At UWCRCN we have a tradition extending back over many years of hosting trainee teachers and interns. We have established partnerships with, among others, the World Teachers Programme at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, the University of Buckingham in England, Concordia University in Massachusetts USA and most recently with Høgskulen på Vestlandet. Currently Rachel Schaefer from Concordia is with us until April. Rachel is training [...]

'UWC smashed the myth of apartheid into smithereens' UWC International held an inaugural event in Johannesburg, South Africa, with the focus on 'How is the UWC movement impacting on development of South Africa and the continent, and can we do more?' The UWC community including the South African NC, alumni, representatives from Waterford Kamhlaba, members of the UWC International Board, newcomers to UWC and others participated in [...]

Are you a candidate to go on an Arctic expedition for global change makers? Along with other UWCs, we have been asked by Norway-based FutureTalks to help them recruit a total of 10 young leaders (18-25 years old) to go on an expedition to the Arctic, August 2018, as part of a group of 100 global leaders and change makers. The other participants of the expedition are [...]

Here is  report written by one of the participating students on this years Neil Davis Friluftsliv PBL.  Each year the family of deceased RCN alumnus Neil Davis offer funds towards supporting this event appreciating the memory of Neil’s enjoyment of his friluftsliv experiences at RCN. I was really shocked and surprised in the best way possible when I found out that I had been accepted into the [...]

24-hour Notice Board Gender Week is a student-initiated event that encourages discussion on topics related to gender and sexuality. We started it off with an engaging panel on inter-sectional feminism that sparked discussions about historical reactions to feminism, cultural differences and questions related to raising children in today's society. During a panel discussion There were some powerful performances in the Vagina Monologues, organised [...]

Harald Møller and Zoya Taylor have offered to commission a video project in cooperation with Kim Køste of Nordic Screens with the aim to increase the visibility of our work. As part of the planning process Kim visited us this weekend to share his ideas, meet with interested students, listen to their ideas and get going. We will develop a youtube channel as a platform for telling [...]