International summer schools and other short courses in the UK

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Short, part-time and holiday (summer or spring) courses in the UK


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SHORT COURSES / SUMMER SCHOOL

There are many language schools offering special short English courses for international students during the UK summer, sometimes combined with sightseeing, sports or other activities. See: Course/Language.

Many universities and colleges offer daytime "summer schools" in a wide range of subjects during the British summer holidays in July and August. These courses are usually open to international students. Your level of English needs to be high enough to be able to understand the lectures and to take part in discussions. Most courses usually last for between 1 and 4 weeks. For examples of international summer school programmes in the UK, see:

Cambridge University	http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/intsummer
Cardiff University	http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/inter/elt/courses/summer
Kingston University	http://www.kingston.ac.uk/summerschools
London School of Economics (LSE)	http://www.lse.ac.uk/summer-school
Oxford University	http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/oussa
University of Edinburgh	http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/suiss
University of Essex	http://www.essex.ac.uk/eiss
University of Exeter	http://www.exeter.ac.uk/international/summerschool
University of Newcastle	http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nuiss
University of Northampton	http://www.northampton.ac.uk/international_summerschool.php
University of Sussex	http://www.sussex.ac.uk/iss

Information about the wide range of summer courses available in London can be found in Summertime Floodlight (see below). This is published in late March each year. You can also find course details from the Floodlight website: http://www.floodlight.co.uk.

For short courses in arts and crafts, see: http://www.artcourses.co.uk.

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PART-TIME COURSES

If you would like to take additional part-time or evening courses in a subject that interests you, you should find out about these courses as soon as possible. Many courses start in September/October, or in January or April (the start of school terms in the UK): for a popular course you should try to book a place about a month before this. Many evening classes take place in school buildings.

Hot Courses

Floodlight

You can find out about courses from the following websites:
Hotcourses: http://www.hotcourses.com
Floodlight: http://www.floodlight.co.uk (London courses)
You can also buy these course guides from newsagents.

LINKS

Courses at English language schools: Course/Language
Using an education travel agent: Prepare/Agent
The cost of living in the UK: Prepare/Cost
UK immigration issues: Prepare/Visa
Guide to British towns: Travel/Tours/UK

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