Our Model United Nations has, since the early years of the College, been a significant event and an integral part of the UWC experience. On January 26th the event commenced with Arne Øi from the UN Association West delivering the introductory presentation to the delegates. This was followed by engaging discussions in the eight respective committees, ranging from Counter-Terrorism Committee to the World Health Organization. In addition [...]

The employees at Red Cross Haugland Rehabilitation Centre decided that this year their Christmas presents from their workplace - with a total sum of 30,000 kroner - would go to the project 'Book Book Tuk Tuk' in Cambodia: Playing a central role in the project are our current Cambodian students Pring Mean and Sreythai Seng. Being part of the Survivors Of Conflict Programme they are also having [...]

One of our students has written this account of the College's Winter Programme. The experience I had of the Winter Programme was one of the best experiences in RCN. It is run for ‘travel support’ students who College cannot afford to send back home for the December break. I had a choice to go back home but I decided to stay because I wanted to know more [...]

5 students - Juan Pablo (Colombia), Pam (Colombia / Venezuela), Yael (Israel), Shweta (India) and Helen (Germany) - and one member of staff (Hilde from Norway) from UWC Red Cross Nordic attended the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in the city Hall in Oslo on Saturday 10th December. The Nobel Peace Prize 2016 was awarded to Juan Manuel Santos (President of Colombia) "for his resolute efforts to [...]

The Board members of UWC RCN met in Oslo on Friday 2nd December for its quarterly meeting at the offices of our partners, the Norwegian Red Cross. On the evening before, Marianne Andresen kindly hosted a dinner at her house, Smedbraaten, in Bygdøy to thank our Board members drawn from across the Nordic region and our Oslo-based Council members for their unstinting support and commitment to our [...]

Four students from four countries, from three schools around Sogn og Fjordane, participated in the year's biggest event on water issues. The delegation was led by Judit Dudas , the sustainability leader of UWC RCN. Marta Pinzan (Italy, UWC RCN), Sara Overgard (Denmark, Sogn Jord-og Hagebruksskule), Yash Ramchandani (United Arab Emirates,  UWC RCN) and Eirik Hovstad (Norway, Firda Vidergående Skule) here summarize their experiences at the event: The Budapest Water [...]