WELCOME

A message from our Principal Naheed Bardai,

I am delighted to welcome you to the UWC Atlantic prospectus. I hope you will find all you need to know about college life and the kind of experience you can expect, if you choose to apply for a place here.

The UWC global movement makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.

At the height of the Cold War our founder, radical educationalist Kurt Hahn, sounded a clarion call to young people around the world - ‘You are needed!’

UWC Atlantic was the founding school in what is now a flourishing global movement, with 18 schools across four continents. UWC Atlantic was the realisation of Kurt Hahn’s dream - that if young people from very different backgrounds were educated together they could build a common understanding to prevent future conflicts.

That core mission

has strengthened and evolved with our focus now on systems change - to understand how our societies are structured and analyse how they unite and divide us and, importantly, impact our planet. We then ask:“What action can we take to create more equality, compassion and sustainability?”

Sixty years on from our founding, our call to young people sounds as loudly as ever.

We have courageous aims for the future of the college and the wider UWC global movement. We want our students to take deep and sustained action in the areas of social and climate justice through innovation and service in Wales, the United Kingdom, or their communities back home.

To support this, we will embed a wellbeing framework into the structures and culture of the college to enable each student to flourish. A community where each member is valued for their differences, as well as their similarities, and where everyone feels like they belong.

Join us on our journey.

Best wishes,