We set off at 0730hrs, wet, cold, windy. A joy to be on a boat! For the hour journey most stayed below deck ... fast asleep. When we arrived we quickly huddled under the nearest trees which offer too few leaves to shelter under and too few trees to make much of a difference.  As we descended to the rocky shore to carry out some biology field [...]

The present and coming generations will have to tackle serious issues when it comes to climate changes and people being forced to leave their homes. One generation of our students has just graduated, and many leave with an urgency about tackling these issues. Awareness of environmental and humanitarian concerns is central in the education we offer here at RCN. UWC RCN also has an ambition to engage [...]

Graduation took place on Saturday 21st May at UWC Red Cross Nordic. It was a pleasure to welcome so many families, host families from our local community and other guests on Friday evening for dinner in the Høegh and then a cultural show – all coordinated by the first year students. The ceremony took place in a beautifully decorated auditorium at 14:00 on Saturday and consisted of speeches, a slideshow, a [...]

It was a pleasure to welcome Steinar Bryn (senior adviser at the Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue) to UWC RCN today. Steinar delivered the fourth UWC RCN Annual Constitution Lecture (based on the College’s Nordic Pillar) – following previous lectures by Kåre Willoch (former Prime Minister of Norway), Sven Mollekleiv (President of the Norwegian Red Cross) and Geir Lundestad (former Director of the Nobel Peace Institute [...]

Marlene Lauridsen Following on from a meeting with the Norwegian Red Cross in Oslo, our Red Cross Board Rep (Liv Ronglan) kindly agreed to coordinate a trainer to visit the College to run the full ‘Street Mediation Instructors’ Course’ at some point in the second part of the academic year. All members of the Education and Support Staff took the Red Cross level I training [...]

On Monday we hosted the Student Climate Summit, with 60 participants from the colleges of Dale, Firda, Mo & Øyrane and Sogndal. The focus was on how to meet climate change on an individual and group level. The conference was a cooperation between UWC, Fylkesmannen and Sogn og Fjordane County. Karen O'Brien, Tora Hope and Linda Sygna from cchange/University of Oslo were the organizers of the workshops. The [...]