Being the winners of the annual Chinese Bridge competition (Norway Division), two 2nd year UWC RCN students – Ines Söderström (Finland) and Daniel Rey Rosas (Colombia) – will represent school students in Norway who are learning Chinese by participating in the finals to be held in Kunming, China from 16th October to 1st November 2015. The Chinese Bridge competition, organized by the Confucius Institute, includes three different groups [...]

UWC Red Cross Nordic, the Norwegian Glacier Museum and 4H successfully applied to the Naturlige Skulesekken for a climate education pilot project. The project leader is the Glacier Museum. Our institutions have a common understanding on the importance of climate change although we have different but equally successful educational approaches in the field. The three partners decided to gather their efforts and harmonise their climate educational skills [...]

For the past three years, UWC Red Cross Nordic has been invited to take part in Ridderdagene - an annual event where people come together for a weekend at Storedal in South-Eastern Norway to prove that everybody can participate in, and enjoy outdoor activities and sports regardless of ability. Dylan DeMarco (UWC RCN 14-16), a member of the 'Knights EAC' at the College, which prepares students for participation [...]

To cap off the eventful month of August about seventy students and staff (and a dog) from the College took part in the (very!) challenging Førde Opp, a ridiculously steep run/walk/stagger to the top of the mountain overlooking Førde. Top competitive finishers were Peter, Nick, Petter, Balder and Franco, who all gained 700 metres in altitude over 3 kilometres in under 40 minutes. Marit and Thea and [...]

Over the course of the summer break many students worked on humanitarian projects back in their home countries. Bruno Felalaga (second year – Ghana) reports back: During my summer vacation in Ghana, I took the opportunity to visit Sakyikrom United Primary school in the Eastern region of Ghana. This is one school that two student-led humanitarian organizations - Do Remember Other People (DROP)  and Living Environment And the [...]

We are very pleased to announce that on Monday Pil Tesdorpf, who graduated this summer from UWC RCN, was the first to receive the UWC Denmark Achievement Award. Along with the prize is a sum of money which has been made possible by a generous donation from Ms Elise Philip Sørensen, a Danish lady living in Switzerland. The UWC colleges with Danish graduates have selected the nominees using the [...]