Traditions
- Induction Week
When the new year of students arrive in September, the second year students welcome them to the college outside the main gate. The first years spend the first few days at Atlantic College learning about the college and getting to know each other by going on a camping trip.
- Open Mic Nights
To raise money for various charities and causes, students organise 'Open Mic Nights' usually held in the Old Staff Common Room. Students pay for entry and watch their fellow schoolmates performing. Causes include Trade Justice, Amnesty International, Students for a Free Tibet and STAR.
- National Evenings
Every Sunday, a national group or a conglomeration of national groups (For example: Afro-Caribbean, British & Irish, Franco-Italian, Central European (German-Dutch), Latin & Iberic, North American etc.) put together a show celebrating the culture of their region. Nearly every pupil participates and attends the national evenings and the performances are usually both a celebration and a parody of their countries.
- ACMUN
Each year the college hosts a Model United Nations conference. This is very accurately staged with various committees, councils and events. Students from other United World Colleges also attend.
- Writer in Residence
Started in September 2007, this is when an author lives on campus and helps students with all literature, including essays, letters home and notes to other students. The most recent writer in residence was Horatio Clare, an ex-student.
- Friday Night Lectures
Prominent characters present a speech based on their field of excellence to the school. Friday night lecturers have included entrepreneurs Craig Sams and Dame Anita Roddick, Margot Wallström, European Commission Vice President and the journalist Aernout Van Lynden, an ex-student of Atlantic College.
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