Each year, RCN is asked to put forward four second-year nominations for the Davis-Mahindra International Scholarship. In essence, this is recognition of an outstanding contribution throughout the RCN programme and something for the CV as RCN receives an annual cheque for investment from the Davis Foundation. The following students have been nominated in the past five years: 2012-3: Christine (Norway) and Tabish (Afghanistan) 2013-4: Nkanye (Zimbabwe) and [...]

Signing the Agreement The RCN Board met for a quarterly meeting at the SOS Children's Villages office in Oslo on Friday 23 November. The board members were given a presentation by Bente Lier, Secretary General of SOS CV. Since 1995, over 50 students from SOS Children's Villages across the world have studied at RCN - and been supported by the college and Vibeke L’Orsa Mortensen. [...]

A team of five RCN students – Ilaria (Italy), Jennifer (Hong Kong), Mirandas (China), Sara (Italy), and Yash (UAE) – participated in the county round of the ENOVA competition. The competition, held annually, is for raising awareness about sustainable technologies and renewable energy use. Teams from local high schools compete to come up with an innovative and feasible solution for a certain task. The jury marks the [...]

On the weekend of 4th to 5th of November, a delegation of UWC RCN students attended the SANMUN (Sandefjord and Nesbru Model United Nations) Conference in Sandefjord. In this simulation, the following RCN students represented France in various committees: Ayanda (Cayman Islands), Brodi (Sweden), Hrafnhildur (Norway) and Htet Htet (Myanmar). On behalf of the team, Htet Htet shares this video for an impression of the conference and Hrafnhildur offers [...]

It was a pleasure to host the Nordic National Committees (representatives from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Åland) on campus for their Annual General Meeting this weekend. Their itinerary included connecting with students, meeting for their AGM and with members of the Education Management Team and the Admissions Development Team, attending the Christmas lights event and the joint production of ‘The Paperbag Princess’ delivered by RCN and the [...]

The Paper Bag Princess Bergen National Opera and UWC Red Cross Nordic collaborated last week to perform ‘The Paper Bag Princess’, an opera based on Robert Munsch’s story of a kidnapped prince, a brave princess and a fierce dragon. A team of eight from the BNO arrived at the campus at lunchtime on Thursday 16th November and stepped straight into rehearsals with a group of [...]