May 8th marked the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, celebrating the Red Cross Principles in action all over the world. At RCN students and staff could take pictures with statements expressing solidarity, calculate their personal slavery footprint, indicating the number of slaves that work for each and everyone of us, win a cupcake if they knew all the seven principles of the Red Cross, and [...]

Water pollution caused by humans threatens marine life and ultimately humans. One of the most harmful pollutants is plastic waste that will travel with currents for thousands of miles and for hundreds of years. Sometimes it finally reaches the coast. Every May thousands of Norwegians gather along the coast to help with the cleaning of waste washed up on the shore. This year, for the first time, RCN students joined [...]

Four of our students were given the opportunity to travel to The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to participate in the final of an investment competition. The Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Here is the report written by Yash Ramchandani, one of our participants: With the trophy A little over half a year ago three of my [...]

Council Members It was a pleasure to welcome the members of Council and other guests from Thursday 20th to Friday 22nd 2017 April for the annual UWC RCN Council meeting here on campus. Our Council members continue to act as our supporters, our bridge-builders, and our voice across the Nordic region. The Council gathers once a year on campus and the Board twice a term, [...]

Juana Mélendez Martos and Edson Cadenillas Ñaccha (current RCN students from Peru) have taken the initiative to raise awareness about the serious floods that have affected Peru in recent weeks. The flooding is causing serious problems for many people who have lost their homes, and many houses have severe water damage. In some areas there is no electricity or internet, and the price of goods has increased [...]

Last Saturday, 8th of April, UWC Red Cross Nordic held its third campaign for the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. Students of the RCN Survivors of Conflict programme and those from countries affected by landmines led different activities to raise awareness about this issue. The organising group ran a session with survivors in the gamma (hobbit house), archery and running competitions on [...]