Nick Alchin
High School Principal and Deputy Head of Campus, UWCSEA East
Nick has taught in IB schools since 1995, first teaching TOK and Mathematics at UWCSEA Dover and subsequently at the International School of Geneva in Switzerland. After working as Director of IB at Sevenoaks School, UK, and as Dean of Studies at the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa, Kenya, Nick joined us in 2012. He has also been a part-time lecturer in Critical Thinking at Nanyang Polytechnic and California State University (Singapore).
IB Chief Assessor for Theory of Knowledge from 2005 to 2010 and Vice Chair of the IB Examining Board from 2007 - 2013, he is a textbook author, IB examiner, workshop leader and consultant who writes and speaks widely on various educational matters.
Nick has a bachelor's degree in Natural Sciences from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, postgraduate certificates in Engineering and Education from Wolfson College, Cambridge and Manchester College, Oxford and a Master’s in Educational Leadership from the Open University.
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Nick Alchin, Head of College
Nick Alchin, Head of College
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Nick Alchin, Head of College
Nick Alchin, Head of College
High School Principal Nick Alchin explores why the stories we tell ourselves are important and how we can influence our well being by shaping the narrative.
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Nick Alchin, Head of College
Nick Alchin, Head of College
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Nick Alchin, Head of College
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- East Campus
- Holistic Learning Programme
- Leadership
- Opinion
- Teaching and Learning
Nick Alchin, Head of College
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