Atlantic - the official magazine of UWC Atlantic College by Communications

2011

ATLANTIC

The magazine of UWC Atlantic College

FROM THE EDITOR Welcome to the 2011 edition of ‘ATLANTIC’, the magazine of UWC Atlantic College. This year’s issue is sporting a new look following the refreshment of our brand. The past year, as always, has been an eventful one. The magazine features news from around the campus and from our alumni, articles about outreach and summer projects and, of course, information on our upcoming 50th anniversary – which is less than a year away! Read on to find out more about Sunley House, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, being an intern for VSO and dressing up as a duck to raise money! A huge ‘thank you’ to all of the students, alumni and staff who have contributed to this edition – you are what makes the college special and without your words and images we could not produce this magazine. I hope that you enjoy reading the articles, news and features and if you would like to feature in next year’s publication (which will be rather special given that it is our 50th anniversary) please get in touch to let us know. Warmest wishes from St Donat’s Castle, Alexandra Wyn Smith, Editor communications@atlanticcollege.org

HIGHLIGHTS

As we approach our 50th anniversary we are keen to celebrate the successes of the last 50 years and look towards the next 50 years. Read all about the amazing festivities we’ve got planned for 2012 and beyond on page 17

¡Integrando a México! is a summer project conceptualised, developed and implemented by students and alumni of the UWC schools and colleges; in particular UWC Atlantic College. Two of our alumni describe the project and their experiences on page 19

CONTENTS 04

View from the ramparts

News from campus

Staff joining...

Staff leaving...

Journey to the rooftop of Africa

News from the Development Department

50th anniversary

ÂĄIntegrando a MĂŠxico!

Go MAD

Student stories

Environmental news

VSO interns

Network news

Obituaries

VIEW FROM THE RAMPARTS

PAUL MOTTE

The past year has been one of change, and without doubt there will be more to come, but providing we remain true to our ethos and philosophy, we must embrace change and look to the future. As the college’s Acting Principal, coming from a background in educational business and resource management, and not a qualified teacher, there has been a lot to learn since taking over the management of the college from Neil Richards in January. That is not to say that I wasn’t a safe pair of hands - I was fortunate enough to hit the ground running as I had been working as the college’s Director of College Operations since May 2008. I knew about the college’s history, its mission, and its staff, but most importantly, I knew how special the young people were who embark upon, what is still, a unique educational experience.

The challenge, which we all recognise, was that other good schools, both in the UK and internationally, had caught up with the college in some areas of the educational programme, but not in its entirety. We remain unique but in a crowded market and still with a hugely relevant mission, the college needs to re-invent that ‘most exciting experiment in education since the Second World War’ that was identified by the Times in 1962 if it is to remain the pioneering institution that international education still needs.

It seems to me that there are two key elements that need to be considered in achieving this change, namely, who we educate, and the content of our educational programme. As we approach our 50th anniversary – there will be more on that elsewhere – and look out at the world, it is still in turmoil and a place with as much war and conflict as there was in the sixties: the Cold War has become the Arab Spring; the tensions have become more localised; and in the UK we have seen street riots that are born out of broad socioeconomic divisions that exist throughout the world. In the past, the college’s yearly intake would have been measured by the number of nationalities represented, and while this still remains a key indicator, other measures, including religious representation and socio-economic diversity are as important. Together with our colleagues in the other UWC schools and colleges, ‘Who we educate?’ is probably the most important question under consideration.

But while this may be a question for the whole movement, at UWC Atlantic College we are already making a difference. Together with financial support from the Garfield Weston Foundation and The Mousetrap Settlement, we have initiated an Associated Schools Programme. In partnership with maintained schools in Liverpool, Birmingham and the South Wales Valleys, we have funded a bursary place for a representative student to come to the college, and, in addition, we have larger groups of students from these schools visit the college and participate in some of the other activities that make up our unique educational model, and take that experience back to their home areas. In considering the development of the educational model, we have introduced a programme of activities, conferences and lectures that are currently known as Mission Initiative Periods. While the title is an accurate description, of what they set out to achieve, the name is cumbersome, and one of the developments that we expect during the second year of operation is a snappier title! The original purpose of these periods was to bring together, in a structured format, the variety of adhoc activities that were taking place throughout the academic year. Working together, staff and students put together the framework, programme and focus weeks; arrange the speakers and contributors; and organise the administrative and logistical details. Our experience in the first year is that this initiative has proved popular, and stimulating. In this second year, we are looking to learn lessons from the inaugural year, and already we have introduced some improvements. Our goal is for this programme to sit alongside the formal International Baccalaureate Diploma and the CAS (creativity, action, service) programme to form an ‘Atlantic Diploma’. The college is committed to improving the quality of teaching and learning; it will initiate a thorough review of the service programme next year; and continue with the development of its Atlantic Diploma. The rest of UWC is keenly watching and supporting this development, and other schools and colleges should take note that UWC Atlantic College is not afraid to challenge accepted practice, and develop a new educational experiment for its next 50 years. While we have spent a lot of time considering the educational experience here, the college takes most seriously its responsibility for the health, safety, and welfare of those that make up this unique community on the shores of the Bristol Channel. There have been a number of changes in this area of the college’s operation during the year, which it is anticipated will improve the level of care we offer. Adolescence is a challenging time for any family, but most families only have one or two offspring going through those challenges at any one

time: we have 350! Not surprisingly, with students from over 80 countries, and from a wide variety of creeds and cultures, the accepted behaviour of young people varies significantly. It is our responsibility to ensure that an environment exists at St Donat’s where those differences can live together in harmony without any minority feeling oppressed, or forced into behaviour that they deem unsuitable, or unacceptable. It would be wrong to conclude this article without reference to two particular incidents. Firstly, I would like to pay a small tribute to all those that were affected by the major fire that occurred in Sunley House in April. Without a doubt, it was fortunate that the incident occurred in the middle of the day, and not at night. This meant that there were only a handful of people in the building at the time, and that there were no serious injuries, or worse. I want to thank the students involved for their co-operation and acceptance of the interim arrangements that were put into place in the castle and I want to congratulate them for their determination in limiting the effect of the incident on their studies, exams, and extra-curricular activity. A number of staff played key roles in supporting students during his time, in particular, though not exclusively; I want to thank Jane Wyatt, the Counsellor, Sarah Hamilton, the Houseparent of Sunley House, and Nick Lush, the Vice Principal (Pastoral). The amount of time that they spent with students affected was well beyond the call of duty. I also want to thank the whole community – past and present; on-site and off-site - that makes up UWC Atlantic College for the way it responded to the incident and embraced the additional tasks that were necessary in support. Finally, let us look ahead to January 2012 when we look forward to welcoming John Walmsley to the college as its new Principal. I have been lucky enough to know John for over 10 years, and although this will be the first time we will work together, I know him to be a man of huge integrity, and fully in sympathy with the ethos, philosophy and mission of UWC and the college. We are ready to welcome him and his family to St Donat’s, and offer our support in taking the college into the next chapter of its history and towards its 50th anniversary. Paul Motte Acting Principal

NEWS A MESSAGE FROM

JOHN WALMSLEY It is now over 6 months since I learned that I was leaving Somerset and crossing the water to become Principal of UWC Atlantic College. My family have all visited the castle, the grounds and the surrounding area and the excitement has increased as we move nearer to January. We are all very much looking forward to joining the college community at St Donat’s and have been made to feel very welcome by everyone we have met. I feel very privileged to have been given the enormous responsibility of guiding the college through the next period of its development. UWC Atlantic College is a very important educational institution with a unique mission to educate young people from all over the world and to inspire them to want to make a difference, not only in their own communities but also to have an impact on global issues. This was important in 1962 when the college was breaking completely new ground and is even more important now with the world such a complex place and the problems that beset us so universal. The marvellously rich mix of nationalities at the college gives students a real opportunity to understand the cultural and economic viewpoints of people from very different parts of the world. This has to be the starting point for discussion and debate, for organisation and action and for the realisation that individuals working together can change things and make life fairer on every continent and in every country. Perhaps the most important issues that face us all are: the development gap between countries and between rich and poor within a country, human rights, and how we can live sustainably on this planet. It all comes down to living together happily and respecting the rights of all to live a decent and fulfilling life free from the ever increasing demand of materialism.

I want UWC Atlantic College to be a beacon of hope for young people in education. I want people to say ‘go and look at UWC Atlantic College and see how young people can combine their academic studies with getting involved in world issues, developing the skills and attitudes as well as making the global contacts to make a real and lasting difference’. Education is not about passing exams (though that helps!) it must be transformative, inspirational and fun. I know that UWC Atlantic College changes lives. I have met countless people in the last few months that enthusiastically praise the work of the college and its effect on all who pass through its gates. There is huge support for what the college does and I believe that the UWC Atlantic College and its sister schools and colleges have a major role to play in developmental education in the 21st century.

“The two qualities which are most important to young people of today are hope and imagination. Hope to believe they can change the world and imagination to find ways to do so” - Janet Gilbraith 1986 John Walmsley, Incoming Principal

COMMERCIAL NEWS Back in June 2010 a new department was formed to maximise the potential revenue generation of the college from commercial ventures. Karen Davies, Commercial Manager was appointed and took responsibility for all external bookings of the castle and campus including weddings, filming, conferences, AGMs, private parties and public events. The college has welcomed 14 weddings in the castle this year and 20 are already booked for 2012. Weddings are mainly held in the Bradenstoke Hall and allow the wedding party use of the Tudor gardens and seafront. The Commercial Department work closely with a nominated catering company, Town & Country, and have received excellent feedback on the quality of service and food.

