Congratulations to Lodewijk van Oord who has been appointed as the next Head of College at UWC Maastricht. Lodewijk started his UWC journey as a trainee teacher (from the University of Utrecht) back in 2002 when he came to teach History and Human Rights at RCN. He then went onto work at Atlantic College, Waterford Kamhlaba and UWC Adriatic. We wish him the very best for his [...]

Lions Clubs International (LCI) is an international secular, non-political service organisation. UWC Red Cross Nordic has an association with Lions Norway and we will be hosting an international youth camp for the physically disabled two-week summer camp in July 2017. Click here for the brochure.

On Thursday the Minister of Health, Bent Høie, visited our campus at Haugland with a delegation from Fjaler and Sogn og Fjordane Høyre. He showed a real interest in the operation of both the Rehabilitation Centre and our College. Mr Høie fully endorsed the focus on the resourcefulness of every person as something that unites the two institutions within health and education. A central topic for the visit [...]

On Friday 21st October, UWC Red Cross Nordic hosted a special educational focus on TV Askjonen and the Red Cross’ work towards innocent victims of war. The day was entirely organised by the students themselves, with invited guest speakers. The students at the college were selected so that they represented a deliberately diverse cross section of backgrounds. Some of them were from countries with a recent or ongoing conflict. [...]

RCN's Project Based Learning Week concluded with a Nordic Folk Music Concert in the auditorium on the evening of Saturday 15th October - an outstanding achievement to produce such a daring and inspiring programme in so many different Nordic languages. Students from 11 different countries came together to learn about Nordic Folk Music. Over the course of five days, they learned 14 songs and joiks in 5 [...]

The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced at 1100 today (7th October 2016) that it has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220 000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people. The award [...]