I am going to work with an organization called Action for AIDS (AFA) in Singapore. It is an organization that advocates not only for voluntary AIDS check-ups, but also organise educational campaigns to combat discrimination against people with AIDS in Singapore. Their significant contribution in this field demonstrates the government’s dependency on non-state actors. Hence, […]
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Pandemic!
During the global politics class on February 5th, we played a game called Pandemics! with four people per team to learn the connection with the key concept of globalization and interdependence along with the unit of global public health. Throughout this game, no one was assigned a country but a role such as medics or […]
Lecture by Bernd Lucke at UWC Dover
On 4th of December, the grade 11 global politics students went to Dover campus after school to go listen to a lecture by Mr.Lucke, who is a European Parliament politician. He spoke on the topic of issues of and surrounding EU. It was a fascinating topic to listen to because we were just learning about […]
Is Liberalism in Retreat?
Liberalism ideologies have been accepted and implemented in many states especially after World War 2 because it often leads to free trade, unity in diversity, protection of individual rights and a peaceful world. However, there is a argument that liberalism is in retreat, considering the recent occurrences such as the election of Trump or Brexit. […]
UWC Day – understanding different perspectives from daily learning –
4A’s + Concentric Circles In this activity, we were provided several prompt questions and talked with pairs in a centric circle. The prompt questions were, for example, what assumptions does the mission make about you? or what part of the course aspire you? This activity made me think deeply about how the mission influences me […]