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Overview
You are eligible for the course if you are a high achieving 16-18-year-old who wants to:
- Experience studying at a global top 10 university (QS World University Rankings 2024).
- Develop key academic skills including critical thinking, presentation and report writing, independent study, as well as your ability to work in a team.
- Expand your use of academic English language and abilities in both academic writing and speaking.
- Learn how to conduct academic research, produce a short report and prepare and deliver an academic presentation.
- Experience lectures in a range of disciplines from the sciences, arts, humanities and social sciences.
- Participate in optional virtual visits to places of cultural and historical interest around London.
- Connect and make friends with a diverse range of students from all over the world.
Unlike other pre-university short courses, this course doesn’t just give you more knowledge about one subject, but includes a variety of subjects drawn from the sciences, arts, humanities and social sciences.
Programme Structure
You will study across three distinct areas:
1. Academic Skills and English for Academic Purposes
- Live lessons and tutorials focusing on the language and language skills needed to study at a UK university
- An introduction to research and study skills needed for study at a UK university
- Writing a short academic research report
- Preparing and delivering an academic presentation
2. Academic lectures
- Live lectures and seminars selected from sciences, arts, humanities and social sciences
- Recorded lectures delivered by UCL lecturers selected from sciences, arts, humanities and social sciences
- Training in the listening and note-taking skills needed to process lectures and respond to content
3. UCL and UK academic culture
- Introduction to UCL and UK academic culture and practices
- A virtual tour of UCL
Audience
To be eligible to apply for the course, you’ll have to meet the following criteria:
- be a high school student.
- be 16-18 years old for the duration of the course.
- English isn't your first language.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 14 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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More details
12pm, Monday 24 June 2024
Please note, applications may close earlier than the above deadline if all places on the course are filled.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Semi-structured
Disciplines
Higher Education View 8 other Short Courses in Higher Education in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Tuition Fee
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900 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 900 GBP per year during 14 days.
Funding
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