UWCSEA Dover Profile 2012–2013 President of the UWC movement Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan
Honorary President of UWC movement Nelson Mandela
Administration Mr. Julian Whiteley, Head of College Mr. Frazer Cairns, Head of Dover Campus Ms. Di Smart, Principal, High School Dover
University Advisors Mr. John Bush Ms. Julie Davidson Dr. Linda De Flavis Mr. Sean McAuley Dr. Mallika Ramdas
1207 Dover Road, Singapore 139654 Tel +65 6419 9349 Fax +65 6778 5506 www.uwcsea.edu.sg
UWCSEA Dover CEEB no: 687229 UWCSEA Dover IB no: 000040
The College Opened in 1971, UWCSEA is a member of the UWC movement, whose mission is to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. All 12 member schools and colleges follow Kurt Hahn’s philosophy in bringing together students from different nations, races and religions to share a challenging and transformational educational experience. UWCSEA is innovative in promoting the ideals of the UWC movement within a more traditional K–12 international school, one that caters predominantly for expatriate students but also includes students enrolled on full scholarships (some as early as Grade 8). All students, even the youngest, are expected to commit to the UWC mission and UWCSEA’s educational goal to educate individuals to embrace challenge and take responsibility for shaping a better world. UWCSEA is uniquely positioned to have a significant impact on a wide community. The range of service programmes involving students of all ages reflects the success of an educational model designed to transform idealism into action. Students also have many opportunities to develop themselves through cultural activities and outdoor pursuits, including adventure expeditions. While English is the medium of instruction, students and staff come from a wide variety of nationalities and backgrounds, forming a vibrant and enthusiastic community with a strong emphasis on learning, within and beyond the classroom.
Calendar UWCSEA operates on a trimester calendar with terms beginning on 13 August, 7 January and 15 April. Throughout the school year, classes are held on a weekly schedule from Monday to Friday and are 40–80 minutes in length.
Student body UWCSEA has two campuses with a total of 4,911 students from 85 different countries. Dover Campus currently educates all pre-university level students with
Email jbu@uwcsea.edu.sg jda@uwcsea.edu.sg ldf@uwcsea.edu.sg sem@uwcsea.edu.sg mrd@uwcsea.edu.sg
a total of 2,997 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 from 73 different countries. Five continents are represented, with approximately 46.6% of students from Asia, 31.7% from Europe, 1% from Africa, 12% from the Americas, 8.4% from Australia and the Pacific, and 0.3% from the Middle East. The Upper School and Senior School (Grades 9–12) enrol 1,277 students. In Grades 7–12, there are 181 students who are boarders. Residential life offers students an opportunity to live and learn in a diverse community that affords many crosscultural experiences. Nearly 60 members of the Senior School (Grades 11–12) are on scholarship, selected through a system of UWC volunteer National Committees in over 120 countries. National Committee scholars are selected within their home country on the basis of academic potential and personal merit, regardless of their background or ability to pay. To make this possible, funds are raised by the UWCs from graduates, friends, foundations, business, non-governmental organisations and governments. For the class of 2013, 34 National Committee scholars are enrolled from Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, East Timor, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Swaziland, USA, Uruguay, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. 99% of UWCSEA students enrol in post-secondary institutions around the world. The 314 members of the class of 2012 enrolled at colleges and universities in a number of different countries. The class of 2013 totals 325: 172 women and 153 men. UWCSEA now has a second campus, UWCSEA East, with enrolment of 1,914 students from K1–Grade 11. This campus will grow to become a full K–12 school, with its first IB Diploma students graduating in 2014.
University Advising policy Limit of 10 applications We limit students to 10 applications worldwide, so universities can be sure the student is a serious applicant.
