It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Nilde Pais as the new Director of Primary at UWC Maastricht, effective 1 September 2022. Nilde joins our school following a twenty-year career as Primary teacher, coordinator and Primary lead at various international schools in Switzerland....
Our Knooppunt Team is organizing a Career's Fair to help students who are unsure about their future careers explore different possibilities of life. They would like to present the idea that career possibilities are more than doctors or engineers through real stories. It will provide a...
How inclusive is the company you work for or the club that you are running? How can we discuss issues concerning race, ethnicity and gender while being mindful of sensitivities and different realities? On 2 June UWC Maastricht is taking you through best practices, challenges, successes and failures....
Three UWCM students feature in this month's issue of Chapeau Magazine. Aslambek, Rosa and Ng'or talk about their lives at UWC Maastricht, what they've learned so far and their future ambitions. And about Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands, who is a UWC alum and will now...
Floortje Dessing, famous television host in the Netherlands, visited Belize in one of her recent episodes of 'Floortje naar het Einde van de Wereld' (Floortje to the End of the World). There she met Tati, who resides with her parents, living in a house which...
She did it! Kate Doyle, UWC Maastricht Director of Secondary School, ran the Paris marathon and raised money for a scholarship for a student from Ukraine to attend UWC Maastricht! Three other staff members are running marathons too. Support them and the scholarship fund via https://www.gofundme.com/f/scholarship-for-uwc-maastricht “The...
Our Primary School students hosted a fundraising event and raised over €2000! This money will be donated to giro555.nl. The event was an effort to raise funds for relief in Ukraine, but also a moment of togetherness with music and poetry. There were homemade crafts from...
Fahima Elmi, UWC Maastricht Class of '20, features this issue of Harper's Bazaar. Together with Dutch Princess Laurentien! They met for an interview to speak about social involvement, female empowerment and Princess Laurentien being an example to Fahima! You can read the interview here. Harper's Bazaar...
As we have announced earlier this year, UWCM will offer the Career-related Programme (IBCP) to its students from September 2022. Learn more about this programme and the possibilities for alumni involvement from this interview with Nathan Hunt. IB Career-related Programme at UWC Maastricht Can you please tell...
Spring Update from Sandra, Director of Advancement Now that almost all of the Corona-restrictions in the Netherlands have been released, it’s great to find our school going back to normal again. This means that our students are able to enjoy the full UWC experience and make...
