POSTS WITH TOPIC: Students

Engagement beyond UWC: GoMakeADifference winners 2020

We are happy to introduce you to our 2020 GoMakeADifference award winners and their projects. GoMakeADifference is an initiative providing UWC students with grants to give them the opportunity to make a difference and put into practice the ideals of …

Planting 24,000 trees with High Atlas Foundation

Freiburg, March 2, 2020 – Robert Bosch College, the Freiburg based United World College, started to officially cooperate with the Moroccan High Atlas Foundation on February 27, 2020: by the end of the year, 24,000 fruit and nut trees are …

Teaching at UWC RBC: “We could actually change something”

What makes teaching at a UWC so special? Our student Antonia Bonnaire, currently in her second year at UWC RBC, asked herself this question. During a conversation with Maths and TOK teacher Angus Liu from Hongkong, she explored different aspects …

Environment │Research project on insect mortality

Insect mortality often made headlines in recent years. It also became clear how little we know about developments in this area. A group of students from UWC RBC works with researchers from the Department of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology …

Student speech: “RBC brings us closer together”

On September 21st, we celebrated our 5-year-anniversary with the community as well as with many of our supporters and those who made this United World College possible. During the evening event, two of our students gave a speech, summarizing their …

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Prof Howard Gardner’s Visit to UWC Robert Bosch College

Prof. Howard Gardner visited UWC Robert Bosch College from Sunday, September 15 through Wednesday, September 18. Prof. Gardner is a Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor of Harvard Education and Harvard’s Project Zero which is Harvard UWC Impact study. He …

Student Arrival: Welcome Generation 6!

Students arrived on campus on August 23 for another year at UWC Robert Bosch College. 102 first-year students are joining us this term, for the first time also from Ireland, Latvia, Tunisia, Liechtenstein and Haiti. All students scheduled to arrive …

Congratulations to the RBC 4th Generation!

On Saturday, July 6th, the International Baccalaureate has published the results of all 2019 IB exam students worldwide. Today, our Rektor Laurence Nodder has shared the results of UWC RBC students with us – here is his summary: “There are …

A Meaningful Service: Zusammen Kaffee

A post written by student Gimba. Zusammen Kaffee is a project by Zusammen Leben; it creates a culinary journey around the world by hosting monthly-rotating international guest chefs with migrant background in Freiburg. On three days per week, Zusammen Kaffee …

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“Providing information is key”: The Kashmir conflict from two perspectives

In this interview with Badische Zeitung, our students Ibrahim from Pakistan and Suhail from the Kashmir region (under India) share their experiences with and perspectives on the current conflict. This interview is a direct translation from “Aufklärung ist der Anfang” …

Promoting student co-agency in international policy-making

Second-year student Celina Faerch from Denmark has been appointed a member of the student advisory board for the OECD Education 2030 project. OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) is an intergovernmental organization with 36 member countries. According to OECD’s …

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Theater Performance: “Raising awareness for how we perceive cancer”

Our two students Vlada and Eirini, both second-years at the College, have recently performed in the dance theater project “Die Krone an meiner Wand (The crown on my wall)” at Theater Freiburg, directed by Gary Joplin and Monica Gillette. Together …

Stolpersteine Service Project

“The Stolpersteine service has already taught me that people in Freiburg really value the project, and the commemoration that it represents. Numerous times during service, we have been stopped while cleaning by people telling us how grateful they are for …

Reflection on Project Week

Project Weeks take place twice throughout the semester, in the fall and in the spring. Having just experienced his first Project Week since starting the UWC program, our first-year student journalist Lorenzo del Prete has shared some reflections about the …

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Diversity in the classroom

At the heart of our approach to educating students for peace and sustainability is the idea of deliberate diversity: by selecting students from a variety of different backgrounds and by creating a microcosm, a world in miniature, we provide a …

A day to share stories & perspectives

by Lorenzo Del Prete (first year student journalist) On September 22, staff and students of UWC Robert Bosch College (UWCRBC) invited the Freiburg community as well as guests from all over Germany and Europe to join them on campus for …

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Project Week Fall 2018

Starting this coming weekend until October 6th, our students will be away from campus for the first Project Week of the term. Together with staff supervisors, they came up with 28 projects, most of them with a service-oriented or outdoor …

Making a difference beyond UWC

Earlier this term, second-year students (and now recent graduates) Paul from the Philippines and Yvonne from Burkina Faso have received two of this year’s GoMakeADifference awards for their project ideas. Starting 2016, the founders of GoMakeADifference have rolled out their …

UWC alumnus publishes book about his life as a refugee

Alumnus John Michael Koffi (2015-17) attended UWC Robert Bosch College as a student of the second generation. A refugee since childhood, John Michael was on the move for a big part of his life: because his family belonged to an …

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Looking for host families for the new school year

For our host-a-student program, we are currently looking for host families to join us starting fall 2018. As part of the program, interested locals in or around Freiburg take in a UWC student on two dedicated weekends per year. The …

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Livestream for Closing Ceremony

On May 20th at 11am, we will say good-bye to our third generation of students! Following our tradition from the past years, we will hand over the UWCRBC graduation certificates as part of a 2-hour-long ceremony, which is framed and …

“He will make it”: Student portayed by ‘DIE ZEIT’

translated from the German original, published in DIE ZEIT 08/2018 As a child, Jeremias couldn’t stand the conditions of his home, so he went to the youth welfare office. Today, he dreams of studying at Harvard. Jeremias was eleven years …