Lanterna Presentation
First and second year students attended a presentation given by Emily Wilkes of Lanterna Education, an organisation that offers academic support to IB students - which started life as a CAS project in Sweden. Emily shared valuable tips on topics such as time management and revision, procrastination and distractions, recommending useful apps and responding patiently and constructively to many questions from the audience. It was inspiring and [...]
Gender Week at the College
As part of Gender Week, the Gender and Sexuality (GAS) EAC members prepared seven days of panel discussions and activities across a wide range of issues for participation by students and staff. The main events were: Monday, March 6th: Gender Equality in the Nordic Region Presentations; Tuesday, March 7th: Men and Masculinities Panel Discussion; Wednesday, March 8th: 'The Vagina Monologues' Thursday, March 9th: Intersectionality 101; Friday, March [...]
Developing Pastoral Care
The RCN Safety Net: Developing Pastoral Care. Two workshops were run on Saturday morning by special guest, Ingeborg Lykseth, as part of the College’s commitment to developing pastoral care on campus. Ingeborg is a well-known entrepreneur in Norway, director, psychiatrist, certified coach, and speaker – and was invited by our teacher, Cristina Pinazo, to run two workshops (one for House Reps and some selected first years and [...]
Red Cross Youth Camp
Fabiana Between 3rd to 5th March, Sogn og Fjordane Røde Kors ran a youth camp at Skilbrei for local volunteers and youth interested in the Red Cross. UWCRCN sent eight students, along with the EVS Red Cross Volunteer. The idea of the camp was to gather like-minded young people to have fun and learn more about the Red Cross’ work. Over the three days the [...]
A Visit from Førde Municipality
Our visitors dropped into a Global Politics class Mayor Olve Grotle and his team from Førde Municipality came for a visit to learn more about the institutions based at Haugland (UWC RCN and RKHR) – both in terms of internationalism and with regard to the human resources available in Sunnfjord. With the current process about a possible relocation of the Head Office for the Norwegian [...]
RCN Board Meeting in Bergen
A reception last Thursday evening was held at the Grand Terminus Hotel in central Bergen for friends of UWC RCN. This provided an opportunity for our Board members and Central Management Team to connect with alumni, former staff, supporters (both old and new) living in Bergen. On Friday an RCN quarterly Board Meeting was held at the offices of our partners, SIU (the Norwegian Centre for International [...]