Sandefjord and Nesbru MUN 2017
It was a great honour to be a part of the 13th annual SANMUN (Sandefjord and Nesbru Model United Nations) conference held near Oslo on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of November. SANMUN is one of the biggest MUN conferences in Norway and welcomed up to 170 delegates from all around Scandinavia with a delegation also coming from the Netherlands. This year’s SANMUN conference was mainly aimed [...]
Antonin Besse – A UWC Founder
UWC Red Cross Nordic would like to express its sadness at the news that Antonin Besse, patron and honorary vice-president of UWC, has passed away and to extend our thanks to his family for his deep commitment to UWC since its founding and, in particular, for his support of students from the Yemen who have studied here at RCN over the past 21 years. It was Antonin who [...]
Disaster Preparedness
As part of our College's partnership with the Norwegian Red Cross, we host different types of workshops, lectures and activities led or supervised by the Norwegian Red Cross in order to introduce Red Cross values and principles to our students. On Thursday 20th of November, as one of the activities offered for those on campus during November break, the College hosted a workshop run by Pål A. [...]
A special week in Aurland
Sogn Jord-og Hagebruksskule and UWC RCN have had a long and fruitful cooperation. We've had joint staff meetings, their organic food in the RCN cantina and a student exchange programme. This autumn three of our students spent five days in Aurland during RCN's Project-based learning week learning about organic farming, animal husbandry, greenhouses and more. But above all, they learned about caring - for the Earth and each other. As Ka [...]
The LAMS school in Faisalabad
Our Diploma Coordinator and English/Theatre teacher, Pete Wilson recently spent a week at LAMS school in Faisalabad. The school was established to provide free education for the children of factory workers in Sultan Town. The factories produce rugs and other cotton goods for export, including to Norway. Currently almost 700 children from 3 to 16 years of age are accommodated by the school. There are 29 teachers [...]
TV Aksjonen 2016 at RCN
Queen Sonja (patron of UWC RCN and former Vice President of the Norwegian Red Cross) and Crown Princess Mette-Marit were patrons for this year’s annual Norwegian fund raising event (TV Aksjonen) for the Norwegian Red Cross and their efforts to help victims of war and other conflicts from the following countries: Syria, Lebanon, Sudan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Myanmar, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The money also will be [...]