Global Leadership Experience (GLE)
Exploring the challenges facing your planet and our future
2025 applications open mid-March. To join our mailing list and receive a notification of when you can apply, register here.
The Global Leadership Experience (GLE) brings together passionate and aspirational young people from all around the world to UWC Atlantic College, UK. Join us to explore the challenges shaping your planet and our future, whilst we take you on a journey towards becoming the changemakers and innovators to address these challenges.
2025 Course Information
Date: 2nd-16th August 2025
Location: St Donat’s Castle, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan CF61 1WF
Ages: 15-17 year olds
Fee: TBC
Application open: mid-March
2025 COURSE APPLICATIONS
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About Global Leadership Experience (GLE)
Learning to lead, building critical thinking and decision-making skills and developing a global perspective to help create change in yourself is a good thing. Using those skills to generate ideas for social impact and be an advocate for positive change in the world – that’s a great thing. The Global Leadership Experience (GLE) is your chance to bring it all together.
UWC Atlantic based in a 12th-century castle by the sea in Wales UK; every day is packed with new experiences – from exploring the complex systems of the world (why some work and others simply don’t) to developing your own answers to the BIG ethical, social, environmental, political, geographic and economic questions that impact the lives of everyone. Through thought-provoking workshops, insightful discussions and comfort stretching outdoor activities, you will be invited to develop the 21st Century leadership needed at a global, local and personal level.
Applications open March 2025
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Course Information
The course will be held at UWC Atlantic from Saturday 2nd August to Saturday 16th August 2025. Applications are open to 15-17-year-olds. GLE is delivered in English, therefore all participants must be able to communicate in the English language.
Course Fees
2025 course fee TBC.
Fee includes all boarding, catering, activity fees and GuardMe insurance. Fee is also inclusive of optional transfer to/from Heathrow Airport. The fee does not include flights, participant spending money, visa fees or travel costs outside of the transfers.
SUPPLEMENTS
Additional charges that you may incur as a fee to GLE are as follows:
– If you plan to use the unaccompanied minor airline service a fee of £75 GBP per person applies to cover the additional staffing requirements
– If you have unexpected changes to travel a fee of £200 GBP per person plus additional transport costs (i.e. taxis) applies
SCHOLARSHIPS
The capacity of GLE is 48 participants of which a proportion will be offered at a reduced fee. Details will be provided when applications open.
How to Apply
Contact Us
If you need to get in touch, contact us by email gle@uwcatlanticexperience.com or call (+44) 1446 799 000
Insurance
As part of GLE, International Students living outside of the UK will benefit from GuardMe COVID specific insurance, to provide additional cover for COVID related cancellation.
The policy provides cover for participant cancellation in the event of:
– Having a positive case of COVID at the start date of the course, prohibiting them to join. Cover provided is up to the value of £7,500
– COVID medical cover up to £10 million
– Flight and accommodation cover for participant and guardian should they be required to isolate in the UK and/or fly to the UK to provide care
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