¹û¶³Ó°Ôº International Summer School for Undergraduates: Call for module proposals
24 February 2016
The ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Centre for Languages and International Education (CLIE) is inviting module proposals for the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº International Summer School for Undergraduates (ISSU) 2017.
¹û¶³Ó°Ôº ISSU offers the opportunity for students from around the world to study at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº for either three or six weeks and gain credit towards their degree programmes. ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº students are also welcome to study at a discounted rate and list successful completion of modules on their Higher Education Achievement Records (HEAR).
¹û¶³Ó°Ôº ISSU invites proposals for modules at undergraduate levels one and two (first and second year). Modules will need to offer 45 contact hours over a three-week period through a blend of lectures, seminars/tutorials and excursions, with one non-teaching day each week.
Teaching dates for Block One are 3 to 21 July 2017 and teaching dates for Block Two are 24 July to 11 August 2017.
We would particularly welcome proposals which do one or more of the following:
- offer an introduction to a subject area
- view a subject from a London perspective or emphasise ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's central London location
- view a subject from an 'international' or 'global' perspective
- take ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's Grand Challenges as a reference point
- take an interdisciplinary approach
- integrate research components and/or an experiential dimension wherever possible.
Remuneration is at consultancy rates: £6,000 for each module developed and £85 per teaching hour (£35 for GTA's).Ìý ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Arena has confirmed that applicants for Associate Fellowship or Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy could use this opportunity as a case study when applying.
Further programme information and a full list of modules on offer in 2016 can be found on our .
The deadline for submissions is 22 April 2016.
Please contact the ISSU Office at issu@ucl.ac.uk or on extension x25522 for further information or to request a module proposal form.
Rhod Fiorini, Head of International Summer School for Undergraduates