Address and Contacts
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Address:
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Atlantic College St. Donat's Llantwit Major Vale of Glamorgan CF61 1WF, UK
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Phone:
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+44 (0)1446 799000
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E-mail:
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Principal
Director of Studies
Development Office
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3-Year Calendar
Note: The dates for the 2010/11 academic year will be reviewed in the light of the experience of the present year.
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011
| | Term 2/4 | | Offices re-open | Mon | 05 Jan | 04 Jan | 03 Jan (?)
| | Students return | | Wed 07 Jan | Sat 09 Jan | Sat 08 Jan
| | Project Week | Wed, 1400 - Sun, 2200 | 25 Feb - 08 Mar | 03 - 14 Mar | 02 - 13 Mar
| | Long Weekend | Thu, 1400 - Mon, 2200 | 09 - 13 Apr | 01 - 05 Apr | 21 - 25 Apr
| | IB exams | | Mon 04 - Thu 21 May (at AC) | Tue 04 - Mon 24 May | Tue 03 - Mon 23 May (tbc)
| | End of Year/ Leavers' Dinner | | Fri 22 May | Tue 25 May | Tue 24 May (tbc)
| | Term 1/3 | | Students return | Wed | 05 Aug | 04 Aug | .
| | English Learners' Programme | Tue | 18 Aug | 17 Aug | .
| | Project Week/Induction | Sat - Thu | 29 Aug - 10 Sep | 28 Aug - 09 Sep | .
| | First-Years arrive | Tue | 01 Sep | 31 Aug | .
| | Full routine | Fri | 11 Sep | 10 Sep | .
| | Reading Week (2nd-years) | Mon - Fri | 12 - 16 Oct | 11 - 15 Oct | .
| | Long Weekend | Fri, 1400 - Tue, 2200 | 16 - 20 Oct | 15 - 19 Oct | .
| | London/ First Aid | Wed - Fri | 18 - 20 Nov | 10 - 12 Nov | .
| | End of Term | Fri, 1800 | 04 Dec | 03 Dec | .
| | Offices close | Fri | 18 Dec | 17 Dec | .
| GR, Aug 2009
Management Team
Jan 2010
- 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
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| OR: take the (expensive) bus to Heathrow, and continue from there |
- by bus:
two companies operate services from London Victoria to Cardiff
(– from Cardiff, there are very slow local bus-services to Llantwit, or one can continue by taxi or local train)
- Mega-Bus: does not depart from/arrive at the coach stations, tickets can only be bought on-line
- National Express: departs from/arrives at the coach stations, has a nation-wide network of services
- 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:
trains leave London's Paddington Station for Cardiff and Bridgend, about once every hour;
then continue by
- taxi: > £ 30 from Cardiff, < £ 20 from Bridgend
- local train to Llantwit Major: these trains run about once every hour – NEW!
from Llantwit Major it is a short bus- or taxi-ride, or a 25-minute walk to the College
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.)
Alliance for International Education, Third Conference, Shanghai: On Global Citizenship | Lodewijk van Oord, Ken Corn | 29 Oct 2006 |  |
Conference of Nordic IB Schools, Oslo: Peace and Conflict Studies | Lodewijk van Oord | 22 Sep 2007 |  |
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