UWC Atlantic College UK World

OUR MISSION
UWC Atlantic College makes education a
force to unite people, nations and cultures
for peace and a sustainable future.
OUR COMMITTMENT
We are committed to achieving our mission
through:
• Global Citizenship
• Environmental Responsibility
• Lifelong Service
• Transformative Education
• Scholarships on Merit
UWC ATLANTIC COLLEGE
SINCE 1962
Today 12 UWC schools and colleges on
5 continents educate 7,500 students yearly
More than 45,000 students from over
180 countries have studied at UWC
UWC Atlantic College played an innovative
role in establishing the IB and was the
founding UWC college
President: HM Queen Noor of Jordan
Honorary President: Nelson Mandela
Former Presidents: Lord Mountbatten
and HRH The Prince of Wales
UWC SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
UWC ATLANTIC COLLEGE
(Wales)
UWC of SOUTH EAST
ASIA (Singapore)
UWC ADRIATIC (Italy)
UWC COSTA RICA
WATERFORD KAMHLABA
UWC of South Africa
MAHINDRA UWC of India
UWC PEARSON
COLLEGE (Canada)
UWC USA
UWC MAASTRICHT (The
Netherlands)
LI PO CHUNG UWC of
Hong Kong
RED CROSS NORDIC
UWC (Norway)
SIMON BOLIVAR UWC of
Agriculture (Venezuela)
ETHOS
• Rigorous academic programme
• Global and intercultural engagement
• Community Service
• Political insight and action
• Environmental responsibility
• Leadership and personal challenge
ATLANTIC DIPLOMA
This two-year course has two parts: the
International Baccalaureate 16-19
academic curriculum, and a parallel cocurricular programme of experiential
learning that focuses on key aspects of
peace, social justice and a sustainable
future
INTERNATIONAL
BACCALAUREATE
The IB provides a challenging,
internationally focused educational
experience for students aged 16 – 19. The
significant majority of students at UWC
Atlantic College opt for the full IB Diploma.
This requires students to study six subjects
and a curriculum core concurrently over
their two year stay
CO-CURRICULAR
The structure of the experiential faculties
allows students to engage in a programme
of discovery, to determine their own
pathways through it, confront risk and
overcome the possibility of failure in order
to know their own strengths fallibilities
Each part of the programme has its own
challenges. The faculties are: Outdoor,
Social Justice, Global and Environmental
IB FIGURES 2012
UWC
Atlantic
College
UK
World
Pass rate
%
94%
90%
79%
Diploma
Score
36
33
29
SUBJECT CHOICES
• Mother Tongue Languages
• Foreign Languages
• Individuals and Societies
• Sciences
• Maths
• Arts
MOTHER TONGUE
LANGUAGES
Taught
English, Spanish, French, German, Italian,
Norwegian and Danish
Self Taught
Albanian, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, Finnish,
Hebrew, Japanese, Khmer, Malay,
Mongolian, Polish, Russian, Serbian,
Slovak, Swahili, Tibetan, Turkish,
Ukrainian, Welsh and Norwegian
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
• English
• French
• German
• Spanish
• Arabic
• Mandarin
INDIVIDUALS AND
SOCIETIES
• Economics
• Geography
• History of Europe
• History of the Middle East
• Political Thought
• World Religions
• Global Politics
• Social and Cultural Anthropology
SCIENCES
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Physics
• Design Technology
• Sustainable Technology
• Environmental Systems and Societies
MATHS
• Higher Level
• Further Level
• Standard Level
• Maths Studies
• Further Maths
ARTS
• Visual Arts
• Music
• Theatre
THEORY OF
KNOWLEDGE
This is an integral and compulsory part of
the IB Diploma. It is taught as a standard
level subject to all students throughout
terms 3 and 3. The course is designed to
encourage each student to reflect on the
nature of knowledge by critically examining
different ways of knowing (perception,
emotion, language and reason) and
different kinds of knowledge (scientific,
artistic, mathematical and historical).
EXTENDED ESSAY
• 3000 - 4000 word essay in an IB subject
• 40 hours
• Acquaints students with the kind of
independent research and writing skills
expected by universities
CAS
150+ hours of:
• Creativity
• Action
• Service
CAS requires that students actively learn
from the experience of doing real tasks
beyond the classroom.
EXPERIENTIAL
FACULTIES
Students work together and learn to trust
each other, whether in caring for the aged
or the disabled, or in the physically
demanding conditions of mountain and rock
climbing or operating rescue equipment in
the waters of the Bristol Channel.
OUTDOOR
The Outdoor Faculty promotes a sense of
endeavour, self-discipline and personal
example through action challenge,
expeditions and the management of risk in
difficult terrains, in both the mountains and
sea.
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Social Justice Faculty develops young
people who wish to make a real and lasting
difference to the lives of others and to do
so with a sense of empathy for the
disadvantage and a respect for human
rights and personal dignity.
GLOBAL
The Global Faculty involves young people
in a critical engagement with intercultural
issues and actively promotes a global ethos
and linguistic and cultural diversity through
local and international links and events.
Peace studies and the management of
conflict will be crucial feature of the work of
the faculty.
ENVIRONMENTAL
The Environmental Faculty develops
models of sustainability and inspires in
young people an active commitment to the
welfare and development of the
environment.
STUDENT INITIATIVES
• Human Rights Week
• Initiative for Peace
• Model United Nations
• Latino Focus Week
• Sexuality and Sexual Health Week
• Children’s Rights Week
• Environmental Focus Week
• VSO
• Eastern Europe
• Middle East
• Oxfam
• Fair Trade
• Various Sports
• Music and Arts
• And many more...
FUTURE ACADEMIC LIFE
• Many students take a gap year and then
use the college support during that year to
apply to university
• Students are prepared for global
educational opportunities and are
encouraged to return home where possible
• Students apply to, and receive offers
from, universities worldwide including
Harvard, Yale and Princeton
• Students have a unique opportunity to
learn about universities and colleges from
around the world including the US, Canada
and France; over 60 visit each year
PASTORAL
• Houseparents
• Personal Tutors
• Peer Listeners
• Link Families
• Medical
• Religious
• Professional Counselling
PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND
HEALTH EDUCATION
• Adapting to residential life
• Where to go for help
• Smoking, alcohol, drugs
• Study skills
• Mental health issues
• Eating disorders
• Sexual health and AIDS/HIV
• Cancer
• Bereavement
• And many more...
OUTREACH
UWC Atlantic College is a
Nexus for Inter-Cultural Engagement:
• A space for connection and transference
• Inter-cultural exchange and engagement
• Brings together and transforms young
people within and beyond the college
The operating principles:
• Education of our students
• Fulfilment of our mission
• Enhancement of our institution
OUTREACH
Some Current Initiatives:
• Associated Schools Programme (ASP)
• Inter-cultural Engagement and Education
• Rotary Club International
• Tébláb Arts Foundation, Budapest
• Peace Child International
• The 21st Century Learning Initiative
• And many more...
OUTREACH
Portfolio of ‘Third Year’ Opportunities:
• United World Schools (UWS)
• Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO)
• British Council (BS)
• Critical Engagement (CE)
• Vale for Africa (V4A)
• GoMAD (Go Make A Difference)
• Student Organised Group Projects
• And many more...
THANK YOU
Contact Us
UWC Atlantic College
St Donat’s Castle
St Donat’s
Llantwit Major
CF61 1WF
+44 (0) 1446 799000
principal@atlanticcollege.org
www.atlanticcollege.org