Historia de UWC

Historia de UWC

Una de las cosas más importantes que podemos aprender es a entendernos unos a otros.

Esta idea ha sido el núcleo de nuestra labor en UWC desde que se fundó nuestra primera escuela en 1962.

Creemos que la educación puede ser algo más que el simple progreso personal o la obtención de una plaza en la universidad. Puede inspirar a los estudiantes a descubrir lo que nos une a todos como seres humanos y a actuar como defensores de un mundo de paz, colaboración y comprensión.

En 1955, el pionero en educación Kurt Hahn pronunció un discurso en la Escuela Superior de Defensa de la OTAN en París. Durante su visita, se sintió inspirado por la cooperación y la lealtad mostradas por los militares que hasta hacía muy poco habían estado en bandos opuestos durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Hay tres formas de intentar captar a los jóvenes: una es sermonearlos, pero me temo que eso es como un anzuelo sin gusano; la segunda es coaccionarlos… y decirles «Debéis ser voluntarios»… y la tercera es un llamamiento que nunca falla: «Os necesitamos».

Kurt Hahn

1962

1962

UWC was founded with UWC Atlantic admitting its first students, being hailed by The Times as “the most exciting experiment in education since the Second World War”.

1967

1967

Lord Mountbatten becomes President of the movement, on condition of a concerted effort to internationalise; a year later, the growing movement was renamed the United World Colleges.

1970

1970

National committees are created to promote the UWC movement in different countries and to select students for various colleges and schools.

1971

1971

Singapore International School officially opens as an associate member of the UWC.

1974

1974

Pearson College UWC opens in Victoria, Canada. Former Canadian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Lester B Pearson was the inspiration behind the college.

1975

1975

The Singapore International School becomes a full member of UWC, now called UWC South East Asia.

1978

1978

HM King Charles III becomes President of UWC.

1981

1981

Waterford Kamhlaba School in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), founded in 1963 as a multi-racial school in opposition to South Africa’s apartheid policies, becomes Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa.

1982

1982

Two more colleges, UWC-USA in New Mexico and UWC Adriatic in Italy, open.

1988

1988

HM King Charles III and agronomist, Dr Luis Marcano Coello, help establish a UWC college in Venezuela – Simón Bolívar UWC of Agriculture.

1990

1990

UWC short courses begin, helping more young people benefit from our pioneering model of education.

1992

1992

Li Po Chun UWC of Hong Kong opens.

1995

1995

HM Queen Noor of Jordan and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela become joint Presidents of UWC. UWC Red Cross Nordic in Norway opens a joint venture with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and the eight Nordic governments.

1997

1997

UWC Mahindra College in Pune, India, opens.

1999

1999

South Africa’s first black President, Nelson Mandela, becomes Honorary President of UWC.

2006

2006

UWC Costa Rica, formerly the Costa Rica SOS Hermann Gmeiner International College, joins UWC. UWC Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina opens.

2009

2009

UWC Maastricht joins UWC, merging two existing international schools – the International School Maastricht and the International Primary School Joppenhof.

2012

2012

Simón Bolívar UWC of Agriculture closes following actions taken by the Venezuelan government to make it a public university.

2014

2014

UWC Dilijan in Armenia, and UWC Robert Bosch College in Germany, open.

2015

2015

UWC Changshu China opens.

2016

2016

UWC Thailand opens.

2017

2017

UWC ISAK Japan opens.

2019

2019

UWC East Africa opens.

UWC Hoy

18

Hay 18 colegios UWC.

>150

Estamos presentes en más de 150 países a través de nuestros comités nacionales.

85,000

Más de 85.000 estudiantes de más de 180 países han estudiado en los colegios UWC y en nuestros programas de cursos cortos.

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