Purposeful diversity is the key to UWC education and is a guiding principle for selection to RCN. We strongly believe that bringing together young persons from different backgrounds - cultural, political and social - for a shared educational experience is mutually beneficial to all, given that we create arenas where all take part on the same terms. Our aim for the students is that they shall learn and grow in [...]

The Norwegian Red Cross, RKHR and RCN team (including Maja, our Red Cross Student Rep) Today Robert Mood, the President of the Norwegian Red Cross, and our Rektor Richard Lamont signed a new version of our cooperation agreement, following a shared evaluation process. The agreement lays the foundation for continued close cooperation on humanitarian issues and ensures that Red Cross principles and skills have a [...]

Garage sale! Towards the end of term, the following departing members of staff - Kathini, Larry, Simon, Marloes, Cristina and Avis - held a garage sale for the staff, student and local community to raise money for the Foundation Year Scholarship programme at UWC Red Cross Nordic. This was a new initiative held in the Rektor's garage one Saturday morning - with furniture, cutlery and [...]

Ever wonder what RCN Staff get up to on a Friday night? One Friday night every term, RCN staff leave their responsibilities behind and head to what has become known as our 'staff koselig (cozy) evenings'. We eat, we drink, we don't talk about IB. We form teams and compete as part of a mini-staff quiz. But, most importantly, we listen to a featured RCN staff member [...]

With the Educational Management Team Gone fishing! Arnett Edwards, Principal of UWC Li Po Chun, visited RCN this week as part of research he is conducting on leadership within UWC and students' understanding and enactment of UWC mission and values. As part of his itinerary, he met with individual members of the management team, students selected to represent Hong Kong, members of the [...]

Marianne Andresen opening the new Baking House On Wednesday 6th June, our Baking House was formally opened. Invited guests, students and staff joined together for the opening mid-afternoon. It started with an introduction to the development of the Nordisk Tun (Nordic Yard), pizzas freshly cooked in the wood-fired oven, speeches and musical performances (with a Swedish theme for their National Day). We were delighted that [...]