“The RCN experience is not fulfilled unless you really step out of your comfort zone and experience the world in a whole new light”, they say. The three-day, two night kayaking adventure we took part in was nothing short of a true RCN experience - including being outdoors in a “whole new experience of rain”! Collectively, we were all elated and slightly nervous about embarking on our [...]

In the new Norwegian State Budget, for the second year running, we have been provided with an extra 3 million NOK to meet some of our needs for extraordinary maintenance for the coming 5 years. Complementary to this, our Campus Renovation Campaign for other friends and supporters of our College, has been up for a most encouraging start. Join in with the team - lay the foundations [...]

More than 20 years of wear and tear has taken its toll on the student houses, and we are now planning to refurbish them all. The Norwegian state has provided funding for some of the costs, but they also expect that we will cover some of the costs with help from other stakeholders. We are excited to announce that for any donation you give, we will receive [...]

Ashoka Changemakers is a global organizations that builds and cultivates a community of change leaders. Members collaborate to transform institutions and cultures worldwide for the good of society. UWC RCN was selected last year as an Ashoka Changemaker School, and 19-20 September students Liva, Sara, Jordanella and Sona accompanied by Judit Dudas, Sustainability Team Leader, participated in the yearly seminar of Norwegian Changemaker Schools in Drammen. At [...]

Fifteen of our students and educators have started a journey of change, with the help of Karen O`Brien and her team at cCHANGE. To start of it all, Karen gave our yearly Environmental Thor Heyerdahl Lecture about climate change: "You matter more than you think!" The Flekke GLOCAL CHALLENGE is an effective and fun way aimed at creating transformation towards sustainability in a 30-day programme. [...]

As members of the Natur og Ungdom (Nature and Youth) organization we have the amazing opportunity to join multiple seminars and events every year. This seminar was about glaciers as climate indicators. Ironically, due to extreme weather, we were strongly advised not to come even near to the glacier. Large landslides and storms came in the following days, so it definitely was a wise choice. Even though, [...]