THEPOWER of DIVERSITY 20 17 UWC INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL REVIEW Welcome 4 UWC International Board 4 UWC’s Global Reach 6 Our Students 8 Art as a Universal Language 10 A Values-Based Education 12 The UWC Movement 16 Building and Crossing Bridges 18 UWC Strategy: 22 2018 and Beyond THEPOWER of Moving in One Direction: 24 The New UWC Strategy DIVERSITY Initiative for Peace 26 UWC’s Impact 28 UWC and The Global 30 Refugee Crisis UWC International: 32 Developing Global Funding 20 A Growing Movement 34 The Difference One Person 36 Can Make: Davis-UWC Impact Challenge Tackling Discrimination 38 17 at the U.N. UWC Unique Pathways 40 INTERNATIONAL Post-Secondary ANNUAL Working in Partnerships 42 REVIEW Thank you! 42 2 Contact Information 44 www.uwc.org UWC INTERNATIONAL BOARD Sir John Daniel Chair of the Board Chair of the Council WELCOME Chair of Personnel and Remuneration Committee Pål Brynsrud Vice-Chair of the Board In our increasingly fragmented world it is Chair of Nominating & Governance Committee essential that agents of positive change work together to overcome obstacles to peace, Highlights for the UWC movement in 2017 Colin Habgood Board Treasurer coexistence and understanding. This is the included: purpose of UWC (United World Colleges). Chris Edwards Head of UWC South East Asia The opening of UWC’s 17th campus, What began in 1962 with the founding of UWC ISAK Japan in Karuizawa; Christian Hodeige UWC Atlantic College by a group of idealistic Vice-Chair of UWC Robert Bosch College Chair of Chairs’ Committee educators has grown into a powerful global The addition of five UWC national educational movement. Originally designed committees selecting UWC scholars for Driek Desmet Chair of Community to bridge the divides caused by the Cold War, the first time: Cyprus, Federated States Engagement Community UWC and its mission to shape the world’s of Micronesia, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic Eva Eschenbruch leaders and peacemakers of tomorrow through and Northern Ireland—bringing the Chair of Committee of outstanding international and experiential total number of national committees the National Committees education is more needed today than ever. to 159; Laura Carone Vice-Chair of Committee UWC continues to implement its conviction The approval of the new movement- of the National Committees that the world needs bridge builders rather wide UWC Strategy: 2018 and Beyond Laurence Nodder than wall builders. This was expressed in the jointly developed by all stakeholders Rektor of UWC Robert Bosch College Chair of Heads’ Committee movement’s celebration of UWC Day, held each and members of the movement; and year in parallel with the U.N. International Day Marco Provencio of Peace on 21 September. For UWC Day 2017 The UWC movement was awarded the Chair of Committee for Governance of the National the theme was “The Power of Diversity.” The Luxembourg Peace Prize for Outstanding Committee System following pages will give you some examples Peace Education. Maria Ines Kavamura of how UWC celebrates diversity across its Chair of International schools, colleges, short courses and its global Over 2,100 students graduated from UWC We thank you for your continued support Development Committee community every day of the year. schools and colleges in 2017. These graduates, of this crucial educational movement Nicole Severino as well as those who took part in UWC through your time, talent and treasure. Vice-Chair of Committee short courses in 2017, now have the skills and We expect that the strength and diversity of the National Committees the commitment to live out the UWC mission: of our remarkable students, alumni and Peter Howe to act as a force for peace and sustainability programmes will inspire you. Principal of UWC Atlantic College Vice-Chair of Heads’ Committee wherever they are. Happy reading! Ulhas Yargop Board Member Chair of UWC Mahindra College Sir John Daniel, O.C. UWC International Board Chair 4 Veronika Zonabend Founder and Chair of UWC Dilijan Vice-Chair of International Development Commitee UWC Maastricht, UWC’S GLOBAL The Netherlands REACH UWC Red Cross Nordic, Norway UWC national committees in 159 countries UWC Adriatic, 17 UWC schools and colleges on four continents Italy 14 UWC short courses on five continents UWC Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina UWC Changshu China, China UWC Dilijan, UWC Atlantic Armenia College, Wales, UK Pearson College UWC, Canada UWC-USA, UWC Robert Bosch UWC ISAK Japan, USA College, Germany Japan Li Po Chun UWC of Hong Kong, Hong Kong UWC Costa Rica, Costa Rica UWC Mahindra College, India Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa, Eswatini UWC South East Asia, Singapore UWC Thailand, 6 Thailand OUR STUDENTS 63% of students in the IB Diploma Programme Total Number of Gender Statistics Our Scholarships (IBDP) years at UWC schools and colleges received full or partial financial support. Within UWC Students In the 2016-2017 academic year Percentage of UWC IBDP students who this group each student received, on average, received full or