On Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th we had a visit from the Education Sector of Malmø, as a return visit after our Board and management were received there last year. In the delegation were: Ingegerd Wärnersson – UWC RCN Council Member; Andreas Schönström (Labour), Deputy mayor; Mediha Ahmadi (Labour), Member Education Council; Gunn Hanell (Conservative), Member Education Council; Eva Ahlgren, Education Director; Nicola Sarec, Rektor Malmø Borgarskola; [...]

During her visit to RCN last year and in a discussion in the Physics lab on the northern lights phenomenon, H.M. Queen Sonja recommended we invite Dr. Pål Brekke to the College. The topic of Dr. Brekke's work and his reputation as a skilled presenter was a perfect match for the inaugural RCN Thor Heyerdahl lecture on the environment. After completing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in astrophysics [...]

Her Majesty Queen Sonja will visit UWC Red Cross Nordic on September 21st - 22nd for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the College and our work to use education as a uniting force. During the visit there will be a special focus on our co-operation with the Red Cross. Our new centre, run by UWC Connect, which makes it possible for nearly 100 visitors to [...]

Congratulations to Susanne Gabrielsen, UWC Red Cross Nordic alumna(Norway NC), for being awarded her doctorate by the University of Minnesota following the submission of her theses: ‘Longitudinal Intergroup Contact Model Comparison at the Multicultural High School UWC RCN’. Susanne concluded her thesis with the following statement: RCN puts young men and women who might otherwise never meet in contact, knowing that conflict will arise, and guides its students [...]

On behalf of UWC Red Cross Nordic, congratulations to Sven Mollekleiv on the receipt of the award of the Order of St Olaf from His Majesty The King for his commitment to humanitarian action – an outstanding achievement. Sven has had a long association with UWC RCN. He was Secretary General of the Norwegian Red Cross from 1991 to 2001 and was part of the team responsible [...]

What would students do without Mom`s heart-warming soup or Grandma's home remedies? The Green Thumbs EAC winter term project answers these questions for the RCN community. The Green Thumbs is an environmental EAC that approaches sustainability from a practical angle and gives an insight into what makes a sustainable and healthy lifestyle for students. In the dark winter season when students can't take part in activities such as [...]