The University of West London tell us about the opportunities on offer for prospective students.

The influence of the International Baccalaureate (IB) in UK education was highlighted this week as six IB World Schools featured among the top 21 independent secondary schools named in The Sunday Times school guide Parent Power, while Dartford Grammar School was named IB School of the Year, having risen nine places in the national state secondary school tables to 17th in the UK.

​Founded in 1864, the University of Denver (DU) is a mid-sized private university in the Rocky Mountain region, blending the friendliness and personal attention of a small college with the resources and intellectual diversity of a large research institution.

A delegation of over 200 representatives from governments, universities and schools from across the Middle East convened for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Higher Education Forum at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, to build awareness of the IB programmes in the region and discuss the transition of IB students from schools to higher education.

Adrian Kearney, the IB’s Regional Director for Africa, Europe and the Middle East, answers key questions parents and students often ask about the IB’s newest qualification.

​The International Baccalaureate (IB) is working in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to embed systems thinking and a circular economy perspective into the IB curriculum, enabling students to create and be part of realising a positive narrative for the future with an economy that works in the long-term.