partial financial support 10,435 £49,300 in scholarship funding over the course 56.7% 43.13% of their two years at UWC. at all 17 UWC schools Female Male and colleges The percentage of UWC students in the IBDP 83% years who received full or partial financial support at two-year UWC colleges was 83%. Of the thousands of students who received scholarship funding to attend a UWC school 63% or college in the 2016-2017 academic period, 52 individual students received a scholarship funded by UWC International donor partners. unit: Of these 52 scholarships, 24 were full scholar- 1,000 ships (tuition fully covered) and 28 were all- 0.17% All UWC Schools 2-year UWC inclusive scholarships (covering students’ Trans/Non-Binary and Colleges Colleges travel, visas, and other expenses). UWC IBDP Students The student body across all 17 UWC schools Selections are conducted solely on the basis Number of and colleges reflects the UWC movement’s of demonstrated promise and potential, and UWC IBDP* commitment to equal opportunity and independent of socio-economic need. deliberate diversity. They represent not only Students different nationalities, but also a wide Throughout 2017, the number of young people spectrum of religious, cultural, political and receiving a UWC scholarship continued to 4,577 socio-economic backgrounds. grow, as our donors enabled us to select *IB Diploma an increasingly diverse pool of applicants Programme This diversity is enabled in large part by through scholarship programmes such as the grades 11 and 12 UWC’s unique admission system for Davis-UWC IMPACT Challenge and the UWC boarding students in the International Refugee Initiative. UWC is also growing its Total number Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) reach among young adults through UWC short years: these students, usually between courses and summer programmes, which bring of countries the ages of 16 and 19, are identified and UWC education and values to more students, selected by a unique network of UWC and in more locations worldwide, than at any 159 national committees which operate in 159 time in our movement’s history. represented in the 8 countries and territories worldwide. UWC student body Art as a Universal Language Emiliano Valdés (UWC Adriatic 1997- 1999) is a curator, editor and cultural producer based in Medellin (Colombia) and Guatemala City. He is currently Chief Curator at the Medellin Museum of Modern Art, where he has held the position since late 2014. Emiliano firmly believes that art can be a powerful The world is full of problems and, way to bring people closer to their whereas immediate solutions are humanity and to each other and lives needed for all of them, I think it’s only the UWC mission through his daily through a collective consciousness commitment to inspire empathy and shift that we can truly change appreciate diversity. the world.” “I always knew that I’d work in the arts, “UWC remains, to date, one of the as I felt that it’s a language that goes most influential experiences I’ve beyond borders and speaks beyond been through. I think the UWC specific groups. I feel that art can movement is the proof (improvable, connect us with our deepest, most surely) that we do want, and can work human essence and it’s in those towards a better world. It showed moments that we understand what me that understanding something it means to live with ourselves and or someone means becoming one others. Empathy, consciousness and with them. I think, in a way, that is responsibility arise from that experience. why I work with art: to bring people closer, to give people the possibility of imagining a better, friendlier, more 10 empathetic, more just world.” A VALUES-BASED EDUCATION UWC is a global movement for peace that empowers young people to transform their passion into progress. A UWC education challenges students from diverse backgrounds to embrace new perspectives and push for positive change. With a UWC education, students don’t just see the world: they learn how to shape a better world for everyone. The UWC educational model, as well as all The UWC UWC educational programming, is grounded Educational Model in the movement’s nine core values: 1. International and intercultural 4. Mutual responsibility and respect: understanding: Healthy, constructive and respectful UWC is committed to building commu- community interaction is an essential nities that are free from prejudice and part of the UWC experience for all intolerance, irrespective of people’s students and community members. gender or their racial, religious, national or cultural backgrounds. 5. Compassion and service: 8. Personal challenge: UWC actively promotes intercultural By taking initiative and taking on 2. Celebration of difference: understanding and the development of challenges, UWC students learn about UWC consciously creates supportive genuine concern for others, founded on themselves and those around them, environments where differences are shared life experiences and co-operative developing a sense of responsibility valued and recognized for the strength and collaborative living.