UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH

2025 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL

5 - 20 July 2025
WELCOME TO THE CONTENTS
INTERNATIONAL
SUMMER SCHOOL 04 Your Summer School

We are delighted that you are thinking of joining us this summer for 06 Living in the South West
two weeks of learning and adventure in Plymouth.
International summer schools are becoming an established part of 08 The City of Plymouth
the University and each year we build on this to deliver an ever
more successful suite of programmes. You will be introduced to
subjects and ideas you may not have come across before within a 10 University of Plymouth
friendly and supportive environment.
Discover more about your studies through group work and lectures. 16 Your Summer School
Experience education in England, find out what it is like to be a
Programme: Academic
student in Plymouth and explore our culture and heritage.
Content Examples
Our friendly Student Ambassadors will be with you during your
stay, helping you to explore Plymouth and explaining more
about the University and life in the UK. 18 Your Provisional
We do hope you can visit us this year; we look forward to meeting
Timetable
you.
The Summer School Team, University of Plymouth. 22 Weekend in London
 YOUR SUMMER
SCHOOL
Create new memories in a city that offers a vibrant
urban culture blended with the best of the countryside,
from moor to sea. Experience the dramatic landscape
of the South West, where some of Britain’s most
beautiful beaches, excellent sailing, surfing and diving
opportunities are on your doorstep.

You will be most welcome.

International Summer School students 2023

ACADEMIC CONTENT
The International Summer School students will experience a “
When I first agreed to work
range of seminars, workshops and practical sessions to help the summer school I had no
you improve your English language and communication skills. idea what to expect, it ended
These may include: up being the most rewarding
o effective inter-cultural communication job I have ever had. I was
o developing and delivering a presentation amazed by how quickly the
o effective communication and clear pronunciation students settled in, making
friends across cultures and
o postgraduate study opportunities
throwing themselves into all
the activities that the summer
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES school had to offer. "
Our activities will help you to settle in, meet new people and
Ed Badham-Thornhill,
maximise your free time with us. You have the opportunity to
spend your final weekend in London before your flight home.
University of Plymouth,
Student Ambassador.

PROGRAMME
A provisional programme is included on pages 18-21. The final

“This experience led me to

programme will be given to you on arrival and will contain details
of all the academic and social activities you’ll be taking part in.

study my Masters at the

University of Plymouth WHY CHOOSE OUR SUMMER
“ SCHOOL?
o Improve your English: focus on conversational English in
Erandi De Wass Gunawardena
National School of Business real-world situations
Management (NSBM). o Meet new people: a great way to meet people from all around
the world
o Enjoy Plymouth and the South West: our programme allows
you to explore and enjoy the South West region during your
time with us
o Explore London with us during your final weekend
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 The Tamar Bridge: Devon’s gateway into Cornwall

LIVING IN THE
SOUTH WEST
People always say there’s something special about
the way of life in the South West. And it’s true.
View over Dartmoor National Park From secluded sandy coves and wide open seas to
tranquil rivers and wild rugged moors, the South
West offers more scope for sport and leisure than
almost anywhere else in Britain.
When you join our Summer School, you will get a
glimpse of life in Plymouth and beyond.
Sutton Harbour, Plymouth

Bigbury, Devon

London

Plymouth

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 THE CITY OF
PLYMOUTH
Plymouth is located in the beautiful south west of
England – an idyllic location for leisure and
learning, with plenty of quiet spaces and
recreational opportunities.
Located in Devon on the boarder with Cornwall, Plymouth is graced with a
setting among the finest in Europe. Its enviable location makes it the ideal
place to study, visit and live.

As the largest city in the South West with a population of over 250,000
people, Plymouth enjoys a combination of modern city living and rural
charm. With excellent national transport links, great shopping and culture,
top sporting opportunities, pristine seas and south coast sunshine,
studying with us lets you live the lifestyle that only the South West
Peninsula can offer. It is about three-and-a-half hours by train to London,
with ferry links to France and Spain.
Plymouth’s historical heart is the Barbican area with its narrow
Elizabethan cobbled streets. Here you will find the Plymouth Gin
Distillery, home to Plymouth Gin since 1793 and England’s oldest working
gin distillery. Also on the Barbican is one of its most popular tourist
attractions, the National Marine Aquarium which boasts Europe’s deepest
tank. Close by are the Mayflower Steps, belived to be near where the
Pilgrim Fathers finally set sail for the New World in 1620.

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in the region with a growing international reputation. When

you join our Summer School, you will study and spend time
at a world class UK university.
The University’s mission is to advance knowledge and transform lives
through education and research. We are one of the UK’s leading
modern universities, ranked 2nd place in the UK in the Times Higher
Education (THE) Young University rankings 2024. Three times
awarded The Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education, we
were also the first university in the world to receive the Social
Enterprise Mark. The University of Plymouth has 150 partnerships
from 26 countries for collaboration in teaching and research and
more than three quarters of our research was ranked either World-
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 Our campus is only minutes away from the city centre

CAMPUS FACILITIES
There is plenty to see and do when you join our Summer School.
Explore different areas of our campus during your time here.

o International Summer School sessions will be held principally in our

purpose built Rolle Building equipped with state of the art hybrid
equipment and recently refurbished teaching rooms
o Explore our Charle Seale Hayne library with access to approximately
350,000 books, 500,000 eBooks and 80,000 current journal titles. The
Charles Seale-Hayne main library has a variety of different study
environments and the Level 0 Learning Space is open 24/7 all year round
o Experience the facilities of the Nancy Astor Building with its four-court
sports hall, a health and fitness centre, café and energy centre

SUPPORT
Throughout your studies there will always be plenty of help available.
There is also dedicated support to help you get the most out of your
time with us including our Student Ambassadors, Academic
Lecturers, Plymouth Global and the Events Team.

