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
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
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
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.
- Dover Campus
- East Campus
- Opinion
- Teaching and Learning
- UWCSEA concept based curriculum
Dr Frazer Cairns, Former Head of Dover Campus
Working with others as part of the UWC Mission the Magic Bus Ticketing initiative is an elevated for of group work.
- Alumni
- Dover Campus
- East Campus
- Opinion
- Technology
- UWC