Alumnus Saye-Maye Cole
Our alumnus Saye-Maye Cole came back to our College as part of his visit to Norway last week. Saye-Maye was chosen on an SOS scholarship in 1998. Having completed his education, he has now taken up a central position for the government in his home country, Liberia. Our regional news on NRK has covered his story here. While he was at the College he told something of [...]
Visiting speakers
As part of our commitment to students’ futures, we strive during the course of each academic year to incorporate not only visits from university admissions counsellors but also workshops on careers. For example, In April each year, we invite members of the UWC RCN Council to deliver workshops on their areas of professional expertise. On Monday 25th August, the College invited two visitors to our campus to [...]
Lord Attenborough
Oscar-winning actor and film director Richard Attenborough died at lunchtime on Sunday at the age of 90. Lord Attenborough was a member of the UWC International Board, an active member of the Governing Council of UWC Waterford Kamhlaba and patron of the UWC Movement for many years. Alongside his extraordinary career as a film-maker, Richard Attenborough took every opportunity to work for peace and justice and to support disadvantaged people [...]
Mandela 67
Nelson Mandela devoted 67 years of his life to the service of humanity - by being a lawyer, while being in prison, and by being the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa. He devoted the last 18 years of his life to our UWC movement - being our Honorary President since 1995 - and he has inspired us ever since. By giving 67 minutes [...]
The Rektor’s Address
I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome back the second years after their summer break and to extend a huge welcome to all those first years in the auditorium today. Throughout yesterday afternoon and evening, I was so delighted to hear the Red Cross Nordic traditional welcome being given to new arrivals – some jet-lagged, some a little homesick but all excited at the prospect of [...]
Being with Paul
On Monday, August 25th, the RCN community was fortunate to receive a presentation by Paul Bloomfield on 'career prospects' in which he shared his own experience in the humanitarian field. A lawyer by education but not by passion, Paul was lucky enough to realise at a certain point in his life that the profession he had chosen did not provide him with the satisfaction he thought fundamental [...]