We were very pleased to welcome journalist and former TV news anchor Einar Lunde to the College on Wednesday where he spoke eloquently and passionately about his experiences in South Africa during the turbulent post-apartheid period. Deputy Rektor Alistair Robertson, himself a South African, introduced him to a full auditorium of students, staff and outside visitors. The following is taken from Alistair's introduction: Before introducing our guest [...]

RCN is asked to put forward four second-year nominations for the Davis-Mahindra International Scholarship each year. This is, in essence, recognition of an outstanding contribution throughout the RCN programme and something for the CV as RCN receives an annual cheque for investment from the Davis Foundation. Over the past four years we have nominated: 2012-3: Christine Blandhol (Norway) and Tabish Tabish (Afghanistan) 2013-4: Nkanye Gumpo (Zimbabwe) and [...]

A team of five RCN students - Babba Laminou (Cameroon), Leon Müller (UK), Nikita Klimenko (Belarus), Meriem Fouad (Morocco) and Yash Ramchandani (UAE) - participated in the county final of the ENOVA competition. The competition, held annually, is for raising awareness about sustainable technologies and renewable energy use. Teams from local high schools compete to come up with an innovative and feasible solution for a certain task. [...]

First year student Helen Pörtner writes about her recent trip to Alesund. To the Zonta Club. Here she writes about her experience. The week before November Break I was given the opportunity to go to Ålesund to visit the local Zonta Club. Zonta is an international organization with the goal of advocating for women’s rights. It was founded almost 100 years ago out of the struggle for women’s right [...]

We are happy to join in with the congratulations to the Rafto Foundation! For thirty years this Bergen based foundation has been relentlessly supporting champions of Human Rights, shedding light on the heroic resistance of individuals and organizations around the world. Thanks for allowing our students to take part in your inspiring work, for giving courage and support to everyone associated with this urgent cause. A large [...]

It has been a pleasure to host the Nordic National Committees (representatives from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden with a special guest from the Latvian NC) on campus for their Annual General Meeting this weekend. Their itinerary has included connecting with students, meeting for their AGM and with members of the Education Management Team and the Admissions Development Team, and attending the Asian Show in the Høegh. [...]