Additionally, the castle and estate has proven to be a much sought after location for film and television. With a wide range of potential uses the castle and grounds have already been used several times by the BBC this year. The castle featured in an episode of Dr Who (who booked again after their successful 2009 visit),

‘The Rebel Flesh’ aired in April and featured the Dining Hall and Inner Courtyard. More recently the Only Boys Aloud Academy, a training academy for 32 talented young men who perform as part of the Only Boys Aloud choir took place over the course of a week at the college. This included a boot camp (provided by the college’s own Atlantic Outdoor Centre), rigorous vocal training and two exceptional concerts that took place in the Bradenstoke Hall. The programme airs at the end of October and beginning of November on BBC One Wales. In addition, the college has hosted a number of one-off events including Mother’s Day cream tea and castle tour, European Heritage Open Doors day, bespoke castle tours and parties. The college’s Atlantic Outdoor Centre (previously EMC) has had a fantastic year welcoming over 1659 students and individuals from various organisations, who took part in everything from mountain boarding to treasure hunts.

ASSOCIATED SCHOOLS PROJECT The 2010-2011 academic year saw the launch of our Associated Schools Programme (ASP) at UWC Atlantic College. This outreach programme which was generously funded by the Garfield Weston Foundation and Agatha Christie Ltd. with the express intention of UWC Atlantic College making a meaningful impact on young people, their schools and their communities in areas of social deprivation in the UK. To this end, we have developed relationships with three diverse schools in Birmingham, Liverpool and the South Wales Valleys all with their own challenges, but also all with their unique energies and firm commitment to education, and to broadening the horizons of their students. We are now hoping to bring more partner schools into the Associated Schools Programme fold in the near future. It is clear after the initial, very successful, ASP year, that this broadening of horizons mentioned above is by no means only something that has been evident for our Associated Schools. Through their various encounters, partnerships and friendships built during this scheme, UWC Atlantic College students have been engaging and learning about the diversity of the country that they are living in, and the many communities and cultures that exist in the United Kingdom. There is a strong sense of mutuality and benefit for all, and this programme powerfully adheres to the UWC Mission ideal to “make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures”. In the first year of the Associated Schools Programme this making of education into a force was specifically manifest during three weekend gatherings of all four schools and a total of over 100 students at the college to pursue various targeted initiatives together. There were team building and initiative exercises, a sustainability project, and a very successful Model United Nations held at UWC Atlantic College with delegations sent from all the schools. The Model UN was especially successful and had far-reaching effects. This idea caught the imagination of all of the constituent schools and led to student-generated connections and the building up of structures within each of the schools that went well beyond the immediate participants who came here as delegates. This then was one embodiment of the ideal behind the ASP initiative: Making a lasting impact in schools and communities. As the Head of Sociology at Broadway School, Birmingham put it, ‘Not only has the whole year group become more involved in class discussions, they are now developing their own debate groups and their meta-language and discourse has become much less school-centred and now encompasses the sociological and political issues from their doorstep to the rest of the globe.’ More succinctly, a young student from North Liverpool asserted that, ‘this was a life-changing experience.’ High impact indeed.

So, how to build upon our successes as we take the Associated Schools Programme into its second full year? There certainly will be the opportunities to develop the model that was established in the first year; refine it, improve it and develop specific projects. Yet, as this is very much a partnership, we expect to respond to our partner schools’ aspirations and ideas about how they would like to take things forward with us, and each other, in the year to come. As the Assistant Principal at North Liverpool Academy wrote, ‘The Associated Schools Programme provides an innovative answer to a challenging question that inner city schools face: How do we loosen the bonds that hook young people into a cycle of low aspirations by enabling them to bridge towards other worlds?’ The providing of tools for such bridges to be built is the raison d’etre of the Associated Schools Programme. In the end though, it is the young people and their diverse communities who will need to enthusiastically grasp such tools and create the constructions that best meet their needs. Our ASP commitment is to work together with our partners to help make this happen. UWC Atlantic College was founded on such principles of bridge building. In reaching out to others beyond our campus we extend our core ideals, and at the same time we strengthen these ideals into practice for our own students and our institution. Ken Corn, Director of Outreach

CLOSURE OF THE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (IDP) On 31st July UWC Atlantic College’s Integrated Development Programme (IDP) closed after 29 years of providing free vocational training to students with learning difficulties. The programme was based in the St Donat’s Castle estate’s cavalry barracks. Established in 1982, the two-year programme’s aim was to equip young people from within Wales who have mild to moderate learning difficulties with vocational qualifications and improved numeracy, literacy and personal effectiveness. Acting Principal Paul Motte said:

‘For nearly 30 years the residential and work-based learning programme offered by the college has contributed significantly to the lives and prospects of numerous young people. The Welsh Assembly Government’s decision to re-structure funding has left the college with no practical alternative other than to close the programme, which is regrettable, particularly as the individual dedication and care demonstrated by staff has ensured that the programme’s impact in South Wales has been at the forefront in this area of education and training. On behalf of the college, I would like to thank the staff for their commitment and dedication over the years, and wish them well.’

NEWS FIRST YEAR CAMP 2011 JOHN WALMSLEY

This year saw us travel once again to the beautiful Pembrokeshire National Park to welcome the first years with the potent and powerful mix of activities and communal living. Within 48 hours of arriving at UWC Atlantic College the first years were divided into two groups by their houses (camp is divided into two subsequent three day courses) and transported three hours down the road to the south west tip of Wales. The anxious first years were greeted at camp by their second year camp leaders performing the New Zealand All Blacks Hakka! During the three day camp experience all students were given the opportunity to challenge themselves by taking part in activities such as kayaking, surfing, coasteering, initiative exercises, a coastal walk and environmental work. During the periods between activities the camp leaders entertained their new first years with a myriad of games and songs. The weather throughout the first camp was a mixture of sunshine and showers - one of the walking groups was, unfortunately, caught in a very heavy shower, arriving at Porthgain, the pick-up point, soaked to the skin but still smiling. Students attending the second camp were more fortunate and enjoyed sunny weather throughout. First year camp was once again a huge success thanks to the dedication and commitment of the staff, the amazing enthusiasm and energy of the camp leaders and other attending second years. The nature of the activities and games, which are all rapidly becoming camp traditions, such as the Hakka, camp fire national anthems and the talent show, are an essential part of the bonding process and overall experience. It is, however, the enthusiasm and attitude that the first years bring to camp, that makes it such a rewarding and positive experience for all. They are a credit to themselves, the college and to the UWC movement as a whole. It is hoped that the memories of first year camp will be fond ones for a lifetime.

As part of the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desire to remain in touch with the educational philosophies of Kurt Hahn and its continued commitment towards experiential learning and adventure, we have introduced a second year camp for the first time in 2011. Every September, second year students will be given the opportunity to build on their skills: working within a team and challenging themselves as individuals, both physically and mentally during three days of adventure at Challenge Camp! Simon Neenan, Senior Instructor, Atlantic Outdoor Centre

CLOTHES FOR A CAUSE Back in May 2010 Domestic Bursar Ollie Williams, along with a number of students and Houseparents joined the BTR’s (Bristol Textile Recyclers) Clothes for a Cause fundraising project. The college team collect all unwanted clothing, textiles and shoes in recycling bags towards the end of the academic year. In June 2011 UWC Atlantic College recycled 1,320kg of unwanted items and received £660 for the college’s bursary fund.

THE RIB In just three weeks, two UWC Atlantic College Dutch students built Psychedelic Surfer, the rigid-hulled inflatable that defied sceptics to finish in 19th place in Britain’s first ever Round Britain Powerboat Race in 1969 and launched the rigid-hulled inflatable into the consciousness of the life-saving community across the world. Employing modern materials and technologies the original Atlantic boats have been developed into sophisticated variations now used in their hundreds of thousands worldwide by life-saving organisations, the offshore energy industry, the military, the marine racing world and the leisure market. The opening speaker at the 2005 Conference of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects commented that it was ‘probably safe to say that the development of the RIB has been the most significant design development in the small craft area over the past 50 years’, and David Stogdon, former RNLI Inspector of Lifeboats, wrote in 1993, ‘Atlantic College started something which will affect all lifeboat societies in time ... there was a wonderful spirit at the college ... It was largely this spirit which helped us develop the inshore lifeboats round the British Isles.’ David Sutcliffe, a member of the college’s founding staff in 1962, tells this story in ‘The RIB: the Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Lifeboat and its Place of Birth - the Atlantic College’. Funds generated from the sale of the books will go into the Annual Bursary Fund at the college. The book can be ordered at a price of £25 (hardback) and £15 (paperback). Postage and packing costs will apply. You can purchase the book online at: http://www.atlanticcollege.org/the-rib-bydavid-sutcliffe/

