Global Leadership Experience Junior (GLE Jr), UWC Atlantic
Llantwit Major, United KingdomUWC Atlantic Experience
Dates
Jul 29 – Aug 11, 2027
Duration
2 weeks
Ages
13–14
Price from
$2,112
Per week on a 2-week stay
Shortest stay: 2 weeks — $4,224
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A two-week residential UWC short course in global systems leadership for 13 and 14 year olds, held on the UWC Atlantic campus at St Donat's Castle in Wales. Experiential workshops, outdoor learning and real-world case studies are combined with reflection, in a group drawn from around the world.
Age
13–14 yrs
Language
English
Program type
Academic / Pre-college Programs
Accommodation
Campus
About
About the Course
GLE Junior is an accredited UWC short course in global systems leadership, built for an age at which young people are full of questions, ideas and a growing wish to explore the world and express who they are. The programme uses experiential workshops, outdoor learning and real-world case studies, with time set aside for reflection, so that participants leave with new skills, international friendships and a clearer sense of who they are and what they care about.
What’s Included
The course fee covers all boarding, catering, activity fees and GuardMe insurance where applicable, and includes an optional transfer to and from Heathrow Airport. Flights and assistance inside the airport are not covered. Scholarship support is available and described in the course brochure.
Accommodation
Participants board on the UWC Atlantic campus at St Donat's Castle for the whole course; boarding is part of the fee and the college team provides pastoral care.
Meal Plan
Catering is included in the course fee and served on campus for the duration of the course.
Activities & Excursions
Workshops alternate with outdoor learning on and around the coastal campus, and the programme includes excursions and group challenges alongside the leadership sessions.
Facilities
The course is based on the campus of UWC Atlantic, a United World College in the twelfth-century St Donat's Castle on the Glamorgan coast of South Wales. Boarding and catering are part of the course fee, and the campus is the base for outdoor sessions nearby.
Camp Experience
The course brings together students from many countries for two weeks of shared living and learning on a United World College campus, and is described by the college as a stepping stone towards deeper UWC engagement.
Language Camp prices
Global Leadership Experience Junior
20 Lessons · 13–14 yrs · B1–C2
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GLE Junior is a UWC Atlantic Short Course in Global Systems Leadership for 13–14 year olds. The programme invites students from around the globe to learn through play, movement, hands-on exploration, nature, storytelling and international friendship. It is designed to spark confidence, nurture individuality and help young people grow in a supportive, exciting international community, leaving with new skills, new friends and a stronger sense of who they are and what they care about. The course is accredited as a UWC Short Course and serves as a stepping stone toward the GLE programme for ages 15–17 and deeper UWC engagement.
There are no traditional classroom lessons — learning is play-based and experiential, delivered through outdoor adventure, creative workshops, dynamic games, ecology, theatre, Welsh and Celtic folklore, and guided reflection. A diverse international cohort explores global systems, sustainability and different models of leadership through movement, storytelling, biomimicry challenges, ecosystem mapping and team challenges, with the land and sea of coastal Wales acting as a living classroom. The course is conducted in English.
The course focuses on building confidence, collaboration and a first understanding of leadership as curiosity, service and collective action, through play-based, outdoor and intercultural learning in an international community.
Daily Schedule
Breakfast
07:00–08:00
Classes
08:30–12:30
Lunch
12:30–13:30
Dinner
18:30–19:30
Evening activities
20:00–22:00
Lights out
22:30
Included items
24/7 supervision
International students
Excursions
Hiking
Indoor Games
Outdoor Sports Games
Cafeteria
Games area
Outdoor fields
Residence accommodation
Optional Extras
Transfer1
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School
UWC Atlantic Experience
UWC Atlantic Experience runs residential short courses for teenagers on the campus of UWC Atlantic, a United World College set in the twelfth-century St Donat's Castle on the coast of the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. Its education programmes combine action-based learning led by practitioners from different sectors with outdoor adventure delivered by the college's own experienced team, and give participants a first-hand experience of the UWC educational ethos. Courses are accredited UWC short courses, and the campus also hosts summer schools run by partner organisations.
Students aged 13 and 14 who want an accredited UWC short course in global systems leadership. Participants live on campus for the whole course and work in an international group.
Through experiential workshops, outdoor learning, real-world case studies and reflective sessions led by programme facilitators on the UWC Atlantic campus.
The fee covers all boarding, catering, activity fees and GuardMe insurance where applicable, and an optional transfer to and from Heathrow Airport. Flights and assistance inside the airport are not covered, and scholarship support is described in the course brochure.
GLE Junior is the junior edition of the Global Leadership Experience, an accredited UWC short course run by UWC Atlantic Experience on the campus of UWC Atlantic in Wales. Over two weeks, participants aged 13 to 14 live on campus and work through experiential workshops, outdoor learning, real-world case studies and reflective sessions, in a group drawn from many countries. The fee covers boarding, catering, activity fees, insurance where applicable and an optional Heathrow transfer, and scholarship support is available.
