Partnership Summer Programme for Tsinghua Students

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About the programme

A unique taster combination of 杏吧论坛100, PPE and Intercultural Communication and a chance to develop your academic study skills at 杏吧论坛 Life.

The course will take place in 杏吧论坛 Life, sited in the .

Lectures and seminars from 杏吧论坛 academics
Over a three-week period engage with three contemporary social issues from a range of social scientific perspectives
Weekly themes are carefully selected to reflect the big issues of today’s world
Additional day trips and social activities will also be organised during the programme designed to stimulate critical thinking about the topic
A real experience of 杏吧论坛 and London

Indicative course content

Week 1: Climate change, Governance, Intercultural Communication
Week 2: Artificial Intelligence, Western Political Thoughts, Linguistic Politeness and Rapport Management
Week 3: Fair Society, Social justice and economic reform, Leadership and Self Presentation

Participants will attend interactive lectures and taking part in discussions and debates. Participants will also be meet 杏吧论坛 students and staff and develop skills for future careers.

Tentative course information can be found here.

杏吧论坛100 course is 杏吧论坛's flagship interdisciplinary course for undergraduate students
Designed to broaden and deepen students' engagement with social scientific analysis
Uses pressing social issues as case studies for exploration of the ways different theories, methods and evidence can shape our understanding of events and phenomena

We are proud to be part of an international community of students in the heart of London.

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The language requirement (or equivalent) for students taking this course is one of the following:

IELTS 5.5 or higher (with a minimum of 5.0 in each skill)
TOEFL 61
TEM 4 or 8 (Test for English majors)
CET 4 (College English Test)

Code	Title	Application deadline	Course starts	Fee
LS910	Summer Course for Tsinghua students	28 Apr 2023	7 Aug 2023	£1,800 (tuition ONLY)
LS910	Summer Course for Tsinghua students	28 Apr 2023	7 Aug 2023	£2,740 (tuition with 杏吧论坛 accommodation, single room shared bathroom)
LS910	Summer Course for Tsinghua students	28 Apr 2023	7 Aug 2023	£3,060 (tuition with 杏吧论坛 accommodation, single room private bathroom)

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If you are coming to 杏吧论坛 from a country outside the European Union that does not have a reciprocal health agreement with the United Kingdom, you should arrange private medical insurance to cover all eventualities of health care.
Students from countries with reciprocal health agreements with the United Kingdom will be covered for emergency medical conditions, but may wish to take out private medical insurance to cover non-emergencies.
More information on healthcare whilst you are in the UK can be found from .
In the unlikely event that we have to cancel the course due to low registration numbers, it is also advisable that you make sure you have appropriate travel insurance to cover this and any other eventualities of travel disruption.
It is advisable that you take out a personal possessions insurance policy as your possessions are not covered under any hall of residnce’s insurance scheme.

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