Curriculum Upper School (Grades 9, 10 and Foundation IB) GCSE/IGCSE (Grades 9 and 10) In Grades 9 and 10, students follow the internationally recognised GCSE/IGCSE courses. Most students take eight examination subjects with a basic core of English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, a nonEnglish language, a choice of a Science, a choice of an aesthetics subject, and a choice of a Humanities (plus a double period per week of Physical Education). Students then make a further two choices from a wide range of subjects, to ensure that the principle of a broad-based curriculum is maintained. Foundation IB (Grade 10) The Foundation IB course is offered to students who come to the college at the age of 15, too late to join the GCSE course but too early to be ready for the two years of the full IB Diploma Programme. These students take a preliminary year of IB studies in Grade 10, which prepares them for the rigours of the IB Diploma course in the Senior School. All students study English, Mathematics, Global Perspectives, Economics, History or Geography, Coordinated Sciences and Information Technology. Students can also choose from Art, Drama or Music and between Physical Education and a foreign language, including Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Spanish. Senior School (Grades 11 and 12) The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma The IB Diploma provides a rigorous and challenging academic programme taught over Grades 11 and 12 and leading to externally marked final examinations. To obtain the IB Diploma, students must complete six subjects and a curriculum core, which includes a course in Theory of Knowledge, an independent research and writing project known as the Extended Essay, and demonstrating eight key learning outcomes through a rigorous programme of extracurricular activities involving Creativity, Action and Service. A small number of students elect to take seven subjects. Grades in each subject range from a low of 1 (very poor) to a high of 7 (excellent). More information about the IB Diploma Programme can be found at www.ibo.org. About 99% of students in the class of 2013 are IB Diploma candidates. For the class of 2012, 87 candidates were awarded Bilingual Diplomas (28% of diploma recipients). If the requirements for an IB Diploma are not met, students may be awarded IB Diploma Course Certificates for individual subjects. All graduating students are also awarded a UWCSEA Diploma. Teachers predict students’ final IB grades in Term 1 of Grade 12. Students’ predicted grades are sent to the universities to which students have applied, along with their transcripts and supporting documents. Awards/honours The College ethos is to celebrate the successes of all its students in a variety of ways. Outstanding achievements are recognised in academics through Grade Award
Ceremonies; the arts through high quality performances and acknowledgement awards; sports through the awarding of colours; and service through Service Recognition Awards. UWCSEA does not compute GPA or rank its students.
Complete IB course listing 2012–2013 Courses are offered at either Higher or Standard Level unless otherwise noted. 1. Language A: Literature Taught
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English; French; German; Hindi (SL); Indonesian; Japanese; Korean; Mandarin School Supported Danish; Italian; Khmer; Self-Taught (SL) Kinyarwanda; Marathi; Polish; Portuguese; Siswati; Swahili; Vietnamese Language A: Dutch; English; Mandarin; Spanish Language and Literature Language B English B (HL); French B; French or ab initio ab initio; German B; Mandarin B; Mandarin ab initio; Spanish B; Spanish ab initio Individuals and Business and Management; Societies Environmental Systems and Societies (SL); Economics; Geography; History; Information Technology in a Global Society; Philosophy; Psychology; Science, Technology and Society (SL) Experimental Biology; Chemistry; Computer Sciences Science; Design Technology; Environmental Systems and Society (SL); Physics; Science, Technology and Society (SL), Sports, Exercise and Health Science (SL) Mathematics Mathematics (HL); Mathematics (SL); Mathematical Studies (SL); Further Mathematics (SL) The Arts Music; Theatre Arts; Visual Arts; Film (SL)
UWCSEA ethos in action The school has a strong culture of student involvement. Many students far exceed the Creativity, Action and Service requirement of the IB Diploma, embracing additional opportunities for enrichment, leadership, activism or service. They are key players in the special energy found on our campus. Global Concerns: A special feature of an education at UWCSEA, this programme emphasises the responsibilities of global citizenship by promoting sustainability through self-help in a number of developing countries. Currently there are over 50
Global Concerns projects, led by students who identify grassroots NGOs to support. In addition to collectively raising over S$500,000 a year to distribute to environmental, human rights and development projects in education and health, younger students may gain first hand experience of the projects through school expeditions, while senior and Gap Year students get directly involved in service. The natural disaster relief response programme has distributed over S$1.7 million to affected countries in our region; this includes supporting the education of 230 orphans in Aceh, and building schools in Aceh, Burma, Cambodia, Ladakh, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Students and teachers have been directly involved in service in these regions. Project Week: All Grade 11 students independently plan and organise travel in small groups to destinations within Asia. Most trips involve service at a Global Concerns project but can also include an educational course or adventure expeditions: for example, students have built houses for Tabitha in Cambodia, worked with street kids and AIDS victims in Bangkok, volunteered at children’s homes throughout Southeast Asia or trekked in Mongolia or Chiang Mai. Student-led initiatives include youth leadership seminars and peace conferences. Our Initiative for Peace programme conducts regular workshops and an annual conference in Timor Leste that brings together youth from opposing sides of a conflict and builds human capacity in that country.
