Facing a pandemic in the midst of our last moments in UWCM.

Do you feel that UWC is exclusive? Do we respect only one type of change-maker? A perspective on the dynamics of the UWCM community, to reflect on the interplay of different personalities.

Lia Quartapelle, member of the Italian Parliament in the Foreign and European Affairs Commission and UWC AC Alumna, helps us reflecting on the implications of being changemakers, especially when young and in politics. Lia was interviewed as she concluded a meeting with the Parliamentary committee of inquiry for the death of Giulio Regeni, Italian researcher and UWC USA Alumnus tortured and killed in Egypt in 2016. #truthforgiulioregeni

For the people thinking feminism hates men, people thinking violence has no gender: it isn’t just about good people VS bad people. It is indeed about women and their struggle to take over their own lives.

In the centre of Berlin, not far from Friedrichstraße Station, one can find a golden plaque stating “UWC International.” During a project week in Berlin, a delegation of UWC Maastricht students had the opportunity to visit the recently opened UWC International Office (UWC IO) in the German capital city.

In a busy world with endless things to do, it’s imperative to search for a greater purpose that fulfills us. To find it, we should take a look at where do we currently invest our time.

In Jamaica, our language is an undeniable part of our culture, a part for which we have become infamous around the globe. Where we do we draw the line between its recognition and its tokenism?

Emerging from the Great Depression and benefitting from the War Economy, New York had experienced unforetold growth and unmanageable stress.

From Homer’s poems to tourism in a globalised world: the evolution of hospitality, through the Caucasus and UWC.

Reasons why you should consider taking a gap year.

A welcome letter to whom it may correspond

“Stehind – stories behind the news – is a platform aimed at sharing authentic human experiences, in the belief that these have the power of shaping world societies to be more understandable and empathetic.” 

My first year’s toughest experience, and one of its best

Food as a union of people, nations and culture.

As one of the most discussed issues this year comes to an end, a recapitulation is done to track down the collaboration between Staff and Students to solve this issue

It is time for us to move on from all those things we do not like about our school, time for us to think and reflect upon the thought of what we want this place to be like for the years to come.

Free space for creative expression, counter-cultural place of resistance in Maastricht.

We are not the only one: exploring the insights of the Mandril, many parallelisms were seen between life and idealism in the free culture zone and at UWC.

With the constant weight of goodbyes, we would believe that the process of saying goodbye becomes much easier. However, with each goodbye we bid, it touches a different part of us like how every person we encounter affects us in various ways.

We should show our attachment and love to our country by acknowledging our departure and doing what is within our reach and beyond in order to soften the impact of our physical distance from home.