Glaciers are giant reservoirs for 70% of the world's freshwater, and glacial retreat provides a stark visual representation of climate change. We have many glaciers in Norway, near us the biggest one on the European continent: Jostedalsbreen. In a unique project, in collaboration with CNN Call to Earth initiative, a group of students will learn about glaciers, visit and monitor one. Then, after a year [...]

Mid-October, we welcomed the Executive Director of UWC, Faith Abiodun, to campus. Faith joined UWC International as Executive Director in 2021, bringing a wealth of experience from his time as an education and social enterprise leader, international affairs analyst, writer, and speaker. Being the 6th UWC Faith has visited this year, we hopefully managed to give Faith a taste of RCN's uniqueness through our close [...]

Project Based Learning, or shortly PBL week, is over, so let's take a closer look at what PBL week is! PBL is part of our CAS program, the heart of the Diploma Programme. CAS is designed to strengthen and extend students' personal and interpersonal learning and is organized around the three strands of creativity, activity, and service. In PBL week, students and staff propose completed [...]

Preparing students for university applications and helping them in the process is an integral part of our work. Mark Chalkley is our Senior University Counsellor here at UWC Red Cross Nordic. The main focus of his work is to assist and support students when they apply to colleges and universities. This includes leading workshops on how to write personal statements, helping students with all required documentation, [...]

UWC Day is the annual global celebration of the UWC mission and values, which takes place on 21 September every year, to coincide with the UN International Day of Peace. Each year, UWC Day is celebrated by thousands of people worldwide, including students and staff at UWC schools and colleges, national committees, UWC alumni and friends. UWC Day is a moment to celebrate the strength [...]

The story of the first 25 years of UWC Red Cross Nordic is written by award-winning author and journalist Mette Karslvik, a first-generation alumna of the college. Through individual narrative, Karlsvik paints a picture of how a school dedicated to peace and sustainability has been established and flourished in a small fjord arm in western Norway, and the impact it has on the world stage. [...]