UWC International Office staff

Sope Adekola

School and College Support and Development Officer

Sope has worked in international development, mostly with young people, in Burundi and the South of Italy, focusing on resource development, capacity building and youth development. Her most recent role, before joining UWC International, was working on the DFID funded International Citizens Service (ICS) programme which sends 18-25 year olds to developing communities around the world to assist grass-root organisations.

Sope is the main organiser of this highly-anticipated event, and she is looking forward to the learning and collaboration which will flourish over the few days and beyond. Sope is certain that we will all leave with renewed energy to continue delivering on UWC's mission via short courses.

Matthias Rosenberg

Head of School and College Development

Matthias was an IB student of UWC Li Po Chun (1992-94), teacher at UWC Mahindra (2000-02), German national committee volunteer (2004-2017) and has been a UWC International staff member since 2017. As former manager of complex organisational projects, Matthias understands that people who share an inspiring goal will overcome differences and achieve amazing things together.

Heidi Janaszek

Short Programmes Development Officer

Heidi is a project management professional on a 6-month secondment to UWC International, working as Short Programmes Development Officer. This involves overseeing the development of UWC International’s infrastructure to support short course organisers to deliver an inspiring range of impactful short programmes. She holds a BA in Human Geography and an MA in Leadership for Sustainability.

Heidi is determined to contribute a lasting impact on the future of UWC short programmes.

Daniel Lovelock

Engagement and Outreach Coordinator

As Engagement and Outreach Coordinator at the UWC International Office, Daniel works across the UWC movement with schools and colleges, alumni groups, governance groups, national committees, and increasingly short courses. Daniel sees the huge value added when these UWC stakeholders successfully engage with the UWC community and also collaborate through strategic partnerships. He hopes to share with short course organisers and facilitators our collective knowledge, highlight best practice examples and opportunities for both engagement and outreach to maximise the reach and impact of UWC globally.

Peter Verhille

Senior Adviser, International Fund Development

Since 2011, Peter has been the senior development strategist and fundraising consultant for UWC International. His career spans over 30 years in public affairs, corporate communications and fundraising.

Peter is an alumnus of UWC Atlantic College (1978-1980) and was an active volunteer for many years on the UWC National Committee of Belgium. He also served as a member of the Fundraising Task Force for UWC Maastricht, leading to its launch in 2010.

Rebecca Warren

Senior Education Programme Coordinator

Rebecca is the Senior Education Programme Coordinator at UWC International. Her passion for education started with her service project at UWC Atlantic College (95-97), where she ran outdoor education sessions for school groups who visited the campus. This was followed by a year teaching English in rural Indonesia. Rebecca’s undergraduate was in Anthropology, Spanish and Development and through VSO she worked with a Peruvian anthropologist for a year in the Amazon region, supporting indigenous communities in their relationships with eco-tourism ventures. She completed a Masters’ degree in Leadership for Sustainable Development, culminating in the conclusion that if we want to embed sustainability thinking in society, we need it to be present at the schools. She joined Teach First in its 3rd cohort and taught Citizenship and Sociology in Hackney, London, before joining Teach for All to support the work of Teach for the Philippines. For the past four years she has been the Director of the Primary School at UWC Maastricht, overseeing the development of a primary curriculum that has the UWC mission and values at its heart.

Isabella Carey

UWC Volunteer

Isabella is volunteering at UWC International on the Communications and Engagement Team while completing a Masters of Social Justice and Education at the Institute of Education -University College London. Previously, she completed a Fulbright Grant in Ruse, Bulgaria where she taught English and facilitated an arts-based civic engagement workshop for youth. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she received her BA of Sociology at Middlebury College, which is where she discovered the UWC movement.