Gap Year service projects: UWCSEA arranges Gap Year programmes based in Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. There are many opportunities for our graduates to work in ecology projects, or with NGOs focused on affirmative action and human rights. Local service: Students are involved in programmes within the local community. Service commitments can range from supporting disadvantaged children with their studies, to massaging patients in an HIV care centre, supporting terminally ill patients at a hospice or working with teenagers from a psychiatric hospital. Arts programme: Students perform in a wide range of plays, dance productions and concerts throughout the year. Each year, there are several large-scale visual arts exhibitions showcasing a range of traditional and experimental work in a variety of media. There are also opportunities for journalism through a variety of school publications. Sports: School-wide sports teams compete in local, regional and international tournaments. There are also many opportunities for recreational sports. Debate: Students participate in international tournaments and attend Model United Nations (MUN) conferences and Harvard Model Congress (HMC). Round Square membership (60+ schools inspired by Kurt Hahn’s ideals): A regional member, UWCSEA Dover regularly sends participants to Round Square conferences around the world, and hosts conferences.
IB results 2008–2012 Year
No. of IB Diploma candidates
No. of IB Course candidates
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
311 300 295 286 308
3 8 6 7 8
Percent passed Worldwide UWCSEA World-wide (Diploma) average average Diploma average Diploma percent score score pass rate 99.68 not available 35.85 not available 100 77.99 36.89 29.61 98.98 78.06 36 29.55 97.6 78.71 35.7 29.51 98.05 79.02 34.2 29.57
Highlights of IB 2012 results
• 21.9% candidates achieved 40+ points (worldwide
in 2011, 5.85% achieved 40+ points out of 113,030 candidates) • three candidates achieved the unsurpassable score of 45 points; a further three scored 44 points • 99.68% pass rate compared to 77.99% pass rate worldwide in 2011
• UWCSEA average IB Diploma pass 36* (worldwide average was 29.61 in 2011) *Official IB result • average grade achieved by UWCSEA students was 5.64 (in 2011 the worldwide average was 4.66) • Bilingual diplomas were awarded to 87 candidates
Decile distribution of final IB scores UWCSEA (2012) compared to worldwide (2011) IB points
UWCSEA 2012 Cumulative %
Decile
45+ 44+ 43+ 42+ 41+ 40+ 39+ 38+ 37+ 36+ 35+ 34+ 33+ 32+ 31+ 30+ 29+ 28+ 27+ 26+ 25+ 24+ 0–23
3 3 9 17 16 20 19 25 22 36 25 22 25 19 18 11 10 5 1 3 1 1 0
1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10
1.0 1.9 4.8 10.3 15.4 21.9 28.0 36.0 43.1 54.7 62.7 69.8 77.8 83.9 89.7 93.2 96.5 98.1 98.4 99.4 99.7 100.0 100.0
Average: 35.85
IB points
45+ 44+ 43+ 42+ 41+ 40+ 39+ 38+ 37+ 36+ 35+ 34+ 33+ 32+ 31+ 30+ 29+ 28+ 27+ 26+ 25+ 24+ 0–23
World 2011 Cumulative % 0.24 0.69 1.42 2.48 3.87 5.85 8.22 11.08 14.41 18.33 22.64 27.44 32.77 38.55 44.52 50.81 57.09 63.21 69.14 74.53 79.38 83.67 100
Decile 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 9–10
Average: 29.61
SAT scores: summary data for Class of 2012 SAT scores Critical reading Mathematics Writing SAT subject scores Biology – Ecology Biology – Molecular Chemistry Chinese with Listening English Literature French French with Listening German with Listening Japanese with Listening Latin Math Level I Math Level II Modern Hebrew Physics Spanish Spanish with Listening US History World History
Middle 50% 550–680 620–720 580–680 Middle 50% 640–710 660–700 670–740 650–770 560–690 640–670 530–800 730–760 500–500 640–640 570–690 670–780 770–770 670–760 570–670 500 - 500 650 - 650 640 - 710
Mean 616 669 632 Mean 673 659 702 714 636 680 653 745 500 640 623 724 770 720 623 500 650 681
Students tested 181 181 181 Students tested 26 14 39 12 27 4 3 2 1 1 10 88 1 33 7 1 1 11
