An RCN delegation - consisting of Larry Lamont (Rektor), Arne Osland (Director of Development), Pär Stenbäck (Chair of RCN’s Council), Tove Veierød (Chair of RCN’s Board) - has been invited to be present at the opening of our sister College, UWC Changshu China on Saturday 7th November. RCN has been involved over a considerable period of time in the setting up of a UWC in mainland China [...]

Balder Morsund (second year) attended the annual meeting of the Norwegian Red Cross Youth in week 43 and represented RCN, given our ongoing partnership with the Red Cross. He reports back: The annual meeting of the Norwegian Red Cross Youth was both inspiring and very interesting. The main topics of discussion were physical health for youth, the immigration situation in Europe and urging Norway to take greater [...]

This week the UWC Heads of the 15 colleges and schools gathered in Split (Croatia) for their biannual meeting. They then transferred to Mostar for the annual UWC Council Meeting with all guests wonderfully hosted by the students and staff of UWC Mostar – guests were invited to participate in Balkans Studies’ workshops, community service projects and a workshop taster on ‘Education in a Conflict and Post-Conflict [...]

Every term RCN students organize a special day on global topics - they are called Global Concerns Day. This term we decided to talk about the role and plight of the world's rainforests, not just because it is an actual problem but because this year's Norwegian TV Aksjonen (TV Action) - a day of enormous national cooperation - is being dedicated to this issue. TV Aksjonen is organized by the National [...]

This afternoon we had the wonderful opportunity to listen to a lecture presented by the Norwegian writer and journalist Svein Sæter. Sæter is currently travelling to different parts of Norway as part of “Den kulturelle Skulesekken” / “The Cultural Schoolbag” and his presence at the school is thanks to the fact that UWC RCN is included in this initiative. Sæter spoke about his recently published book, 'Operatøren', which describes the fascinating life [...]

Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane hosted a joint breakfast meeting for businesses in the HAFS region (Hyllestad, Askvoll, Fjaler and Solund) at the Høegh centre on Friday morning. CEO Arvid Andenes has challenged our region to think about how we want to develop over the next 15 years. The reply has been to create an environment which puts inclusion as a top priority. Both the College and Haugland Rehabilitation have been invited to [...]