GoMakeADifference was created by Colin Habgood and his wife Jill Longson (AC '81) in 2001, to provide grants to UWC Atlantic College students. The concept allowed UWC Atlantic College students an opportunity to make a difference and put into practice the ideals of UWC. In 2016, the award was rolled out to all UWC Schools and Colleges, with 20 grants of £1000 each being made available to [...]

On Sunday the 18th of March, RCN hosted its third annual TEDx event. The talk was organized by RCN’s very own TEDx team, who spent the past academic year collaborating amongst themselves and organizing the event, in addition to reaching out to potential speakers from around the world. Mandu Reid The day was comprised of two sessions - one before lunch and one after. The [...]

Hermann Ingólfsson, Ambassador of Iceland to Norway, visited RCN on UWC Day in 2016 and kindly offered to donate a leatherbound set of 'The Complete Sagas of the Icelanders'. In December at an event at the Nordic Association, Hermann passed on the gift to Arne Osland, our Director of Development, for transportation back to the College. In today's College Meet, Arne presented the sagas to Hrafnhildur Ósk [...]

Leif Høegh, Chairman of Høegh Capital Partners, kindly visited RCN on Thursday 15th March to deliver a presentation on the sustainability paradox in Norway: wealth brought by oil, mineral extraction, shipping and fish farming on the one hand and important changes required to ensure a sustainable future. He presented to a packed K2 with over 75 students and staff present. In the Silent House The [...]

For five days this March all first years got to experience the cold, sunny, challenging, amusing and freeing feeling of being deep in Norwegian nature - all this while trying to balance on skis! The students arrived at the cabin in Stryn, a 4-hour drive from the College. Some were highly optimistic, others were dreading the idea of five days without internet and activities in the snow. [...]

RCN students Patricia (Åland), Tenzin (Tibet), Jack (UK), Sunniva (Norway), Mirandas (China), Celia (Sweden), Sara (Italy), Sadrac (Costa Rica), Abdullah (Palestine) were recently invited by 'In the Same Boat'  - a group who are doing research on microplastic in the ocean, and cleaning beaches - on a boat trip to learn more about the impact of plastic on the environment. During the four-day trip with Captain Børje and [...]