May 8th marked World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, a day dedicated to recognizing the essential principles of voluntary service and neutrality. The Red Cross movement and UWC have formed a unique partnership in a small Norwegian fjord in 1995. While these organizations share core values and principles, their combination also presents its own set of challenges. The event at UWC Red Cross focused [...]

Frants Bernstorff-Gyldensteen, Chair of the Council at UWC Red Cross Nordic, shared his thoughts on the Council Meeting that took place recently at the College. It was, as always fantastic to welcome our Governance, the Council provided invaluable input that led to important progress on topics such as mental health issues or the Campus development plan. Please read his thoughts about the meeting: "It is [...]

We are delighted to announce that our Annual Report 2023 has been released and is now available for you to read. This report highlights our organization's accomplishments, milestones, and progress made over the past year. We invite you to take a closer look at our work and learn about the impact we are making in the world. Leaf through the pages online below or download [...]

The Extended Essay is an independent research project completed by all RCN students as part of the IB Diploma Programme. For many students, it is the most challenging assignment that they will encounter in their school career: the workload is estimated at 40 hours, there is a 4000-word limit and students have access to just 4 hours of guidance from a subject-specialist supervisor. Saying this, the [...]

Collaboration across UWCs is often tricky to organise face-to-face, but for three days at UWCRCN, colleagues from Dilijan, Adriatic, Maastricht, and Robert Bosch gathered for a workshop on Differentiation in Approaches to Teaching and Learning (Learning Support). The workshop was planned and organised by the Learning Support Team from RCN and led by Suzanne Gaskell (Dilijan) and Miriam Nash (Adriatic). These expert facilitators employed differentiation strategies [...]

The annual Model United Nations at RCN is a moment for the 1st year class to bond in something intellectually challenging, emotionally engaging, and also a little physically demanding. All of those things game together, more of one, depending on who you were and what each student needed from the week.   The conference was facilitated by a dedicated team of 2nd years who poured [...]