IDEAS Hub

Grade 11 student Anika has always been interested in coding and programming because of its problem-solving elements. When she first joined the innovation club in Grade 9, she had the opportunity to participate in the Engineering Innovation Challenge (EIC)  where she was part of a team that made a water purification device using UV-C light to be used in developing countries. This sparked an interest in the innovation field and since then, Anika has continued to look out for more opportunities in this space. She has subsequently joined both First Robotics Club (FRC) and NASA's Great Lunar Expedition for Everyone (GLEE).

UWCSEA Dover’s Grade 11 and 12 students, Vedant and Aman, recently collaborated with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) under the guidance of our IDEAS Hub to create an elderly marketplace for skills and jobs called S-Lab, and that includes a project called GrowLah which allows the elderly to set up and maintain gardening products that the team sells including hydroponic systems. 

Ground control to Commander Aki! On Saturday, 30 October, a select group of students from UWCSEA Dover and East Campus had an out-of-this-world opportunity to connect with alumnus astronaut Akihiko Hoshide '87 through a secured video link call from the International Space Station.

The IDEAS Hub at Dover and the newly established UWCSEA East Innovation ecosystem encourage students of all ages to internalise an innovator’s mindset, think critically and to connect and collaborate with their local community as they seek to create solutions to real-world issues.

Respect for diversity lies at the heart of the UWC mission and linguistic diversity is an important component of how we define diversity. A growing body of research shows that bi- and multilingualism brings cognitive, linguistic, socio-cultural and emotional benefits and that all members of a community benefit from being in a multilingual environment because it provides increased opportunities to develop intercultural understanding.

Historian Benot Godin recounts the tale that in 1636, Henry Burton, a Church of England minister was found guilty of innovating, against King Edwards VI’s earlier Proclamation against Those that Doeth Innovate. While Burton had his ears cut and was sentenced to life imprisonment, innovation is now a central value of our society—and this small tale shows how attitudes can utterly transform over time.