Teachers visiting LAMS in Pakistan
At the end of February teachers Avis Rolfe and Liusaidh Brown with DP Coordinator Pete Wilson travelled to LAMS School in Sultan Town, Faisalabad in Pakistan. This was a follow-up visit after Pete’s first trip to the school in November 2016. LAMS school focuses on girls’ education at the secondary level and all the teaching [...]
Danish RCN alumni giving back
On Saturday 3rd March, a delegation consisting of RCN management team and Board members was invited to Gefion Gymnasium in central Copenhagen by Danish alumni to observe some of the individual interviews and group activities which are part of a Danish National Committee UWC selection day. Kathrine Norsk (RCN alumna) was our point of contact [...]
Board Meeting in Copenhagen
The UWC RCN quarterly board meeting was held in Copenhagen last Friday. Members of the Board and Central Management Team were first given a guided tour of Copenhagen International School by two IB Diploma students - Tess (Denmark / Australia) and Kvitva (Ukraine) - with an opportunity to meet the Director and Head of Communications [...]
Trainee teachers at UWCRCN
At UWCRCN we have a tradition extending back over many years of hosting trainee teachers and interns. We have established partnerships with, among others, the World Teachers Programme at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, the University of Buckingham in England, Concordia University in Massachusetts USA and most recently with Høgskulen på Vestlandet. Currently [...]
UWC International in South Africa
'UWC smashed the myth of apartheid into smithereens' UWC International held an inaugural event in Johannesburg, South Africa, with the focus on 'How is the UWC movement impacting on development of South Africa and the continent, and can we do more?' The UWC community including the South African NC, alumni, representatives from Waterford Kamhlaba, members [...]
Arctic expedition opportunity!
Are you a candidate to go on an Arctic expedition for global change makers? Along with other UWCs, we have been asked by Norway-based FutureTalks to help them recruit a total of 10 young leaders (18-25 years old) to go on an expedition to the Arctic, August 2018, as part of a group of 100 [...]