Dr Frazer Cairns

Former Head of Dover Campus

Frazer Cairns started his career as a management consultant and journalist after graduating from the University of York in the UK. He retrained as a science teacher and subsequently taught in the UK, Indonesia and Switzerland. Having worked in international schools for most of his career Frazer is particularly interested in the way language is used in multilingual educational settings. He continues to study and contribute to research in this area, holding both Masters and Doctorate degrees in education.

An ex-runner, Frazer enjoys sport, particularly mountain and road bike racing, despite his knees not being what they once were. He is also a keen snowboarder and mountain walker though both are quite difficult in Singapore. Frazer is married to Rebecca and has two children, Matthew and Hannah, both of whom attended UWCSEA Dover.

In July 2017, Frazer and his family moved back to Switzerland, and Frazer is now the Director at International School of Lausanne.

Contributions by this author

UWCSEA's UN Night: where young people are challenged to evaluate their own cultures.

Reflecting on UN Night: On the road to intercultural understanding or cultural isolation?

Dr Frazer Cairns, Former Head of Dover Campus

UWCSEA's UN Night is part of the ‘living in and with’ rather than ‘living alongside’ by which young people are challenged to evaluate their own cultures.

Dover Campus
East Campus
Holistic Learning Programme
Opinion
Teaching and Learning
UWC

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To hand write or to type?: How can schools balance the rise of digital technology with evidence that handwriting could be better for learning?

Angela Erikson, Head of Middle School English, Dover Campus
Dr Frazer Cairns, Former Head of Dover Campus
Seán McHugh, ICT Integrator and K-12 Digital Literacy Coach, Dover Campus

To hand write or to type? How can schools balance the rise of digital technology with evidence that handwriting could be better for learning?

Dover Campus
East Campus
Opinion
Teaching and Learning
Technology

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UWCSEA Dover Middle School students in their math group project.

Backwards planning in course design: Connecting lessons to key concepts within a discipline is a key goal

Dr Frazer Cairns, Former Head of Dover Campus

Through the complex process of developing a unit of learning, connecting each lesson to a larger understanding of a key concept within a discipline, teachers hope to engage and challenge students long after the course itself is over.