It is with pleasure we have received the news from the Royal Palace that Her Majesty Queen Sonja will continue to be the patron of UWC Red Cross Nordic. This renewal is for the next 5 years, 2016 to 2020. Her Majesty Queen Sonja continues to be an inspiration for our students and staff in our work to make education a force to unite people.  During the [...]

On Monday 14th December, The Fjaler Prize for 2015 was awarded to UWC Red Cross Nordic in Kommune Huset in Dale. This is the first time UWC RCN has received this award as an institution. The purpose of the Fjaler Prize is to honour a particular effort to the benefit of the municipality and for focus on innovation, openness and inclusion. The candidates considered for the annual award [...]

For twenty years our college has attend the world`s most prestigious award ceremony in Oslo City Hall on the 10th of December. Unfortunately for the selected RCN ambassadors this year (Narender (India), Anna (Finland), Karma (Tibet), Maja (Poland), Maria (Colombia) and Abdul (Syria/Sweden) the school seats this year were overbooked. However, that did not prevent Karma and Anna from wearing their national customs. This year, the Nobel [...]

Dear Host Family / local supporter, As you know each year, the College puts together a Winter Break Programme for 25 students who are unable to go home due to financial reasons or political instability in their home countries. It is very important to us that we put together a programme which is stimulating and supportive - and compensates for the fact that they are unable to return to [...]

Members of the College Amnesty International group Today is World Human Rights Day 2015 – as part of RCN’s commitment to this special day in the annual calendar, some of our students are in Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize and last Sunday evening a group of students set up an Amnesty International stall on campus: Magnus við Streym (Faroe Islands) reports on the Amnesty [...]

We are delighted to announce a new partnership between UWC Red Cross Nordic and 100 LIVES and Near East Foundation. On Friday 27th November 2015 at the UWC National Committee Regional Middle East North Africa Conference, the 100 Lives Scholarship Programme was announced to the gathered National Committees and other members of the UWC community. UWC Maastricht, UWC Red Cross Nordic and UWC Robert Bosch colleges have [...]