{"id":40,"date":"2026-05-12T21:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/impact-report.uwcstaging.co.uk\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:46:22","slug":"peace-learning-and-living-together","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/impact-report.uwcstaging.co.uk\/peace-learning-and-living-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace: learning and living together"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Peace: learning and living together <\/h1>\n

How a UWC education helps young people navigate differences, build understanding and contribute to more peaceful societies.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n Sudan: continuing education through conflict<\/span>\n <\/h2>\n

As part of UWC International\u2019s webinar programme on education, peace and sustainability, students and alumni from Sudan reflected on continuing a UWC education after leaving their home country.<\/p>\n\n \n \n \n \n <\/svg>\n <\/span>\n Read the full story<\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/article>\n <\/article-card>\n \n\n\n

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\n Learning through dialogue and action <\/h1>\n

These examples are a snapshot of peace-related learning and student action across UWC schools and colleges in 2025.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n \n UWC Red Cross Nordic \u2013 Ut\u00f8ya: learning democracy and dialogue<\/span>\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/summary>\n
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Second year students take part in workshops on democracy and dialogue at Ut\u00f8ya, a site in Norway linked to political violence. Through guided discussion and shared activities, students reflect on how societies deal with conflict, responsibility and difference. The programme helps students practise respectful dialogue and take part more confidently in democratic life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A South African student at UWC ISAK Japan led a campaign responding to South Africa\u2019s gender-based violence crisis. The initiative brought in expert speakers, raised funds for survivor support and mobilised on-campus solidarity actions. It shows how personal experience can translate into collective action and awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students research the biographies of Holocaust victims and contribute findings to a public exhibition, while maintaining Stolpersteine across the city and leading tours and campus remembrance events. It connects historical truth-telling with civic responsibility and public learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students run informal lunchtime sessions on current events affecting their home countries, with careful planning and consultation to handle sensitive topics well. It creates space for learning from peers\u2019 lived perspectives and builds skills for thoughtful discussion across differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grade 11 students train in conflict resolution and facilitation, then design and lead youth peace conferences with local partners in conflict-affected contexts. The programme builds practical skills and long-term relationships, with alumni taking the model into new settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Across the world, fewer young people with refugee backgrounds remain in secondary education and only 9% go on to higher education. As humanitarian and development funding declines, the chances of continuing in education fall further with age.<\/p>

UWC works at this crucial stage of upper secondary education, identifying determined young people in some of the most challenging contexts and supporting them to continue their studies alongside peers from around the world.<\/p><\/p> <\/div>\n

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