CHALLENGE WALES This year for August service period, the UWC Atlantic College ILB service went on a six day sailing trip around Wales and England on the Bristol Channel. We were split into two groups, each staying on the boat for three days. The boat, ‘Challenge Wales,’ is a seventy-two foot racing yacht built to sail around the world. Having finished its racing career, the Challenge Wales is now run as a charity, taking various small groups out around Wales and teaching basic sailing and seamanship skills. The first group left from Cardiff and sailed to Portishead on the first night. They then continued west into the Bristol Channel anchoring overnight in Oxwich Bay, and going to Lundy Island for lunch on the last day before finishing in Swansea. The second group got on the boat in Swansea and sailed out to Lundy Island and back towards Cardiff. During the times that they were not sailing, each group was back at UWC Atlantic College training on powerboats for the upcoming year. The sail provided students with an opportunity to revisit basic skills in preparation for the upcoming year and to gain a better appreciation of the Bristol Channel as a whole. Sailing requires accurate and detailed knowledge of tidal conditions, wind, navigation, rope work, and boat handling; all skills that we use in ILB. In addition, the trip provided a great chance for the year group to bond and get to know one another. We cooked all of our meals and shared responsibility for keeping watch and tidying with the Challenge Wales crew. Current student, Hajar El Fatihi (Morocco) said that, ‘The most important lesson was that team work, communication, and coordination are what lead to perfection’. The tight quarters and shared work allowed us to spend a lot of time together, creating new bonds and strengthening old ones after the summer holidays. Highlights of the trip were many. According to Nicole Hoogelander (The Netherlands), ‘Seeing dolphins in the Bristol Channel, waking up in the middle of the night to watch the ship, great crew members and just being on a ship with eighteen people for three days were the right elements to make this trip a fantastic experience.’ Service members enjoyed experiencing the channel from a new perspective: Cheryne Jonay (Switzerland), reflected on this, saying, ‘I learned to enjoy the way the sails swell with wind, the way the boat cuts through the waves, the way the sun is reflected on the water and the way the tide and especially the wind have their own mind and love to play around with the sea.’ We’d like to especially thank the crew of Challenge Wales, as well as all those who gave donations to allow us to go on this sailing trip. It was truly a fantastic way to start the year, and we hope that it can become a yearly event during August period. Harrison Neuert (US) Harrison is a current second year student

NEWS AN UPDATE ON SUNLEY HOUSE Tuesday 12th April was a sad day for the community at UWC Atlantic College as it suffered a major fire incident in one of the boarding houses, Sunley House, on the east side of the campus. The fire broke out at around midday and the automatic fire alarm system detected the fire and activated alarms. Paul Motte, Principal of UWC Atlantic College said, ‘All staff and students were immediately evacuated in accordance with the college’s fire safety protocols. Correct procedures were adhered to and local fire fighters promptly contained the site of the fire. All individuals were accounted for and no injuries were sustained.’ The primary concern at the time, as always, was for the care and welfare of the students. Measures were taken to minimize the impact of the incident. The boarding house was home to 51 students and alternative accommodation within the castle was promptly allocated for those students who were directly affected. Fire crews from Llantwit Major, Cowbridge and Bridgend arrived quickly at the scene with three appliances with water ladders to tackle the blaze, which was contained to one residential block. The conclusion from the fire service’s investigation were that the fire was accidental, had started in the upstairs quiet room of the house and that the cause was electrical.

The students of Sunley House lived in accommodation within the castle until the end of term in May and upon their return to college in August took up residence in new, temporary accommodation. Some of these students were fortunate enough to be able to retrieve most of their personal possessions, others, unfortunately, lost everything. The support from the college and wider community has been incredible and over £15,000 was raised in a special Sunley Appeal. After consultation with the local authority, and having received appropriate planning consent, the college has put temporary modules on a piece of land inside the main entrance to the college. These units provide accommodation for students that satisfies the appropriate regulatory standards for accommodation of students under 18 by further education colleges, and replicates the provision in the damaged building. The accommodation facilities and recreational and study space will be spread over two storeys. This temporary arrangement will ensure that the college is able to provide its unique programme of education to the usual student body of 350 students without significant interruption or inconvenience. Work has now begun on rebuilding the original Sunley House, which it is anticipated will be ready for occupation in January 2012.

A VIEW FROM SARAH HAMILTON, SUNLEY HOUSEPARENT: ‘On Tuesday 12th April 2011 life as we knew it in Sunley changed dramatically as a major fire devastated the house, with many students losing everything weeks before the IB exams. We relocated to the castle (with some fulfilling a lifelong dream to live in one!) and decided as a house to be positive and look forward. This was possible because of the incredible support that we received. From staff taking student’s laundry home, to homemade cakes being delivered to our new dayroom, donations of clothes and toiletries, posters made by alumni in colleges across the world to care parcels from other UWC’s. We always knew we were privileged to live in such a wonderful community, now we had proof, and the students felt supported and cared for. This enabled the second years to go on to achieve excellent results in the IB, which we are all very proud of! The first years have settled well into their new temporary house but are very much looking forward to moving back ‘home’ in the very near future. Thanks to everyone who helped us through this traumatic event – it was very much appreciated.’ Sarah Hamilton, Sunley Houseparent

PRAYING FOR RAIN Not wishing to bring about an abrupt end to the late summer sunshine, but all at the Atlantic Outdoor Centre are very much watching the autumn weather forecasts with relish and hoping for rain. The reason for this strange longing? The recent acquisition of some White Water Rafts! The rafts, courtesy of a generous donation from Manchester City Football Club via their ‘City in The Community’ programme, are all part of an ever increasing outdoor activity programme based at the centre. The rafts along with a new high ropes tower will bring a much needed boost to the centre’s facilities and hopefully this will help to increase the number of clients currently using the Atlantic Outdoor Centre. Richard Hamilton, Director of Atlantic Outdoor Centre

STAFF JOINING... Every yearUWC UWCAtlantic Atlantic College says ‘Goodbye’ retiring or leaving staff and introduction ‘Hello’ to incoming please Every year College welcomes incomingto staff – please see below a short to some staff of the–staff thatsee we have welcomed over the last twelve months… below a short introduction to some of the staff that we have welcomed over the last twelve months…

Jodie Hopkins

Nick Marten

Admissions Assistant Jodie joined Jan Bishop, Admissions Registrar, at the beginning of 2011 to assist with database management and applications. Jodie has also proven to be very versatile in supporting other departments in the college when needed.

Gerard Kennedy Development Manager

Ged is the newest member of the Development team, starting back in November 2010, his role involves developing the alumni relations and annual giving programmes. UWC Atlantic College is built on a culture of philanthropy and a commitment to bursaries and it is through the annual giving programme that he aims to secure and enhance the bursary provision at the college. Before coming to UWC Atlantic College, Ged worked for Cardiff University where he spent the last 7 years working on Development & Alumni Relations with a particular focus on annual giving.

Acting Director of College Operations As Paul Motte stepped up to the position of Acting Principal whilst we wait for John Walmsley to take up the post, Nick has undertaken the role of Acting Director of College Operations to support the Senior Management Team. Nick has many years’ experience as Bursar (Business Manager) in educational establishments and was formerly Chairman of the Independent Schools’ Bursars Association.

Michele Carolan IT Network Manager

Michele joined the college’s IT team back in November 2010 and supported her department during the large IT maintenance and improvement project that took place during the summer months. Before coming to UWC Atlantic College, Michele worked for Newport City Council’s Information Technology Department.

We welcome a number of new team members including:

• Leanne Hardacre

• Vicki Andrews

• Tom Gill

• Stephen George

• Delith James

• Linda Diment

• Christine Clarke

• Tracey Williams

Head of Human Resources Natalie joined the college in March 2011 to set up a formal Human Resources function. Natalie operates the HR department from the newly renovated Lower Gatehouse by the Portcullis entrance. Natalie has spent many years in HR, much of which was spent in education, including working for the International Baccalaureate in Cardiff.

Katy Phillips

Development Coordinator

Domestic, Kitchen & Estates team… • Bethan Deere

Natalie Renny

As the Development Coordinator, Katy is responsible for organising the UWC Atlantic College Reunion weekends, Leavers’ Ceremony, London Receptions and other development and fundraising events, in addition to general administration. Prior to working at the college, between 2008 and 2010 Katy was a Sabbatical Officer at the University of the West of England Students’ Union where she had previously studied at the University’s Business School as a Marketing student.

Very recent additions to the UWC Atlantic College team: • Gareth Tarbutt,

• Ewa Turlik-Janvier,

History Teacher

Chinese Teacher & French abinitio

• Angharad James, English Teacher

• Lindsay Dunseith, Maths Teacher

• Sue Belcher, Chemistry Teacher

• Rob Archer, Instructor (AOC)

STAFF LEAVING... Over the course of the past year we have said ‘Goodbye’, ‘So long for now’ and ‘Bon voyage’ to a number of staff who we are extremely grateful to for their contribution to the college and would like to wish them all the very best for the future…

Neil Richards

Ferenc Beleznay

Mark Hamilton

Principal

Mathematics Teacher

Neil Richards has now moved on from UWC Atlantic College to pursue his other interests in the field of education and is now continuing his career in Thailand. Neil did some truly fantastic work during his three years at the college which leaves a legacy from which we can continue to go from strength to strength.

Ferenc was a teacher at the college for 2 years and has recently moved to another UWC college – UWC Red Cross Nordic, where he continues to teach.

IDP Instructor and Houseparent of Gwent House

Tristian Stobie Vice Principal Academic After 2 years at the college, helping to develop and implement the college’s own unique educational model, Tristian has moved on to pastures new in Cambridge where he will be working on the Cambridge Pre-U.

Ray & Angie Silkstone Head of History and English Teacher (respectively)

Nick Paterson Temporary Head of Art Nick took up the post as maternity cover and provided the college’s students with expert art teaching as well as instruction in the media and communications service (MACS).

Gethin Sheppard Temporary Librarian Gethin joined the college as maternity cover ‘on loan’ from Cowbridge Library. Gethin was popular with students and teachers alike and helped with many archiving projects – you can imagine what treasures our archives hold!

