An extract from our Rektor’s opening address at the first College Meeting of term for students and staff: I must admit to having been gripped with Olympic fever over recent weeks – and the force of the Olympics to unite nations through sport. Conversation, companionship and compassion We, within the United World College movement, see our role as to sustain peace, not through sport, but [...]

Five students from the Knights EAC drove ten hours with Hilde to take part in Ridderdagene in the South-East part of Norway – and had a fantastic time there over the weekend of 18th to 21st August. Ridderdagene (The Days of the Knights) is a weekend where many volunteers do all they can to make summer sports and activities accessible and inclusive for people with various kinds of [...]

On Monday, Pellegrino Riccardi was invited to the College on the recommendation of Hilde Genberg (RCN’s Survivors of Conflict Programme Coordinator and formerly the College coordinator of the Fredskorps Partnership) – Hilde had previously heard Pellegrino speak at the annual FK summer camp on inter-cultural understanding. We put together a programme for Pellegrino so that he could run a seminar for our second years (with the intention [...]

On Sunday 21st August our very own Dan Silfwerin (Swedish and English teacher) was invited to perform in the finale of  ‘Mimi Goes Glamping’ at Åmot Operagard. The Bergen National Opera created a community opera based on the local Fjaler kommune story Murmartinstein i Fjella (Murmartinstein in the mountains). Bergen National Opera’s director Tom Guthrie and chorus master Håkon Matti Skrede worked with members of the local [...]

After a week for our cleaners to get all of the student rooms ship-shape after the student exodus, the campus was yet again filled up with excited new faces. As always, the Red Cross in our region provided the main group of visitors over the summer. New for this year was “Camp Fjaler”, an international camp for physically disabled participants, run by UWC Connect for the Lion’s Club, involving co-operation [...]

It has been Staff Introduction Week at RCN this week – this is an opportunity for staff to learn about the activities that have been happening on campus over the course of June and July, for Support and Education Staff to reconnect after the summer break, and for professional development / training and for preparation for the beginning of the academic year. This year’s Staff Introduction Week [...]