UCL GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMME
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A two week programme offering the chance to put your studies in a global context, learn new skills and see the world differently.
The UCL Global Citizenship Programme is a new feature of the undergraduate year; for two weeks after summer exams have finished, there will be a range of opportunities for those students who do not already have departmental activities scheduled (e.g. field trips). As the Programme is optional, you don’t have to take part in all three years, although we encourage you to get involved in as much as possible.
Participation will be recorded on the HEAR as part of your academic record, but won’t count towards or against your degree.
Please note: The 2012-13 pilot will be for first-year undergraduates only.
WHAT WILL IT INVOLVE?
First-year undergraduates
You will be able to choose between four courses for the two-week programme – each focused on one of UCL’s Grand Challenges: Global Health, Sustainable Cities, Intercultural Interaction and Human Wellbeing.
In the 2012-13 session, we will be piloting two of these new courses. They will be united by the theme of ‘Water’, inspired by the 2013 UN International Year of Water Cooperation. These courses will be challenging, interactive and distinctive – and deliberately different from your degree programme.For instance, you may be studying the problems water creates – as a barrier between cultures, as a carrier for deadly diseases – and coming up with sustainable solutions as part of multidisciplinary project teams.
The Danube (Intercultural Interaction)
The Danube is one of Europe’s major rivers, passing through 10 countries as it flows from Germany to Romania. It is both a barrier and a bridge to cooperation, a cause and a cure for conflict: this course will explore both sides of the river’s role in bringing cultures together and keeping them apart, through history, politics, environmental science and literature. Students will also have the opportunity to undertake taster lessons in one of six Danubian languages.
People and the Sea (Human Wellbeing)
Students will spend two weeks exploring the relationships between people and the seas – from fisheries governance to the effects of Antarctic ice melt, from demography to technology. Working in teams, you will be allocated a country to focus on. You will represent this country at the end of the course at a Rio+20 style summit to negotiate a new agreement on the use of the oceans, as well as creating a short film.
Second and third year undergraduates
In each year you will choose one of three strands – Employability, Volunteering and Enterprise. These will be piloted for the first time in 2013-2014, and are being developed by the UCL Careers Service, Volunteering Services Unit and UCL Advances respectively. Register your interest on the right hand side of this page to be among the first to hear about these opportunities next academic year.
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Programme runs from 28th May - 7th June 2013
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Submit your email address below to receive up-to-date info on this exciting new programme.
There are only 250 spaces available so register your interest now and be the first to know when you can sign up!
WHY SHOULD I TAKE PART?
BROADEN YOUR NETWORK
On the Global Citizenship Programme you will work with staff and students from across the university with whom you can exchange ideas and expertise, as well as networking with businesses, charities and community groups. It’s a great way to expand your horizons and work collaboratively with like-minded people to make a difference to the world.
DEVELOP A PROFESSIONAL EDGE
Working on projects with students from other disciplines you will develop key communication and collaboration skills necessary for success in any career. You will stand out from the crowd to potential employers with a record of participation on your HEAR and a wealth of experience from all parts of the programme to talk about at interviews.
LEARN EXTRA SKILLS
All three years of the Global Citizenship Programme will build on existing skills and provide opportunities to learn new ones. Through a range of hands-on workshops, skills sessions and team projects looking at real-life scenarios, you will complete the Programme not only with a greater understanding of global problems, but equipped with the academic and professional skills required to address them.
SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE
The Global Citizenship Programme will put your degree into a wider context, helping you understand the value of working across disciplines to address complex global problems. Linked to UCL’s Grand Challenges, you will find yourself exploring the same issues as UCL’s world- leading researchers, and coming up with solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.
Are you up for the challenge?
A two week programme offering the chance to put your studies in a global context, learn new skills and see the world differently.
For more information, contact:
JOSH BLACKER
T: 020 3108 5214 E: globalcitizenshipprogramme@ucl.ac.uk
W: ucl.ac.uk/global-citizenship/programme
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