Between them, Ray and Angie dedicated over 14 years to working for UWC Atlantic College – committed to both teaching and service (Ray having worked at the college for 11 years). They will be missed but we wish them well as they retire from the college.

Lydia Morey

Carolyn Preest

Work Based Manager, IDP

PA to Director of College Operations

Neil joined the college in July 2007 and spent over three years committed to the success of the Integrated Development Programme. Neil was very proud of the high achievements of the programme.

Carolyn was a valued member of the college’s support staff and a talented artist but has recently returned to the Scottish Highlands.

Japanese Teacher Lydia spent a year at UWC Atlantic College providing instruction in Japanese to our enthusiastic students.

Neil David

Janet Smith Trust, Corporate & Legacy Fundraising Coordinator Jan joined the Development Department in 2007 and managed the legacies and trusts aspect of the fundraising function. Jan remains closely connected to the college community and is enjoying her retirement.

Mark joined the college in May 2001 and was a Houseparent for the Integrated Development Programme’s boarding house for many years. He lived down at the seafront with his wife Sarah and daughter Martha. Due to a funding restructure at the Welsh Assembly Government, the IDP closed earlier in the year, and so it is that we say ‘Goodbye’ to Mark and thank him for his commitment and passion to the job over the last 10 years.

Susan Williams IDP Head of Learning/Student Support Susan was a member of the UWC Atlantic College team for 18 years and did a fantastic job working with the Integrated Development Programme.

Pamela Elworthy IDP Essential Skills Tutor Pamela joined the college in October 2008 and worked closely with Neil and the rest of the IDP team to deliver the very successful 2-year programme.

Linda Alexander & Gail Hughes IDP NVQ Assessor/Employer Liaison Officers During their time at the college Linda and Gail provided important support to the students on the Integrated Development Programme, particularly when they began using the skills that they had learned at the college in the workplace.

Domestic & Kitchen team… We would like to say ‘goodbye’ to number of our domestic team – some have moved on to pastures new and some were with us on a temporary basis. We would like to give thanks and say ‘all the very best for the future’ to: Stacey Britton, Jacqueline Pitman, Karen Dreyer, Kevin John, Laurence Howey, Claire Leader, Karen Hedges, Helen McFall, Alex Forrester, Pooprong Vararat, Matthew Prudham and Ferenc Miklos Beleznay.

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JOURNEY TO THE ROOFTOP OF AFRICA... When I reached Uhuru Peak on 19th February 2011, I cried. Probably less of joy than of relief: the 6 day upward trek was over and it was all downhill from there... and in this case, downhill is good! It took a few more days for me to feel satisfaction: when, travelling back from Arusha to Nairobi I could see Kilimanjaro in the distance and thought to myself: ‘Wow! Really? I was at the top of that? Amazing!’ Climbing the tallest mountain in Africa is not a technical effort. It doesn’t have the treacherous snow and ice of my native Switzerland’s glaciers, it doesn’t require you to walk roped-up and with crampons, nor does it involve any climbing. However, it isn’t just a walk in the park: the altitude gets to most trekkers and in some extreme cases can even cost them their life. My co-year, Justin Lowe had suggested some years ago that we climb Kilimanjaro. Though my immediate answer was “not a chance”, I eventually came round to the idea and we started planning. This involves: deciding which trekking agency to go with, choosing the time of the year to travel, picking the route, collecting all the equipment necessary and, in my case, raising money for UWC Atlantic College. Picking the trekking agency was a delicate decision, as some organisers are lousy. During the hike, we heard of one which regularly gives its porters too much to carry. Another’s new tents flooded on the first night of rain. A third didn’t provide the hikers with enough food and sent them up on the final ascent (a trek which can last over 12 hours) with less than 2 litres of water. However, we were pleased to find that our porters had decent shoes and clothing and there seemed to be enough food for everyone. I was keen to avoid the crowds of the dry season (summer) and had heard that winter is the ‘short rain season’. We hoped this meant it would be dryish, yet there would still be snow to see at the top. Sure enough, the peak was white, but this was one wet week for camping! It rained the first night, poured the second, the fourth day we had snow and sleet and on day five we were pelted with hail! Somehow we were spared by the elements for the final ascent and the whole descent. Anyhow, by that time we had concluded that the ‘long rains’ had started early this year. The Lemosho route we took is very diverse in flora and landscapes. It brought us from a pine forest akin to those of Europe, through the rain forest complete with hanging lichens and Colobus monkeys, into the heathers, over moorlands and across alpine deserts. Most importantly, the route led us step by step up to the summit, helping us acclimatize to the high altitude along the way.

The first few days weren’t too challenging as our guide encouraged us to take it ‘pole pole’ (slowly) from the start. It’s on the fourth day, when we reached 4,000m / 13,000ft, an altitude higher than I’d ever attained in the Alps that I felt the first effects of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). My symptoms started with a light-headedness which soon moved on to a headache. While this got worse, nausea kicked in until I eventually lost my appetite and felt entirely drained of energy. Thankfully, when we reached the next camp back under 4000m, my body had acclimatised and I was able to recover in the evening. Needless to say, this scenario played out again during the final ascent. The last stretch up is by far the most wearing effort I’ve put my body through in its 29 years of life. The guides woke us at 11pm to get us walking by midnight. By 3am, my headache was getting uncomfortable and by sunrise I was wondering how I’d ever make it to the top. At about 7am we reached Stella Point and I had to decide whether to keep going or call it a day. This is when the UWC Atlantic College fundraising effort made the difference: I was unwilling to turn around and have to explain to all the generous donors that I’d made it to Kili... but not quite to the top. So I shut everything out and kept trudging along, taking breaks every 30 steps or so because I couldn’t take in enough air. And it paid off! At around 8am we made it to the peak. AMS never got bad enough for me to lose consciousness or lucidity. I have since met people that don’t remember being at the summit even though there are photos of them by the emblematic wooden post. But not all of this trip was tough and unpleasant. Like my time at UWC Atlantic College, the people – my co-trekkers, our guide and porters – made the journey most memorable: from talking to our guide about his life and family to the late night fits of laughter in the tent. I will also cherish in my mind’s eye the amazing colours of the sunset at Shira 2 campsite and the sunrise during the final ascent. Finally, a certain interest in discovering smaller (but nearer) summits of the Alps has arisen from this adventure... but I doubt you’ll find me on Everest any time soon. I’d like to thank all those who supported UWC Atlantic College through this adventure, including Anna Riley (class of 1998), Christian Schreiber (class of 1979), Eveline DeBruijn (class of 2001), Gabriel Salarich (class of 2001), Hen-Ru May Tan (class of 1997), Laurie Bamon (class of 2002), Leo Barasi (class of 2001), Robbie Blake (class of 2001), Stella Chow (class of 1969), Veronica Chamberlain (class of 1973), and many more!

Isabelle Dérobert (class of 2001) Kilimanjaro is a chain of three volcanoes, the tallest being Kibo on which is situated Uhuru Peak.

THREE FACTS ABOUT KILIMANJARO 1 The world record for getting from the gates to the peak is held by Spaniard Killian Jornet Burgada who did the ascent in 5 hours 23 minutes and 50 seconds on 28th September 2010.

LEMOSHO ROUTE

2 Older trekkers, women and smokers have a better success rate at reaching the summit.

3 Young men have a reputation of going too fast and having to turn back due to AMS.

HIGHEST SUMMITS ON EACH CONTINENT

Start 2,389m / 7,838ft

North America - McKinley 6,194m / 20,320 ft (Alaska, USA)

Big tree camp 2,785m / 9,137ft

South America - Aconcagua 6,962m / 22,841 ft (Argentina)

Shira 1 camp 3,504m / 11,496ft

Western Europe - Mont Blanc 4,810m / 15,781ft (France)

Shira 2 camp 3,895m / 12,779ft

Eastern Europe - Elbrus 5,642 m/ 18,510 ft (Russia)

Barranco camp 3,986m / 13,077ft

Barafu (base-)camp 4,662m / 15,295ft

Stella Point 5,745m / 18,848ft

Uhuru Peak 5,895m / 19,341ft

9 Mweka camp 3,106m / 10,190ft 10 End 1,633m / 5,358ft

Africa - Kilimanjaro 5,895m / 19,341 ft (Tanzania) Asia - Everest 8,848m / 29,035ft (Nepal) // Base camp at 5,364m / 17,598ft Oceania - Puncak Jaya 4,884m / 16,024 ft (Indonesia) Antarctica - Vision Massif 4.892m /16,050ft

NEWS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT This past year has proved to be an even busier period than usual for the Development Department. We have been developing our alumni relations programme, have begun preparations for UWC Atlantic College’s 50th anniversary in 2012 and, of course, we continue to fundraise to secure and enhance the college’s bursary programme. The Development team:

Teleri Roberts Development Director

Gerard Kennedy Development Manager

Shella George Database and Finance Administrator

Thank you to our alumni for re-engaging with the college, for attending the Reunions and for your positive response to our e-newsletters. We want to ensure that you receive all the latest news and information from the college, so please don’t forget to let us know of any changes to your contact details. You can update your details via our website: http://www.atlanticcollege.org/updateinformation/ Katy Phillips Developer Coordinator

Bernice Branch Development Assistant

CELEBRATING ALUMNI SUPPORT

LEGACY CAMPAIGN

We are extremely pleased to announce that there are currently 57 students at the college who are supported directly by the Development Department’s fundraising activities. This is in addition to bursaries and support provided via the various UWC National Committees.

