Summer School in
Design Thinking
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Welcome to Nottingham Trent University
A top 10 modern university
…with a distinguished history
go back
to 1843
A modern University• NTU’s
withorigins
a long
history
• Nine Schools offering over 300
courses
• Three campuses
• 26,000 students
• 2,700 international students
(EU and overseas)
• 5,000 postgraduate students
• One of the most popular Universities
in the UK
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Nottingham Trent University – 1842-2014
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 Location: within two
hours of…
London
Birmingham
Manchester
Sheffield
Leeds
Oxford
Population: Over 260,000
Students:
Over 60,000
Nottingham has a central location
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Nottingham is in the top 5 cities in the UK for excellent shopping
Over £500
million pounds is
being invested
into retail
development &
investment in
Nottingham
1,164 retail outlets
from designer brands
to budget shops
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Nottingham has more cafes, restaurants and bars per square mile than
anywhere in the UK
• Theatres
• Concert halls
• Comedy clubs
• Music venues
• Cinemas
• Bowling
• Laser Quest
With most of these places offering
student discounts
£50 million cinema and café
complex at The Cornerhouse
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An international university
26,000+
students
2,500+
international students
100+
countries
117 nationalities
UK (23,152) China (955) Nigeria (221) India (156) Saudi Arabia (82) Malaysia (65)
Vietnam (50) Korea (45) Taiwan (45) Hong Kong (38) Thailand (30)
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NTU is one of the top British universities for
graduate employment prospects
93% of our UG graduates and 91% of our PG graduates are employed or
engaged in further study six months after leaving NTU
(HESA - DLHE survey 2011/12)
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A modern university with a
long history…
£200 million invested to create
an inspiring contemporary
working environment for students
and staff
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What will it be like?
• Major student city
• Diverse and multi-cultural
population
• Wide variety of international
food available
• Easy to find your way around
the city centre
• Teaching style will be different
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Design Thinking: What can it do for you?
• Enhance your creativity
• Generate new and innovative
ideas and solutions
• Be ahead of the competition
• Reinforce your competitiveness
in the job market
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The Programme
• A mix of business and art
classes
• A joint project in week 4
• Support of tutors
• Full access to University
facilities
• Cultural trip to London
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The first week of the
programme will be
devoted to English
languages classes
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Enhance your creativity
Rapid concept generation techniques
New and innovative ideas and solutions
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Consumer behaviour
Project management skills
Studio activities
Learn why drawing is the communication
tool favoured by creative people:
Prototyping
and
sketch
modelling:
This year the course will be credit bearing
(15 UK credits or the equivalent of 3 or 4
US credits).
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Visits to museums and galleries
Trip to London
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What’s included in the programme?
•
tuition £ 2,000
•
4 weeks courses:
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•
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1 week: English Language course
•
3 weeks: Design Thinking programme
•
20 hours/ week
Accommodation in homestay families or halls of
residence for 4 weeks
Catering
•
Welcome and farewell events
•
Breakfast and dinner during the week
•
Breakfast, lunch and dinner at the weekend
• Airport transfers
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Approximate Expenses
Items
Description
Costs in Costs in
TWD
Pound
2,000
Tuition Fee +
Accommodation
+ Meals + Trips
Class material pack,
breakfast + dinner (weekend 3
meals) and home staying,
One filed trip to London.
Ground-trip to and from airport
770
Health Insurance
Airfare
Round- trip airfare Taiwan to
and from UK
Total Costs
Others
Lunch not included
ISIC card
Passport fee not included
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104,000
65,000
Male
Female
169,770
300
1100
or 1500
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Contacts
• Chris Crabot – christophe.crabot@ntu.ac.uk
– Head of International Affairs – Nottingham Business School
• Gwen Chen – gwen.chen@ntu.ac.uk
– Senior Lecturer – Nottingham Business School
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