University enrolment of UWCSEA graduates 2010–2012 Australia Australian National University Bond University Griffith University University of Melbourne Monash University University of New South Wales Queensland University of Technology University of Sydney Canada University of British Columbia McGill University Quest University Simon Fraser University University of Toronto Costa Rica Universidad de Ciencias Medicas France Paris College of Art Sciences Po-College Universitaire du Havre Germany Jacobs University Bremen Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology India Manipal University Ireland Trinity College, Dublin Japan International Christian University Keio University University of Tsukuba University of Tokyo Waseda University Korea Ewha Woman’s University Korean Advanced Inst of Science & Tech. Seoul National University Yonsei University Mexico Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Netherlands Amsterdam University College Delft University of Technology Design Academy Eindhoven New Zealand University of Auckland
Norway University of Oslo Singapore James Cook University LaSalle College of the Arts National University of Singapore Singapore Institute of Management Singapore Management University Spain IE University Switzerland Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Thailand Chulalongkorn University United Arab Emirates New York University Abu Dhabi United Kingdom University of the Arts, London University of Bath University of Birmingham University of Bristol University of Cambridge Cardiff University Central St Martins College of Art & Design City University London University of Dundee Durham University University of East Anglia University of Edinburgh University of Exeter Goldsmiths College, University of London Hull York Medical School Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Keele University University of Kent at Canterbury King’s College London Kingston University Lancaster University University of Leeds Leeds Metropolitan University University of Leicester London School of Economics University College London Loughborough University University of Manchester Newcastle University University of Nottingham Oxford University Oxford Brookes University University of Portsmouth
Queen Mary, University of London University of Reading Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Royal Agricultural College Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Royal Holloway, University of London School of Oriental and African Studies University of Sheffield University of Southampton Southampton Solent University University of St Andrews University of Surrey University of Warwick University of the West of England University of York United States of America Amherst College Babson College Bard College Barnard College Bentley University Berklee College of Music Boston University Brandeis University Brown University Bryant University Bucknell University University of California (Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz) Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University University of Central Arkansas University of Chicago Claremont McKenna College Clark University Colby College Colgate University Colorado College Columbia University University of Connecticut Cornell University Dartmouth College Duke University Earlham College Emory University Franklin & Marshall College George Washington University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Grinnell College Harvard University Harvey Mudd College Hood College
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Indiana University at Bloomington Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College Lafayette College Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College Loyola Marymount University Luther College Macalester College Methodist University University of Michigan Middlebury College New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College Occidental College University of Oklahoma Parsons The New School of Design Pennsylvania State University
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