As you may be aware, new legislation came into effect from 25 May 2018 which significantly changes the law applicable to our use of your personal data. This new law – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – has its origins in the EU and requires us to provide you with additional information on how we process your personal data and also requires us to ensure that [...]

Inger Johanne Ravn, a family doctor in Fjaler and former UWC Atlantic College student (class of 1991), gave today's RCN Life Skills session for first years, house mentors, advisors and colleagues in the Care Centre on 'Health and Wellness at RCN'. Inger Johanne started with a short presentation in the auditorium on diet, sleep patterns, exercise, managing stress - and then ran a hugely stimulating Question and [...]

The graduating class of 2018 Graduation took place on Saturday 19th May at UWC Red Cross Nordic. It was a pleasure to welcome so many families, host families from our local community and other guests on Friday evening for dinner in the Høegh and then a cultural show – all coordinated by the first year students. The ceremony took place in a beautifully decorated auditorium [...]

Intrepid explorers The IB science project's main purpose is for the students to experience teamwork and to investigate with the use of modern technology. This year we intended to deal with plastics on nearby sea-shores. This was supposed to be in alignment with the EU’s proclaimed war on plastics agenda and the clean-up with “On The Same Boat”- and as encouragement to understand why recycling [...]

If you happened to be driving to our campus last Sunday afternoon, you might have found yourself being a little confused – rightly so. The scene that car-drivers coming in our direction encountered was indeed very unusual. Around forty young people dressed in bright colours, faces painted with rainbows were walking on the hilly road to Flekke, holding signs with slogans like “Love is not a crime”, [...]

Our Nordic pillar receives invaluable support from national committees and selection contacts in all Nordic countries and autonomous regions. To ensure that this mutually beneficial cooperation is kept up, we have created and signed, an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding). In the picture, Claus Reistrup, the Faroes and Thomas Urvas, Åland, with Rektor Richard Lamont and Council Chair Pär Stenbäck.