Avis Rolfe, RCN’s Chair of the Humanitarian Committee and Red Cross Coordinator, participated in the week-long course. These are her reflections: Eliana and Reema During PBL week, we were fortunate enough to host two very special visitors: Reema Chopra from the International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Societies office (Geneva) and Eliana Del Bianco from the Centre for Co-operation in the Mediterranean (Barcelona). Their work [...]

Johanne Hansen (Norway), Marit Bick (Denmark), Sara-Estelle Gösswein (Germany) and Teo Kettunen (Finland), 1st years at RCN, participated last week along with 80 other young students in the 22nd session of the Model European Parliament Baltic Sea Region, MEP-BSR. Twice a year the organization has a session in one of the member countries around the Baltic Sea and in the North as well as guest nations. In [...]

The Neil Davis Friluftsliv Project-Based Learning Week Jubilee Donation Neil Davis (UK, UWC RCN 1999-2001) passed away in May 2015.  A member of Finland House, Neil was a particularly enthusiastic participant in outdoor activities, and fondly recalled his experiences of making a snow-cave whilst on a College trip.  Neil’s family have been in touch in the first part of this term to set up an annual financial contribution of £750 / circa NOK 9,540 [...]

'Here is where we have students who are truly interesting and interested, staff who are really inspiring and inspired, and together we create an engaged and engaging community that actively cares and supports each other's dreams and ambitions, for ourselves and for the world' [student in the graduating class of 2015] This is perhaps the finest articulation we have come across of the strength of this College [...]

The image above shows an article on UWC RCN and its 20th anniversary published recently in ‘Norden’, the quarterly publication of Foreningen Norden (the Nordic Association - Norwegian branch). It is based on an interview with Tove Veierød, formerly Chair of the Board of Foreningen Norden and currently Chair of the Board of UWC RCN. Olemic Thommessen, the current Chair of  Foreningen Norden and President of the Norwegian Parliament, has kindly [...]

It was a pleasure to welcome Professor Geir Lundestad (formerly Director of the Nobel Peace Institute and Secretary to the Nobel Committee) to UWC RCN today as part of our celebration of the official opening of the college twenty years ago on the 30th September 1995. Professor Lundestad’s programme included: meeting the Mayor of Fjaler and Inger Johanne Osland (Director of the Rehabilitation Centre); attending an IB [...]