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The Singapore International School was officially opened in 1971 by Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. It was affiliated with the United World College movement, and formally became a member of the movement in 1975, changing its name to the United World College of South East Asia.
UWC South East Asia , two campuses: one founded 1971, joined UWC 1975, and another built in 2008; Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa (Mbabane, Eswatini), founded 1963, joined UWC 1981; UWC-USA (Montezuma, New Mexico), 1982; UWC Adriatic (Duino, Italy), 1982; Li Po Chun United World College (Wu Kai Sha, Hong Kong), 1992
The United World Colleges were established by German educator Kurt Hahn, and the college is heavily influenced by his pedagogical philosophy. [6] [7] Following the founding the United World College of the Atlantic in 1962, further colleges were opened in Singapore (the United World College of South East Asia) and Canada (the Lester B Pearson United World College of the Pacific).
The Davis United World College Scholars Program is the world’s largest privately funded international scholarship program. [1] [2] It awards need-based scholarship funding, aka the Shelby Davis Scholarship, to graduates of schools and colleges in the United World Colleges (UWC) movement to study at 106 select partner universities in the United States.
He was personally involved in founding what became the third UWC – the United World College of South East Asia – in Singapore in 1975, [11] following the founding of the second College, the Lester B Pearson United World College of the Pacific in Canada in 1974.
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DirectAsia was founded in Singapore in 2010 and launched in Hong Kong in 2012 and in Thailand in 2013. [3] [4] During 2013, DirectAsia had gross written premiums of $25.3 million. [5] In 2014, DirectAsia was acquired by Hiscox Insurance to commit further to serving customers in Asia. Hiscox has reached a $55 million agreement with Whittington ...
Li Po Chun UWC was founded in 1978. The first college, UWC Atlantic College, had been established in 1962 by the German educationalist Kurt Hahn to promote international understanding and peace. Other United World Colleges have since been established in North America, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and elsewhere in Asia [4]