicultural integration event, [...]
Laski Visit
The second year RCN graduates left the College on Saturday 24th May, and early the following morning ten students and two teachers from the Laski Institute (Association for Care of the Blind) in Poland arrived for a [...]