A legacy campaign was launched back in 2009 with the aim of supporting the future of the college. We received a remarkable response and are delighted to announce that we now have a total of £3million pledged.

Of these 57 students, 22 are here (from Vietnam, Russia, Afghanistan, East Timor, Egypt, Haiti, El Savador and Namibia to name a few) thanks to the magnificent support of our alumni. So a big ‘thank you’ to every single person who has made a donation directly to UWC Atlantic College. Your support really does make a significant difference and helps to maintain a genuinely diverse international student body at St Donat’s Castle.

CLASS BURSARIES At the 2010 Reunions, the classes of 1980 and 1990 each pledged to support a bursary at the college. This fantastic achievement has provided two of our current second year students, Daniel RamirezMontero (Mexico) and Justyna Gawel (Poland) with a partial bursary each supported by the class of 1990. This year’s Reunion classes were also hugely successful in raising class bursaries: The class of 1991 pledged to support a total of three bursaries for the 2012/2014 period. The class of 1981 pledged an amount of £29,000 per year on a regular, ongoing basis; providing a new bursary place at the college every other year.

Reunion class of 1971, 1981 & 1991

The growing number of class supported bursaries follows on from the success of the class of 1984 whose second supported student graduated from the college this year. Similarly, the class of 1979 has completed its Seafront Challenge campaign (to raise much needed funds to maintain the seafront area of the college and provide a new ILB surf rescue training vessel) and is currently supporting a second year student, Jessica Jean Claude (Haiti) with a full bursary. Not to be outdone, the graduating class of 2011 has also left its mark on the college. Through their support of the Graduation Class Gift Campaign the class of 2011 raised over £600 for the college. And finally, thanks again to the class of 69,75,77,78 and 89, all of whom have in recent years successfully funded a bursary at the college.

UWC ATLANTIC COLLEGE’S US FOUNDATION Thanks to the ongoing and growing support of our alumni based in the United States of America, the college’s US Foundation has been able to provide its fourth consecutive bursary. We welcomed Safar Kurbansho from Tajikistan this September. Safar is the first student from Tajikistan to join us at UWC Atlantic College.

Reunion class of 2001

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS We remain extremely grateful to all our ‘non-alumni’ donors. Your steadfast loyalty to the college is equally important to us, in helping to secure a viable bursary programme. You too will no doubt be encouraged by this continued and increasing support from our alumni which will hopefully reinforce your commitment to and belief in UWC Atlantic College’s work. Teleri Roberts Development Director

FUNDRAISING PROJECTS We appreciate all of the donations that we receive and every amount counts. You can also help us in other ways. Many of our alumni have supported the college through their own fundraising initiatives. For example, Yoyo Schepers (wife of Manfred, class of 1979) is trekking to the South Pole, Justin Lowe and Isabelle Derobert (class of 2001) climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and Kathryn Tomlinson (class of 1994) is taking part in a 10k race in Inverness all to raise funds for the college.

UWC ATLANTIC COLLEGEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 50TH ANNIVERSARY IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING On 19th September 2012 UWC Atlantic College will celebrate its 50th anniversary. 50 years of inspiring and transforming the lives, not only of the generations of students who have studied at the college, but also of the communities in which they live and work. 50 years of reaching out across cultural, political, religious and economic barriers and bringing together nations, cultures and backgrounds in an effort to foster mutual understanding and peace in the world. We are now less than a year away from this momentous occasion â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and we intend to celebrate!

NEWS SO FAR...

THINK ‘50 FOR 50’

As we approach our 50th anniversary we are keen to celebrate the successes of the last 50 years and look towards the next 50 years. To help us to do this we commissioned research agency DJS to carry out a survey of our alumni – thank you to all of those who participated. The information has proven to be incredibly helpful in forming the strategic plan for the next 50 years. You can view a summary of the key findings at:

The ’50 for 50’ campaign is a celebration of the last 50 years, but it is also about providing a stable platform from which to build on for the next 50 years. In an ever-changing world the college strives to maintain the diversity of its student population. This diversity is one of the college’s strengths and helps to make UWC Atlantic College a unique place to live and learn. To maintain this diversity we must reach out to the far corners of the world to attract and encourage new students. To make this happen we must ensure that we have adequate bursary provision to allow students to take places at the college based on merit and potential, not on the ability to pay.

http://www.atlanticcollege.org/dec-2010-enewsletter-fullsurvey-report/ On 19th September this year we launched a dedicated 50th anniversary microsite to celebrate this special occasion with a range of interactive features and to commemorate the history of the college. Each month, as we countdown to the anniversary, we will launch a new and exciting feature. To make sure that you don’t miss out we will drop you an email and notify you on facebook and twitter when new features and sections are added. You can visit the microsite at: www.atlanticcollege.org/50th or via our main website.

IMPORTANT DATES... Wednesday 19th September 2012 is the date of our official anniversary so we will be celebrating all week with a range of events. Full details of what is happening will be announced on the microsite and personal invitations to specific activities will be sent directly. 16th – 22nd September 2012 is UWC’s week-long celebration of its 50th anniversary entitled ‘Celebrating with Action’. All UWC schools, colleges, alumni, national committees and friends will be encouraged to ‘celebrate with action’ in a way that reflects the UWC mission. The UWC website, social media platforms and extranet will be used to help members to share their actions and will include information about how you can get involved and show your support. If you have not yet signed up to the extranet please visit http://extranet.uwc.org/register

Our aim is to secure £500,000 a year in regular giving to the alumni annual bursary fund by July 2014 (when the very first UWC Atlantic College students have their 50 year Reunion). Regular gifts help create a sustainable income stream and enable us to plan for the future with confidence.

How to give The simplest and most effective way to support us is online where you can give monthly or annually: www.atlanticcollege.org/support-atlantic-college/ To help us celebrate our anniversary in style, make your donation symbolic by including the number 50 in your gift. That could be £50, $50, €50 a year, month or week. Or how about £5000?! Your support will help the college continue to provide inspirational and transformational education that is as relevant in today’s world as when the college was founded. Make your regular gift online and help us transform UWC Atlantic College for the next 50 years. To find out about other ways to donate please call: +44 (0)1446 799147 Or email: development@atlanticcollege.org The Development Department

Friday 30th November 2012 will see UWC Atlantic College’s biggest ever alumni Reunion take place at Merchant Taylor’s Hall in London. All alumni are invited to what is expected to be a truly amazing event. So, pop this date in your diary and get ready to receive news and updates about the party as well as notification when the tickets go on sale in January. Please note that tickets are limited.

Facilitators and participants pose together during the last day of the course.

¡INTEGRANDO A MÉXICO! The new movement of social change makers ¡Integrando a México! is a summer project conceptualised, developed and implemented by students and alumni of the UWC schools and colleges; in particular UWC Atlantic College. Below, two of our alumni describe the project and their experiences. ¡Integrando a México! is a four week youth empowerment course that aims to provide skills to young people so that they can become agents of social change in their communities and across the country. I created the initiative in 2009, and, with the help of 12 other students and alumni from UWC Atlantic College, carried out ¡Integrando a México! for the first time in the summer of 2010 in the city of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. 29 young people from 11 different cities from across the country participated in the course. Due to the success of the project, we ran the course for the second time in 2011 in the same host city, this time with the collaboration of 12 students and alumni from UWC Atlantic College and UWC-USA, and it was even more successful with participation from 42 Mexican 15-18 year olds. The course consists of six areas. The first one, which takes place in the first week, is ‘Constructive Engagement of Conflict’. In this area, workshops are used to teach a practical approach to constructively engage conflicts based on values such as solidarity, empathy, respect, communication and teamwork. During the mornings of the second week, the participants take part in community service sessions, in which they work with grassroots organisations from San Miguel de Allende in projects that tackle the social problems of the community. The community services include Constructive Engagement of Conflict workshops for 8-12 year-old children, ‘Art & Social Issues’ workshops for 6-12 year-old children, ‘Recycled Art’ workshops for 8-12 year-old children, the construction of a house and the construction of an eco-friendly stove. In total, the projects benefit more than 150 members of the local community. Then, during the afternoons, participants take part in one of four creative workshops: ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’, ‘Visual Arts’, ‘Music’, and

‘Radio’, and in them learn a variety of creative skills while creating a project that reflects their perspectives of the course, its themes, and its values. Next, in the third week, participants engage in social issues activities. In these activities, they obtain profound information about the past and present of pressing social issues in Mexico, such as education, environment, nutrition, and poverty, and use this information to do creative projects that raise awareness of current issues. Also, during the third week, they participate in ‘Civic Engagement’ workshops. In these workshops, they learn the basics about democracy and its history throughout the world as well as Mexico, and the current forms of civic engagement. The participants then become part of a community that has to take part in a role play situation using different forms of civic participation with the intention of engaging in a referendum about marihuana legalisation. In this exercise participants learn about the importance of active civic engagement in the advancement of solutions to social problems. Finally, the ‘Social Project Development’ workshops take place in the fourth week. These workshops enable participants to develop their project from its conception through to its realisation and establish it as a sustainable and scalable project. At the same time, the participants are allocated to one of the four following areas: culture, education, environment or justice and human rights, and create their own related project. So far, more than 30 projects have been created. It is hoped that they will have a significant social impact on their communities. To conclude, this course is an innovative and, intellectually and culturally, enriching educational experience that uses the UWC values as a basis to make social entrepreneurship, civic engagement and national integration the means to improve the life conditions in Mexico, put youth at the centre of a new movement of social change makers and ultimately strive to achieve the movement’s mission of attaining peace and a sustainable future. Patricio Provencio (Mexico) Patricio is a 2009 alumnus and is currently studying Sociology at University.

