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Address and Contacts


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Address: Atlantic College
St. Donat's
Llantwit Major
Vale of Glamorgan
CF61 1WF, UK
Phone: +44 (0)1446 799000

E-mail: Principal
 

Director of Studies
 

Development Office
 


3-Year Calendar

200820092010 (proposed)
Term 2/4
Offices re-openThu 03 JanMon 05 JanMon 04 Jan
Students returnWed09 Jan07 Jan06 Jan
Project WeekWed, 1400 - Sun, 220027 Feb - 09 Mar25 Feb - 08 Mar24 Feb - 07 Mar
Long WeekendThu, 1400 - Mon, 220020 - 24 Mar09 - 13 Apr01 - 05 Apr
IB examsMon05 May04 May03 May [tbc]
End of YearSat 24 May
(Bank Holiday weekend)
Fri 22 MayTue 25 May [tbc]
Term 1/3
Students returnThu07 Aug06 Aug05 Aug
Project WeekSat - Fri06 - 19 Sep05 - 18 Sep04 - 17 Sep
First-Years arriveTue09 Sep08 Sep07 Sep
Full routineMon22 Sep21 Sep20 Sep
Long WeekendThu, 1400 - Mon, 220016 - 20 Oct15 - 19 Oct14 - 18 Oct
London/ First AidWed - Fri05 - 07 Nov04 - 06 Nov03 - 05 Nov
End of TermWed, 180003 Dec02 Dec01 Dec
Offices closeFriday19 Dec18 Dec17 Dec
GR, May 2008

Management Team

Principal:

Neil Richards

Vice-Principal, Academics
(Director of Studies):

Gareth Rees

Vice-Principal, College:

Nick Lush

Head of Extra-mural Centre:

Dave Cope

Bursar, Company Secretary:

Gareth Cheesman

Academic Studies Coordinator:

Susana Lopez Ruesga

Academic Staff Coordinator:

Ken Corn

Senior House-parent:

Julian Jones

Services/Activities Coordinator:

Adrian Disney


Directions

  • by airplane:
    Cardiff Wales Airport (CWL)take a taxi to College, < £ 20
    London Gatwick (LGW)take a Flight Link coach directly to Cardiff
    OR: take the train to Victoria, and continue by bus to Cardiff, or continue by underground to Paddington and take the train to Cardiff or Bridgend
    OR: take the (expensive) bus to Heathrow, and continue from there
    London Heathrow (LHR)take a Flight Link coach directly to Cardiff
    OR: take the underground to Victoria, and continue by bus to Cardiff
    OR: take the Rail-Air Link coach to Reading and then the train to Cardiff or Bridgend
    OR: take the (expensive) Heathrow Express to Paddington and the train from there
    London Stansted (STN)take the bus to Victoria, and continue by bus to Cardiff, or continue by underground to Paddington and take the train to Cardiff or Bridgend
    OR: take the Stansted Express to King's Cross, and continue by underground to Paddington and take the train, or continue by underground to Victoria and take the bus from there
    OR: take the (expensive) bus to Heathrow, and continue from there
  • by bus:
  • by car:
    distances in km/miles
    from the M4 take exit 33, Cardiff West
    at the round-about at the top, go left, onto the A4232
    take the exit to the A48 (Cowbridge)
    at the round-about at the top, go right, onto the A48 W to Cowbridge
    turn off the main road into Cowbridge, drive through the village, including its one traffic light
    [ from here, follow signs to Atlantic College, St Donats Castle, the Arts Centre ]
    turn left to Llantwit Major
    at the T-junction, turn left
    at the round-about, go right
    turn left (a slightly hidden corner)
    at the T-junction, turn left, and you are in St Donats
    in a sharp left bend, turn right through the (second set of) College gates
  • by train:

AC Documents

This is a space for various more or less official documents relating to Atlantic College and the UWCs, mostly in .pdf-format (requiring the free Acrobat Reader.)
UWC Council, Singapore: Closing SummationMalcolm McKenzie, Principal08 Oct 2005
Alliance for International Education, Third Conference, Shanghai:
Conference Summary
Malcolm McKenzie, Principal29 Oct 2006
Alliance for International Education, Third Conference, Shanghai:
On Global Citizenship
Lodewijk van Oord, Ken Corn29 Oct 2006
Conference of Nordic IB Schools, Oslo:
Peace and Conflict Studies
Lodewijk van Oord22 Sep 2007