Selections for the two-year period 2018 – 2020
Deadline: 4 giugno 2018
Call promoted thanks to the contribution of the Fondazione Vodafone.
UWC (United World Colleges) is a global education movement that makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.
Central to the ethos of UWC is the belief that education can bring together young people from all backgrounds on the basis of their shared humanity, to engage with the possibility of social change through courageous action, personal example and selfless leadership. To achieve this, UWC schools and colleges all over the world deliver a challenging and transformational educational experience to a deliberately diverse group of young people, inspiring them to become agents of positive change in line with UWC’s core values:
Today, UWC has 17 schools and colleges on 4 continents, the majority of which focus exclusively on the 16-19 year-old age group: a time when young people’s energy and idealism can be guided towards empathy, responsibility and lifelong action. These colleges teach the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma as their formal curriculum, a qualification that UWC played a major part in developing, while also emphasising the importance of experiential learning, community service and outdoor activities.
UWC college students are selected domestically, in more than 155 countries, through UWC’s unique national committee system. Selection is based on demonstrated promise and potential. In accordance with the UWC ethos that education should be independent of the student’s socioeconomic means, 70% of students in their IB Diploma years receive either full or partial financial assistance, based on their needs.
Subject of the Call for Applications
The Italian National Committee for the United World Colleges (UWC Italia) is announcing a call for applications to attend UWC Adriatic – Collegio del Mondo Unito dell’Adriatico ONLUS in 2018-20. This call is specifically reserved for refugee students with residence permits in Italy for political asylum, subsidiary protection or for humanitarian reasons and for students with residence permits for family reasons issued as a result of the concession of political asylum, subsidiary or humanitarian protection for parents or person exercising parental authority, subject to the verification of said residence permits. Participation is reserved for students who have not yet participated in other selection processes for admission to the United World Colleges. Generally UWC Adriatic admits students in the 16-19 age bracket.
Scholarships available for the two-year period 2018 – 2020
Thanks to the generosity of the Vodafone Foundation, up to a maximum of 2 scholarships are available to attend UWC Adriatic – Collegio del Mondo Unito dell’Adriatico ONLUS. Once the selection process has been completed, the scholarships will be assigned in accordance with the ranking of applicants until the funds available have been used up.
UWC Italia, on the basis of the evaluation criteria, at the end of the selection process reserves the right, at its sole discretion, not to allocate or to partially allocate the available funds.
Evaluation criteria
The evaluation criteria for the selections to the United World Colleges are the following:
• Intellectual curiosity and general culture with particular attention to contemporary issues;
• Ability to personal re-elaboration and to think critically;
• Ability to stay and work in a group;
• Altruism, attitude to share their experiences, projects, passions;
• Motivation to the experience of the United World Colleges and sharing of the values of the movement.
How to participate in the selections
Participation is reserved for refugee students with residence permits for political asylum, subsidiary protection or for humanitarian reasons* who have not already participated in other selections for admission to the United World Colleges and who are currently attending the third or fourth year of high school in Italy or who can prove that they have been attending school for at least 10 full years, even in different countries.
Required documentation
To apply for admission to the selections for the two-year period 2018 – 2020, the candidate must submit the following documentation:
1. Application form (attached at the bottom of the page) duly completed in its entirety in Italian, French or English and signed by the person exercising parental authority.
2. Photocopies of the identity documents of the candidate and of the person exercising parental authority.
3. Copy of his/her residence permit in Italy for political asylum, subsidiary protection or humanitarian reasons.
4. Copy of the last report card for the school year 2016 – 2017 or suitable documentation attesting at least 10 full years of school attendance.
5. Passport or other papers enabling the candidate to travel.
6. Reference letter by a teacher or tutor describing the academic and extra-academic performance of the candidate that make him/her eligible for participation in the selections.
7. Motivational video lasting one minute (see application form).
How to send the documentation
The requested documentation must be sent in electronic format according to the following procedures:
In a SINGLE e-mail message, with the following subject: “Documents for the 2018 selection for refugee students with residence permit for political asylum, subsidiary protection or humanitarian protection, name and surname of the candidate”, to be sent to the email address SELECTIONS, enclose a scanned copy in pdf format of the following documents:
1. Application for participation in the selections and attachments requested in it.
2. Copy of the final report card of the 2016 – 2017 school year or report card covering the first quarter of 2017-2018;
3. Reference letter by a teacher or tutor describing the academic and extra-academic performance of the candidate that make him/her eligible for participation in the selections.
The e-mail must be sent to the address listed above by midnight (24:00) on 4 June 2018.
For further information, please download the FULL TEXT OF THE CALL (in Italian) in the PDF attached to the bottom of the page. Should you need any further information, please contact the UWC Adriatic at the email address SELECTIONS, tel. 040/3739552.
*”permesso di soggiorno in Italia per asilo politico, protezione sussidiaria o per motivi umanitari, e a studenti con permesso di soggiorno per motivi familiari rilasciato conseguentemente al riconoscimento dell’asilo politico, della protezione sussidiaria o umanitaria ai genitori o agli esercenti la patria potestà”