After a month and a week of intense work, this is what !Integrando a Mexico! 2011 has generated: One ranch, one campus, 41 participants, 41 individual social projects and as many idealistic visions as the number of eager minds that created them and believe in their realisation. Starting with constructive engagement of conflict theory, community service sessions, social issue activities and civic engagement, our team of 13 facilitators went through a journey of discovery with the 41 Mexican participants who joined us in San Miguel de Allende Mexico. Throughout the project we shared our knowledge, sometimes not precise enough to quench the thirst of these change makers. We discussed and shared ideas, and values. More importantly we took part in a communion. We are a generation of change, eager to act upon our respective realities and are restless for action. It seems to me that these 41 participants are one step ahead of us. As a facilitator, I chose to support Patricio Provencio’s initiative and contribute to it with my input. It is his vision we all worked towards and, with this vision in mind, we gave all we could. Thinking of the open day and the presentation of the social projects, I find myself confronted with the conclusion that for the time being I do not have the strength to initiate such a project in my own community. We all have a lot to learn from these 41 young adults who decided to act upon their society, despite the fear. I know that the memory of the nervous and excited faces of the participants will accompany me once I decide to engage on this same path. With such a complete and complex programme, every one of the participants found a source of inspiration in a different activity: sometimes the concrete volunteering work of a community service session or sometimes the in-depth analysis of a social issue specific to Mexico. Looking at it with the insight of a several weeks, I can understand the full meaning of the word facilitate: a form of guidance allowing you to consider a multitude of options in order to make an enlightened decision. As one of the ancestors of our team, I have experienced two editions of the short course ¡Integrando a México! The first draft, a bit scruffy but full of passion and idealism; the second draft, more structured but perhaps too ambitious. Our roles also differed between the two, which brings me to draw the conclusion that more Spanish speakers are necessary to ensure an optimal quality of teaching. But the international aspect always becomes an important part of the experience. Being passionate also implies being vulnerable; we allow ourselves to take our projects to our hearts. Now that the routine of daily life regains its importance, we can only hope that our 41 change makers will find the strength to continue despite the resistance that they will meet. The safe space we created was a bubble (maybe just as a much as a UWC school or college) and reality comes with a bundle of challenges to face. Well, I will simply thank all my colleagues, friends and participants for the hard work, the laughter and the sympathy, and end this article by reminding each and every one of you that we do not stand alone. This generation of change is restless, let’s start moving things around. Catherine Ador (Switzerland) Catherine is a 2011 alumna and is currently in Cambodia working on the United World Schools project; she will enroll at McGill University, Montreal in September 2012.

GO MAD! Go MAD stands for Go Make A Difference and is an initiative set up by alumna Jill Longson and her husband Colin Habgood designed to enable UWC Atlantic College second year students to realise ideas that they have for community projects. Below, Lindsay Riddoch, Sheila Namirembe, Laura Rigell and Alex Durand tell us about their Go MAD projectsâ&#x20AC;Ś

1000 VOICES When Jill Longson and her husband, Colin, announced that they were going to give me ÂŁ750 in order to kick start the 1000 Voices Campaign the feelings of elation and pressure were incredibly intertwined. My pitch discussed the seriousness of the problem of mental illness in young people and the skeleton of an idea to draw attention to it; collect 1000 expressions, in whatever form, of mental illness from young people throughout Britain. Since then, this skeleton has formed into a fully functioning website www.1000voicescampaign.com which has, to this day, received over 10,000 hits. A big boost came from Stephen Fry sending out a tweet to advertise it; leading to contributions coming in thick and fast.

The website makes for shocking, yet often inspiring, reading. The poems, pictures and stories reek of intelligent articulation and honesty. I hope that the people who have already contributed have found the experience of writing, at least to some extent, soothing; whilst I hope that those who have read them have found it eye-opening and inspiring. With all the progress made I am still a long way off collecting 1000 expressions. I am waiting for this point to create an exhibition of the works; something I am saving a lot of the money for. Furthermore, I hope to, in the near future, publish posters to display in student unions to simultaneously raise mental health awareness and encourage further contributions. Lindsay Riddoch (class of 2011) Lindsay is from the UK

GO MAD!

KENYA-UGANDA SUMMER PROJECT Within this project there are five main areas: food security, environmental sustainability, healthcare and sanitation, IT and Bukulua fisherman’s village. Below Sheila gives a brief explanation of each:

Food security I visited a disabled people’s orphanage before the start of the project. The conditions I found in this place were appalling. The orphanage is home to more than twenty five disabled children ranging from the age of 2 to 16 years. It is also home to grown up women who have lived in the orphanage for most of their lives. In order to self-sustain the orphanage the women and children are encouraged to do something with their hands. The saying “disability is not inability” was very evident in their lives. With the funds from Go-MAD I was able to purchase garden hoes and carpentry machinery to assist them.

Environmental sustainability In Kalungu, which is one of the poorest districts in Uganda and the worst hit by deforestation, we started a long lasting project. We started a nursery bed with 1500 seedlings of Milicia excelas. The seedlings have a growth period of 2-4 weeks. I am in touch with the district chairman and he updates me about their growth and the plans to supply them to farmers. This was one of the main achievements of this project. We embarked on practical workshops with children in school: we involved them in tree planting in areas where trees had been massively cut down. Replanting trees without letting people know the reasons why we should not cut down the trees would have been ineffective. With the involvement of these children from rural areas, I knew they would spread the word to their parents in order to preserve the tropical forests.

Healthcare and sanitation Our main focus under this was the government aided schools normally referred to as Universal primary education. Most of the pupils of these schools are orphans and are taking care of relatives who cannot afford to send them to private schools. The most pressing need I saw with these children was healthcare. After

analyzing the problems, I noticed that most of the children were malnourished and needed immediate attention: we were able to de-worm around 600 children, aged 3-11 years, in two schools.

IT We worked in Kibera slum, which is the biggest slum in Kenya and Africa beating Soweto in South Africa. We gave basic computer lessons to teenagers - with these skills some of them plan to start up internet cafes where they will provide basic services of typing, printing, scanning and internet access in the future with the help of loans from micro-finance organisations.

Bukulula Fisherman’s village By the shores of Lake Victoria there is a small fisherman’s village with more than half the population suffering from HIV. Fishing is their main source of income. However, this has slowed down in the last five years. Fish scarcity is not the reason behind this there is simply no more means of clearing the stubborn water hyacinth that has eaten 200 metres of the landing site. Each time they go fishing it has to be cleared. I myself tried to pull out a few of these weeds and I was left breathless. There is almost no way that you can embark on such a task using your hands. In an effort to help them get back onto their economic feet, we donated garden forks manufactured to do hard manual labour. The 5 weeks spent in Kenya and Uganda were very eye opening to me. I was shocked by the circumstances in my country Uganda! These conditions were no different from the ones in Kenya. If it was not for the Go-MAD empowerment, I don’t think I would have realised how grave the poverty, healthcare and environmental issues are in my country. As I still embark on my academic pursuits, I have been shaped partly by my UWC Atlantic College experience and re-shaped by the problems that my country faces. I am taking steps towards equipping myself with and education that enhances my problem solving skills that I will later apply when I go back home to Uganda. Sheila Namirembe (class of 2011) Sheila is from Uganda

GO MAD!

TENNYEN The Beginning of a Youth Sustainability Movement in the American South Every generation needs a revolution. Today youth are rallying around sustainability from Cairo to Washington D.C., even in the least likely of places such as the American South. Two UWC alumni, Laura Rigell (UWC Atlantic College) and Alex Durand (UWC-SEA) are taking a gap year to channel the energy of environmentally conscientious youth toward effective action in their home state, Tennessee. To put the UWC mission into practice, Laura and Alex are forming the Tennessee Youth Environmental Network (TennYEN). TennYEN aims to cultivate skills and confidence in Tennessee youth, enabling them to lead a transition in their homes, schools, and communities to an environmentally sustainable lifestyle. TennYen emphasises practical ways that students can achieve change and presents only up-to-date, unbiased scientific information. Their vision: informed, inspired, and united youth working together for sustainability and conservation in their communities and across the state. All Tennessean youth are invited to join TennYEN, including environmental clubs, organisations, and conscientious individuals. Members of the network will receive updates, resources, and opportunities to get involved in local and statewide campaigns. One of TennYEN’s statewide campaigns is a pledge that 25% of a school’s net energy use will come

from renewable sources by 2025, in conjunction with a nationwide 25x25 campaign. Laura and Alex are travelling across the state to hold programs with science classes and clubs, to recruit new members to TennYEN and get more groups involved in campaigns. These programs emphasize the need for immediate action in response to climate change, in light of the precautionary principle (a ‘better safe than sorry’ approach). They have already held this presentation with three classes and plan to visit at least 25 in total during this academic year. ‘The students really seemed to be on the same page as us at the end of the programme,’ commented Laura Rigell. ‘Afterwards, they were eager to get involved in their school’s Green Initiative Club.’ Inspired by a positive vision of communities without dependence on fossil fuels, these UWC alumni will continue to spread the excitement for a sustainable transition. Check out TennYEN’s website, www.tennyen.org, for more information. Laura Rigell ( UWC Atlantic College, class of 2011) & Alex Durand (UWC SEA, class of 2011) Both Laura and Alex are from the US

STUDENT STORIES

ONCE YOU’VE REALISED

MY SUMMER

Picture the scene in your head: you’re an 18 year old French Canadian boy, studying in a castle in Wales. You are emotionally strong and you’ve coped well with the distance separating you from your family. Separating you from your mother, your father, your two brothers and your two sisters. You’ve never been without them, and, even worse than that, the times you’ve left Canada can be counted on one hand that’s missing three fingers. You’ve been speaking English “fluently” for about two years and you’re pretty much the only member of you ‘famille’ that can do so (even though you’re ‘Canadiens’). You’re one of the only people in the whole of your adoptive country that can understand your dialect when you speak French. This means that cultural understanding may not be one of your strengths...

