Outbound Opportunities for
University of Bath Students
• Introduction
• China: Study China, Shandong and
Chongqing
• India: Study India
• Korea: Ewha University
• Kazakhstan: KIMEP
• Sri Lanka: IDEATORS
• Funding
Introduction
Aim: To highlight short-term opportunities overseas for
University of Bath students particularly those which
further our links overseas
– Many are with UoB partners or through contacts such as
the British Council
– A mixture of costing models: most involve some payment
– Open to different groups of students
– Most require independent planning (not arranged by IO)
Study China 1
What is Study China?
• Three week course every Easter and Summer aimed at all
undergraduate students in the UK
• Learn Chinese language, culture, history, economy, business…
• Host universities are based in Beijing, Shanghai, Jinan,
Hangzhou and Nanjing (East Coast)
• Co-ordinated by University of Manchester for all UK students
• Accommodation, food, tuition and excursions paid for by UK
Government
• Student pays flights, visas and travel insurance
• Competitive entry but Bath has a great record of winning
places on Study China.
Study China 2
Study China 3
• UNFORTUNATELY…
– Easter 2011 may be the last Study China due to
cuts but nothing has been decided yet so keep an
eye on:
• http://servalan.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/
studychina/
Shandong University SDU
• Located in Jinan (Shandong Province)
• Three hours from Beijing by train
• Key cultural and historical part of China: Qufu
(birthplace of Confucius; Tai Mountain;
Qingdao a ‘treaty port’…)
• Partner university of Bath since 2007
• Summer School: 4-31 July 2011 (tbc)
Shandong University SDU 2
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4 week course Chinese language and culture:
language classes from beginners; culture classes in
English
Lots of field trips and activities: folk customs,
music, food, tea, volunteering, beer factory visit…
Much more individual attention than Study China
but requires more engagement from you
Buddy system: partnered with Chinese student
SDU
Shandong University SDU 3
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Check site at:
http://www.ipo.sdu.edu.cn/iss.htm
2 free places covering tuition and
accommodation for Bath students: you pay
flights and visas and living costs
Full fee places are about $1300 (2010 costs)
Open to all levels of study (UG, PGT, PGR)
and visiting and exchange students
Shandong University SDU 4
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Contact international-office@bath.ac.uk
(Wessex House 2.15) to get your form
countersigned if you would like to be
considered for the scholarship
Attach short (one page) saying why you think
you are a good candidate for scholarship
By 31 May 2011
Shandong University SDU 5
Study India 1
What is Study India?
• Three week summer course aimed at all undergraduate students in UK
• Dates: Application deadline normally end of March
Experience: Mid August to first week in September
• ?? We don’t know if it will run for 2011 ??
• Keep an eye on http://www.studyindia.org.uk/about
• Mix of language and culture classes, lectures on Indian history and
commerce and visits to cultural and historic sites…
• Host universities are HR College, part of the University of Mumbai and the
University of Delhi
• Co-ordinated by King's College London's Centre for Indian Cultures and the
University of Birmingham's International Office
• Accommodation, food, tuition and excursions paid for by UK Government
• Student pays flights, visas and travel insurance
Study India
Delhi programme
• India’s capital city, is the seat of government and home to about 12 million
people
• New Delhi, with its wide tree-lined boulevards and magnificent
government buildings, co-exists with crowded, vibrant Old Delhi, where
traces of Delhi’s historic past can still be seen
• India’s history and environment, morning yoga sessions, day trips to the
Taj Mahal
• Placements were provided by a variety of organisations from the private,
public and NGO sectors
Mumbai programme
• Mumbai, India’s financial capital, lies on
the west coast of India
• Home to Bollywood film studios & over 14
million inhabitants
• Lectures on Mumbai’s economy along
with a visit to the Mumbai stock exchange,
Hindi classes, yoga workshops and a visit to
the Mahatma Gandhi Museum
• Indian NGOs hosted placements such as;
V Care Foundation which provides free
help, awareness and education to cancer
patients and their families
Dive into Korea!
A unique opportunity to ‘learn and experience’ Korea
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Vibrant city with population of over 10 million
Nation’s cultural, educational, and political centre
Host of the 1988 Summer Olympics & 2002 World Cup
Summer programme offered by our partner in Seoul
2 x 1 month programmes : academic + cultural
Open to UG and PGT students
• International Relations in East Asia, Human Rights,
Law, Politics and Culture, Economics & Business,
Fine Arts and Design, Media and Music…
Ewha Summer Programme
• Build a simple traditional Korean house,
learn traditional mask dance ‘Talchoom,’
make beautiful art work by using traditional
Korean paper ‘Hanji’
• To have a taste of modern Korea, there will be visits
to a major TV broadcasting company,
‘B-boy’ performance, & watching Korean movies
together, just to name a few!
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Dates: 24 June – 22 July & 1 - 12 August 2011
Application deadline 18 May/ 6 July
Fees: £1,600 + flight
They do have scholarships you can apply for…
All information at: http://summer.ewha.ac.kr/
Kazakhstan 1
Kazakhstan 2
Why…?
– Fascinating country: crossroads of Asia
– Size of Europe but only 16m people
– Former Soviet Union meets Asia meets Islam meets a Turkish language
and cultural influence meets yurts and mountains= a weird and
wonderful mixture
– Almaty is an interesting and attractive city: tree lined; close to the
mountains, laid back…great if you like trekking and outdoors
WHY NOT… ?
Kazakhstan 3
Where and What…?
• KIMEP: a private university in central Almaty; specialises in Management,
Economics and Social Sciences
• KIMEP and University of Bath have a Memorandum of Understanding (2010)
• Classes in business, law, or the social sciences taught by an international
faculty from the United States, UK, France, Japan and India.
• Opportunity to learn Russian.
• You will meet the people of Kazakhstan, as well as dozens of other
international students.
• Open to UG or PG
Kazakhstan 4
Dates: 9 July to 2 August 2011
Tuition fee
– 172,200 KZT (about 1,170 USD or 890 Euro*) for undergraduate students
248,400 KZT (about 1,675 USD or 1,285 Euro*) for graduate students
(50% discount if apply before 6 June /for partners)
Accommodation seems to be only 75 Euros!
More info at:
http://www.kimep.kz/academics/international/iss
Email v.irwin@bath.ac.uk
Sri Lanka
• Fancy yourself as the next Apprentice?
• Prepared to spend 30 days in Sri Lanka in late August/September?
• IDEATORS’ is a reality TV Enterprise Competition which was first organised
by the British Council
• Aim - recognise & reward Graduate Entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka & UK
• Competitors will be selected based on applications submitted by the Sri
Lankan and UK universities followed by interviews
• Fantastic opportunity !!
• Hoping it will run again for 2011
• Announcement in early March…
‘Ideators’
Creating the next generation of entrepreneurs
• Competition starts with 12 competitors: 6 undergraduates
from Sri Lanka and 6 undergraduates from the UK
• Aired on Sri Lankan TV and available to watch on Youtube
• There will be 12 episodes, each featuring a new enterprise
challenge aimed at measuring entrepreneurial skills of the
competitors
• Members from the losing team will be eliminated at the end
of each episode as decided by the judges
• Winner of the final episode will receive ‘THE IDEATOR’
challenge trophy and prizes
http://www.britishcouncil.org/srilanka-projects-ideators-on-air.htm
Funding
• Sorry…International Office does not have funds
for outbound but…
• Try the Alumni Fund: there is a sub section for
funding ‘projects to enhance the student
experience’ and ‘enterprising placements’
• https://alumni.bath.ac.uk/NetCommunity/SSLP
age.aspx?pid=459