Nine students from the Knights EAC went to Ridderdagene with staff members Josh, Jenny and Hilde. Ridderdagene is a big, yearly event where activities are made accessible for people with disabilities. There was a bicycle race, climbing (with a blind instructor), horse riding, sailing, canoeing, kayaking, an obstacle course among other activities. The RCN team helped with many practical tasks such as setting up the camp, running [...]

Current Minister of Foreign Affairs, Børge Brende, will visit RCN Friday 8th September. During his time as General Secretary of the Norwegian Red Cross, he launched the idea of providing education and rehabilitation for land mine victims at Haugland. With the support of the Norwegian Red Cross and the MFA, this has been developed into our Survivors of Conflict Programme. The College looks forward to updating Mr Brende and [...]

At the heart of the education we provide is deliberate diversity. In line with this, we are asking for support for a Foundation Year for students from conflict / refugee / underprivileged backgrounds who are not fully prepared to take on the IB diploma programme in two years either due to disrupted learning or limited English. Reunion This summer, in the build up to the [...]

At the heart of the education we provide is deliberate diversity. In line with this, our fundraising priority is provision for support for a Foundation Year for those from conflict / refugee backgrounds who are unable to complete the IB programme in two years due to either disrupted learning or language difficulties. Our target is to raise the annual cost of a Foundation Programme place which is 300,000 NOK per student [...]

Richard (Larry) Lamont has today announced his intention to resign as Rektor of UWC Red Cross Nordic with effect from end of July 2018. Larry has been a highly dedicated and visionary Rektor and will have given six years of service in the development of UWC Red Cross Nordic by the time of his departure to take up a new position as Headmaster of Shawnigan Lake School [...]

Trying out the equipment On Wednesday and Thursday, our partners at the Red Cross Haugland Rehabilitation Centre have been hosting a nation-wide conference on specialised equipment for the disabled. There have been many delegates with opportunities galore to try out different bicycles and other equipment. Staff, students, patients and others have been traversing the campus (some at great speed) on different equipment – and students [...]