Following a year of ILB (Inshore Lifeboat training) at UWC Atlantic College, I decided to contact my local lifeboat team about perhaps helping out in the summer break. The Severn Area Rescue Association (SARA) is a charity dedicated to saving lives in the Severn area, not only with lifeboats, but with a team trained in mountain, swift water, land, mud and flood rescue. Due to my commitment to the Malaysian Summer Project, which I will come on to later, I was only available for a short time; yet managed to engage in land-based rescue training and the annual duck race fundraiser (dressed as a duck!), which raised thousands of pounds for SARA.

The month of May has arrived with surprisingly acceptable weather! Today, your little self is going on a hike in the Brecon Beacons with some other students, your ‘Housepapa’, your English teacher (he’s the one to blame if this piece of writing doesn’t reach the standards expected...) and some other teachers. It’s a nice walk with such nice landscapes! You’re just delighted by the scenery. You get to an altitude of about 520 meters when you see this: a Vickers Wellington bomber or, in intelligible English, a plane from the Second World War. You read the stone memorial and you find out that the entire crew was from Canada... Most of them were ‘Québécois’. You were not prepared for such a shock. The plane crashed on 20th November 1944. You look at the wreckage and suddenly realise an important fact: it could have been anyone. It could have been your grandfather (or ‘Pépère’ as you used to call him), your neighbour who used to offer you a can of Pepsi when you mowed his lawn, or even that old, weird but caring man that makes the ice at the hockey rink... It could have been one of these people who actually mean something to you. And you can’t help but think about the families involved in this. Without entering a political debate, was this war important enough for Canadians to lose some of their valiant men? Even though you’re emotionally strong, you can’t help but shed a tear in memory of these people. You are now more than glad to be in a school that promotes cultural understanding (which you’re getting better at) and global peace. You are just glad.

Towards the end of July, I went on the Malaysian Summer Project (MSP), which is an annual summer exchange programme with TCS College, Sarawack. We previously had an amazing time with TCS students visiting UWC Atlantic College to try services and codes, but my visit to Kuching, on the island of Borneo was the experience of a lifetime. Throughout the year, we’ve been involved in planning this amazing project, which began with a week at longhouse in the Serian Jungle, eating water snails, sugar cane and hiking to a breath-taking waterfall and Indonesia. The most memorable event, however, was a fire in the village. The fire brigade took over an hour to reach the village, so it was up to us to throw water at the fire and clear out nearby houses. In the second and third week, we joined TCS for community service including teaching at an orphanage, working in old folks homes, visiting a children’s’ cancer centre and a school for the mentally handicapped. The project was truly a once in a lifetime opportunity, allowing me to integrate with a whole new culture and discover a passion for teaching. My summer finished with a spectacular B-boat training session with the air rescue helicopter, which came as a surprise when I returned to UWC Atlantic College early to help out with Reunions, where I met many inspiring alumni. Being a student at UWC Atlantic College has opened up a world of experiences and this summer really was one of the best. Catherine Arnold (UK) Cath is a current second year student

Julyen Renaud (Québec, Canada) Julyen is a current second year student

ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS ECO SCHOOLS GREEN FLAG & SILVER AWARD

Erica Jamieson and Rune Oster Mortensen Co Chairs of Sustainability Council.

The Eco Schools programme is an international initiative that encourages students to engage with environmental and sustainable development issues. It provides a highly structured system for the environmental management of schools. It was at the UN Conference on Environment & Development (Rio Earth Summit) in1992 that a need to involve young people in finding solutions to environmental and sustainable development challenges at local level was identified. As a result the Eco Schools programme was developed in 1994 by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and introduced into the UK in 1995. The Eco Schools International Green Flag, awarded to schools with high achievement in their programme, is a recognised and respected eco-label for performance in Education for Sustainable Development. The Eco Schools programme is a long-term activity, with the award being re-assessed and renewed every two years. Through the successful implementation of Eco Schools by Mark Hamilton and the Integrated Development Programme at UWC Atlantic College, the whole college is much more aware of its environmental responsibilities and activities. We now have Eco representatives in every student boarding house that ensure students are kept informed about all projects and activities.

The most significant development is the creation of a Sustainability Council, which is made up of a number of student representatives from each initiative or service with an environmental focus, that meets once a month to discuss new developments across the campus. This is an important development and will ensure that any future aims of the college within this area will be considered by all and be conducive to ensuring the environment is at the heart of major decisions made here at UWC Atlantic College. We are also involved in the creation of an Environmental Network across all the UWCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ensuring that we keep each other informed of activities and new ideas. We are incredibly proud to announce that we, UWC Atlantic College, have now been awarded the Eco Schools Green Flag and Silver Award. The achievement of these awards means that we are one inspection away from gaining the Platinum Award, which only a handful of schools have ever been awarded. Watch this space! Sarah Hamilton, Sunley Houseparent

AWARDS FOR WILDLIFE 2011 Back in the 2009 edition of ‘ATLANTIC’ we updated you on the orchard that the Estates service planted in the valley that year. There are 30 fruit trees in the valley orchard including apples, pears, damsons, gages and plums. Two years on and the orchard has begun to establish. The trees are bearing fruit and the surrounding area has matured. In addition to this orchard retaining and re-introducing old apple varieties it became an area dedicated to biodiversity. The Estates service team wanted to increase the biodiversity of this area and consequently increase the health of the eco-system. By allowing the orchard to grow as it would naturally the number and variations of life forms in this habitat should increase, and hopefully reduce extinctions. The success of this area of biodiversity at UWC Atlantic College was recognised earlier in the year by the Awards for Wildlife 2011 competition, which is sponsored by the Vale of Glamorgan Biodiversity Partnership, as the college was awarded second place in the Business and Colleges category. The college is a member of the Biodiversity Partnership and will be entering the competition with a new biodiversity area next year…

Members of the Estates service working on the biodiversity orchard garden

VSO INTERNS A FOREWORD BY KEN CORN, DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH As part of UWC Atlantic College’s Outreach programme, we are establishing partnerships with a variety of organisations and projects that synergistically share our Mission objectives, and with whom we can work towards realising these. As well, we are working to ensure that our students have opportunities beyond their regular term times at UWC Atlantic College to further their own commitment to the ideals of the college and continue to pursue these in myriad ways. To these ends, we have established a strong partnership with Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO), which amongst its many aims seeks to enhance educational opportunities in the developing world. As a part of this relationship, over the past two years UWC Atlantic College students have served as interns working with VSO in a variety of functions at their office in London. Our recent VSO student interns, Maria Osman and Laila Heitmann, spent a part of this past summer gaining new skills and insight into the workings of a large NonGovernmental Organisation (NGO) such as VSO, and having returned to the college for their second year are continuing to develop this partnership and take it to the next stage. Their experiences serve as a model for the ideal that a UWC Atlantic College education is an education that makes a difference, not just for two years, but for a lifetime. Laila and Maria get ready for work at VSO in London

DIARY EXTRACTS FROM MARIA OSMAN’S AND LAILA HEITMANN’S JOURNALS FROM 6th – 24th JUNE 2011 Day 1: Monday, 6th June 2011 Maria: Today marked the first day of our internship with Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO). Laila and I had arrived at our host family’s home the day prior. Laila: Our first day started with an introduction by Andy Harrington our local contact person. We were taught how to use ‘Frond’, an online program which helps organising and listing volunteers and after lunch Andy explained how VSO is structured. Day 3: Wednesday, 8th June 2011 Maria: We began helping with our first exciting assignment: The IMM Project (International Marketing Management.) Andy sent an email with some background reading to go over before our meeting

with Gemma Hoskins. It detailed a very sophisticated system of organising volunteer requests and intake worldwide. Laila: We met Gemma: she gave us a list of placements and explained a phenomenon they call ‘lost in translation’. Misunderstandings in communication may result because of language barriers. In some languages the word ‘fundraiser’ is only used for people standing with a bucket on the street, collecting money for a project. Therefore VSO needs to make sure that both parties have the same understanding of a description. We spent the next two hours looking through placements. We checked that the job title matched the required skills and if all documents had been sent in for jobs starting this year.

Maria: The evening event was very easy-going in comparison, merely asking us to sit back and watch returning volunteers speak to a group of 40-60 people about their experience, introduce VSO to new or prospective volunteers, and give everyone a taste of what it is like working abroad. Day 4, Thursday, 9th June 2011 Maria: To start the day Gemma assigned us the task of reviewing a spreadsheet of the placement requests from different countries. I drafted a stock email for each sort of request and sent them to Laila for her to input reference numbers into. Laila: In the afternoon we met Jacky King from Learning & Development. She explained a lot about how VSO wants to become more globally orientated. She also spoke about fundraising and how important it is for VSO to improve in this area. Day 5, Friday, 10th June 2011 Laila: Our day started early with ‘Meet & Greet’ at the reception. We welcomed volunteers coming to the assessment day. We handed out name tags and showed them how to get to the assessment. It was interesting to see who participates at these assessment days: the average volunteer age of 43 implies that most volunteers already have a lot of work experience when they decide to start volunteering.

