UWC Red Cross Nordic in collaboration with cCHANGE and Sogn og Fjordane Fylkeskommune is pleased to invite teachers and students from Sogn og Fjordane to challenge themselves together to learn about our personal responsibility when it comes to climate change and how our local decisions have global impacts. The project, Flekke GLOCAL CHALLENGE, will comprise two workshops and a 30-day online challenge for 30 people supported and [...]

There are trips, and then there are the trips that change you. I found out the application at our UWCRCN homepage last term. I did not expected to be on the Arctic with 100 brilliant persons - young and old - from all sectors and all continents a few months later. We spent four days on a veteran ship - undisturbed - with no wifi or cellular [...]

Today (18th July 2018) is Nelson Mandela International Day across the world, celebrated each year on his birthday. Our students celebrate 'Mandela 67' (in honour of his 67 years of commitment to social justice) when back on campus for Student Introduction Week in mid August - second years introduce first years to projects to which they contribute across the world. This is a particularly special year as [...]

In the past year we have had lots of exciting, new initiatives for fundraising for College programmes, from an art exhibition with proceeds of sales going to the RCN scholarship fund to a Garage sale coordinated by leaving staff. Below are two examples of some donations that have recently been received: Two alumni (Kasia from Poland and Ezequiel from Argentina - RCN 2007-2009) very generously decided to [...]

Again this year we were invited to join in with the Sogn og Fjordane Red Cross team that headed for the highest peak in Norway - Galdhøpiggen. This is a Red Cross event for everyone interested in integration. And what better way to do it than walking up Galdhøpiggen together in the sun? Our team consisted of students, staff, recent alumni and friends of the College. A [...]

Marianne Andresen hosted a farewell reception for Rektor Richard Lamont and his wife Kathini Cameron on Monday evening. This was an opportunity for the many close contacts Larry has made in Norway to say "au revoir" - we will meet again, as he is moving on to a new post from the next school year. It was a great honour that Her Majesty Queen Sonja came to [...]