UWC Red Cross Nordic is pleased to announce that Guđmundur Hegner Jónsson will become the College’s next Rektor, starting in August 2018. Guđmundur was selected from an exceptionally strong field of applicants. Icelandic in origin he brings a broad international experience within education and management. On his appointment, Guđmundur said: I am truly delighted and humbled to have been offered the position as Rektor of UWC Red [...]

BREAKING NEWS: UWC Receives Major Donation from Shelby Davis ** Introducing the new Davis-UWC Dare to Dream programme ** For UWC, the year 2018 is off to a fantastic start: Shelby Davis has just announced another major donation to UWC of at least 100 million USD! This gift is one of the most significant gifts ever made to a secondary educational institution. Davis’ donation will be rolled [...]

Last week Leonora Kleiven and Joakim Janninge, staff from UWC Connect, visited Atlantic College to meet with their Outdoors Department to learn and share experiences of how to best develop outdoor activities and local outreach. Alongside the sharing they also got to participate in different activities, among them gorging. It was fun! Maybe it will be possible to find suitable rivers close to UWC RCN?

Santa Claus came early to Haugland this year. We have just got the good news that Gjensidige Foundation have granted UWC RCN 125,850NOK to be spent on dry suits for our kayaking and canoeing activities. We are really happy and grateful as this means we can have full year-round activity under the fjords for both students and visitors as well as more appropriate clothing for people with [...]

Five UWC Red Cross Nordic students - Akari (Japan), Henrik (Norway), Jinho (East Timor), Jorge (Mexico), Mikkeline (Denmark) - and one member of staff (Larry, our Rektor) attended the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in the City Hall in Oslo on Sunday 10th December. The Nobel Peace Prize 2017 was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The organization received the award for its work to [...]

Our University Counsellors, Mark and Hildegunn, continue to do a wonderful job to introduce our students to different pathways beyond UWC Red Cross Nordic. Throughout this term, they have hosted many counsellors on campus from universities in partnership with the Davis United World College Scholars’ Programme. They also work hard to promote to RCN students other universities across the world - and they hosted a representative on [...]