Day 10: Friday, 17th June 2011 Laila: We went to a lunch time talk. A woman from VSO Rwanda who is currently in London to represent VSO Rwanda presented their projects to about 15 VSO employees. Rwanda’s main language is French but they want everyone to speak English for the future. VSO Rwanda helps with teacher training and focuses generally on education programmes. Day 11: Tuesday 22nd June 2011 Maria: There’s a great deal of complexity to what VSO does, and our picture of this was developed even more over a meeting with the CEO, Marg Mayne, former UWC Atlantic College student. I’d say at this point in our internship, both Laila and I have gained a real understanding of how VSO operates, what VSO aims to do, and how VSO does it. Day 12: Wednesday, 22nd June 2011 Laila: Today we had a meeting with the Asia Pacific programmes leaders. They have an office in each country they work in. Usually the countries choose a programme sector (secure livelihoods, HIV/ AIDS, education, participation and governance, health or disability) and based on this decision VSO start to run its programmes. Day 14: Friday, 24th June 2011

Day 06: Monday, 13th June 2011 Maria: This morning we began work with Tom Le Fanu, Head of Digital Marketing. We had a brief introduction to his work, essentially managing volunteer blogs, the website, and various social media elements of VSO, which have been especially key with engaging the younger generation of volunteers (Youth ‘Global Xchange’ Program, for example.) My job was to take all the scheduled events from the official VSO website and integrate them into the Facebook page after devising a scheme to avoid sending notifications to all 7,000+ page members. Following that, I was given access to VSO’s independent photo library, and went through galleries, selecting and editing photos to advertise on each event’s homepage.

Laila: It was a bit sad to say good bye after being a part of the organisation for three weeks… Maria: We assured Andy that UWC Atlantic College students were certainly the type to take a liking to VSO’s goals and work explaining things like service and, more particularly, the activities programme and how a VSO UK activity might take shape next year, he seemed confident in our ability to really take off next term. Laila Heitmann (Germany) Maria Osman (Somalia)

Day 7, Tuesday, 14th June 2011 Laila: Today I observed an assessment day for Global Xchange (GX). They mark each candidate on a conclusion sheet where all aspects are listed and individual grades from each selector added. They mark candidates as either strong, okay, weak or c (I translate it for myself as catastrophic but I’m sure that is not what they had said!). Five candidates out of six pass. This does not mean that they will go on GX but that they are being considered for a placement. Day 09: Thursday, 16th June 2011 Maria: I arrived at Digital Marketing in VSO’s second Carlton Plaza building and had been assigned to review their ‘Twitter Super Users’ list and update it with their supporters and volunteers that are on twitter and cataloguing their contact information as well as their ‘Klout’ (online influence) with the hope to use them for online advertising in the future.

NETWORK NEWS Dov Magen (class of 1968) Turned 30 this March and is married to Judith (35, Austria). We have two kids: Daniel (M) age 8 and Bereniki (F) age 2. We are living in Caesarea Israel and would welcome any UWC Atlantic College visitors. Oliver Rajan (formerly Müller) (class of 1990) This June, my wife and I moved from Madrid to Brussels, where I continue to work for the EU. I hope to see many old and new UWC and especially UWC Atlantic College faces there! Colin Bristow (class of 1966) I am working as a project engineer in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the Southern Highlands producing oil. Much of my work is training PNG engineers and keeping out of the rain (8 metres per year). My roster is 28 days up here and then 28 days off in Brisbane. I obtained a chemical engineering degree from Sheffield Uni in 1969 and went to Australia for 10 pounds on completion of the course. I have since worked in the UK, Libya, Australia and PNG. I am married to an Aussie and have 3 children and 6 grandchildren, 3 of which are in London. That’s about it! Dr. Philip Hollywood (class of 1966) Hello from Great Wakering, Essex, UK. I have now retired from my post as Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, after 37 years of medical practice in the UK. I now divide my time between my seven little grandchildren, and a lifelong love of the outdoors: hill walking, kayaking and cycling with old friends. Antonietta Ambuehl (class of 1993) After commuting between England and Switzerland for more than two years, our family is finally united. My husband, me and our five children all live in Oxford now, where I am reading Mathematics. Yuma Miyagawa (class of 2004) & Liv Miyagawa (previously Rasmussen) (class of 2004) After leaving UWC Atlantic College, we had a five and a half year long distance relationship (Yuma in Japan, Liv in Scotland) which finally ended when Liv moved to Japan. On the 12th of June 2010 we got married, and on the 21st of March 2011 (which was exactly 7 years since we started going out!), our first child was born. Two days before the birth, we hurriedly flew from Japan to Sweden due to the radiation risk after the nuclear powerplant crisis in Japan. Our daughter Mei was clever enough not to come out during the flight! We currently live in Japan where Yuma works as a field engineer for Schlumberger, and we’re soon going to move to Thailand. Liv runs her own business as a self-esteem coach www.livmiyagawa.com

Albert Hui (class of 1997) I got married with my wife Stephanie Yim on 28th March 2009 and we gave birth to our daughter Nicole Hui on 11th November 2010. On my career front, I will be joining K11, a new global brand that operates shopping malls, serviced apartments and offices in Hong Kong and Mainland China. K11 brings together art-people-nature in harmony http://www.k11concepts.com/ Roger Thusi (class of 1981) After 25 years working in the mining industry I called it quits at the end of 2010. However I have opened a mining consulting firm with a couple of friends in Gaborone Botswana. It is a very different experience and a new way of living and I am enjoying it thoroughly. The other change of course is that for the first time since I left Cardiff in 1985, I am back in a city with all its challenges. Pia MacRae (class of 1985) Pia is currently chief Executive of the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET), a London based organization working in Global Health. After studying at Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, Oxford University, and SOAS, Pia worked for the BBC World Service, then as a programme manager for VSO, and then spent a decade in the private sector with BP. She is currently running THET, an NGO working in Global Health out of London. ‘I so loved UWC Atlantic College: can’t we find out a way to bottle what is so brilliant about the experience and make it accessible to more people. A unique and incredibly privileged experience, which I genuinely believe has the potential to inspire a meaningful commitment to international service.’

OBITUARIES Dr Graham Howells Dr Graham Howells was killed in a traffic accident on 15th October, 2011. He taught English and sailing at UWC Atlantic College from 1967 to 1981. He was houseparent of Howells House (now called Morgannwg) and a glance through yearbooks of the time show what a lively place it was. Graham was our Dad and, as well as remembering his achievements at the college and subsequent university posts, we have spent the time since his sudden death remembering him as a loving father and doting grandfather. Graham was an extremely active man, he was a lifelong sailor and, in recent years, helped to set up a rugby club in Brasilia and was a keen senior member of Monmouth rowing club. Dad had a passion for life and new challenges and was looking forward to an active retirement, sharing his time between Brazil and the UK. He will be sorely missed by his family and friends. Graham da Gama Howells (class of 1992) Sara da Gama Howells (class of 1990) Martha da Gama Howells (class of 1992)

Penny Griffiths Penny came to UWC Atlantic College shortly after its opening as Penny Ratcliffe, secretary to the first Headmaster, giving seven years of service, after which she married John Griffiths, a local farmer, and settled in Wick. Penny and John had three daughters, Claire (a student at the college in 1985-7), Jenny and Lucy. Penny was a remarkably energetic and imaginative member of the local community, taking part in many of its affairs along with her husband. She was a very active mother, greatly enjoying ski-ing holidays with her family, and she also cared for her mother and her mother-in-law in their old age. While still working at the college she was a keen singer in small groups (as well as in the college choir when the college became co-educational), and she eventually became a founder member of the St Donat’s Chamber Choir. Some years after John died, Penny developed Parkinson’s disease, and lived for the last year of her life with Claire and her family in Devon. Her funeral service in Wick Church, at which the St Donat’s Chamber Choir sang, was packed to the doors, showing the great affection and respect in which she was held by the community in this corner of south Wales. Alan Hall

Chris Butler 1948 - 2009 Chris Butler (class of 1967) passed away suddenly and peacefully on July 25th, 2009 after a brief battle with liver cancer. A lifelong supporter of UWC Atlantic College and enthusiastic reunion goer, Chris took great pleasure in retelling stories of breaking the ice on the pool for the morning swim and chopping logs in recompense for a life at the college enjoyed to the full! He is survived by wife Ruth and daughters Kathryn and Laura (Class of 1997). Laura Butler

Simon Lichtenstein 1961 - 2010 Simon (class of 1980) sadly died following a helicopter accident on 9th December 2010. Martin Rutty and Simon Lichtenstein died in the South of France in the crash of an R22 they were bringing from Italy to England on behalf of their helicopter brokerage FlyQ, they were both extremely capable pilots. Whilst at UWC Atlantic College Simon did his extended essay on otter spraint and used it to look at otter ecology on welsh rivers. Our thoughts go out to his family, friends and all who knew him.

Michael Prosser Michael (class of 1973), born in 1954, passed away last year after recently being appointed as a professor of languages in Valencia.

Per Hagenes Per, an ex-teacher, passed away in September 2010.

Glenn Siversky Glenn (class of 1970) passed away on 13th September 2010.

Daniel Jupp 1980 - 2011 Daniel (class of 1998) passed away on 27th June 2011.

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