TAKE A BREAK
There are plenty of places for you to relax and take a break where you
can meet up with friends, have fun and socialise. We have a number of
cafés and food outlets and the campus is home to the Students’
Union, banking facilities, the Wellbeing Centre and recreation
facilities in the Nancy Astor Sports Centre.
While on campus, why not also spend some time in the historic
Drake’s Place Gardens and Reservoir? This award-winning
community space is a calm and relaxing oasis providing a safe
diverse habitat for wildlife amid the whirl of urban living. The gardens
and reservoir are open daily from 7am until dusk. Sit back and enjoy a
coffee or a bite to eat in our award-winning Reservoir Café.
Plymouth city centre is only a few minutes’ walk from the University
campus. Here, you’ll find many of the UK’s top brand names and the
biggest stores in the region as well as many places to eat and
socialise.

Relaxing on campus Take a journey through the universe Reservoir Café Drake’s Place Reservoir at twilight
in our Immersive Vision Theatre

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 YOUR
ACCOMMODATION ACCOMMODATION
FACILITIES
During your stay in Plymouth, you will be living in • Laundry facilities on site
our Halls of Residence situated at the heart of the • Broadband available in every
campus. The hall is only five minutes away from room and a Wi-Fi service
throughout the building
the city centre and the rooms on the upper floors
• Flats in this hall have three to
have the added benefit of wonderful views over ten bedrooms and a shared
Plymouth. kitchen area
• Modern kitchen and bathroom
Our appointed Student Ambassadors will ensure facilities
your safety and wellbeing and provide you with an • Bedding and towels provided
alternative source of support if needed. • Meal package included (this
includes breakfast and lunch
during weekdays. A varied
menu is on offer and we can
cater for special dietary
requirements if you notify us in
advance.)

You can buy food from our shops

and cafés or from local off campus
shops. Information on these will be
provided in your welcome pack. You
will be responsible for purchasing
additional items such as evening
meals, weekend meals and drinks
and snacks between meals.
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 ACADEMIC SESSION EXAMPLES
INTERNATIONAL Creating a Movie Workshop Building Virtual Spaces in NATO Simulation

SUMMER SCHOOL (Design with Digital & Creative Media)

This hands-on movie making

Unreal Engine
(Design with Digital & Creative Media)
(International Relations, Law & Education)

Taking on the role of delegates from a

ACADEMIC CONTENT
workshop creates quick and useful Dive into the world of virtual design range of nation states, you will work
techniques, and hacks to creating with the "Building Virtual Spaces" collaboratively to form a NATO
the perfect movie. Learn how to workshop in Unreal Engine. Using response to challenges facing the
capture real-world environments, readily available assets from the organisation. You will take into
Our summer school programme offers a wide and varied scenarios in breathtaking detail,
transforming them into short movies.
Unreal Store, Quixel Bridge, and
Adobe Mixamo, you'll create your
account security threats, funding and
the wider geopolitical context of your
range of academic content including lectures, workshops This hands-on induction will give you own immersive fantasy responses and work together, helping
you to build strong communication,
the skills to bring your creative environment. This hands-on
and practical sessions. visions to life, blending art and session empowers you to focus on negotiation and critical thinking skills
technology in revolutionary ways. creativity and storytelling, whilst also developing your
knowledge and understanding of
Academic sessions will be delivered by experienced Faculty of Arts, bypassing time-intensive asset
NATO and its role in world politics
Business Adventures: The creation to bring your unique vision
Humanities and Business academics who will guide you through Business Board Game Challenge to life. Perfect for both beginners today.
and seasoned designers, this
hands-on experiences and collaborative projects that transcend (Business)
workshop showcases how to build European Parliament Game with
traditional boundaries. In small teams, participants create stunning virtual worlds with ease. the Gray-Tufted Banderwot
and design their own board game (International Relations, Law & Education)
based on the world of business. This Level Design Workshop in
Our summer school programme invites you to join a vibrant session encourages creativity by Unreal Engine In this simulation, you will need to
using different business themes, decide whether the fictional and
community of innovators and thinkers, where you can explore your such as starting a company, growing
(Design with Digital & Creative Media)
endangered creature, the Gray-Tufted
creative potential across three thematic pathways brought to you by a business, or investing in the stock Embark on your level design Banderwot, should be ruled as
market. Teams present their games journey with this beginner-friendly endangered under EU law. To do this,
the School of Art, Design and Architecture, the School of Society and vote for the most innovative and workshop in Unreal Engine! Using you will represent one of four
countries in the EU Parliament -
and Culture, and Plymouth Business School. fun game. specially crafted templates
Poland, France, Germany, and
developed by the University of
The Start-Up Pitch Plymouth Digital Design team, you'll Sweden – all in the context of
easily create your own engaging representing your particular country
YOUR PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE (Business)
game level. No prior experience is and ideology.
On the following pages you will find a provisional timetable and We will introduce participants to the needed—this session is designed
concept of start-up pitches and to make the process intuitive and Sustainable Futures
examples of academic sessions that you may undertake as part of share examples from popular fun. Once your level is built, you'll (International Relations, Law & Education)
your summer school programme. A full confirmed timetable will be television shows like Shark Tank. have the chance to playtest it,
Students will be divided into small gaining valuable insights into game The world is facing multiple
given to you on arrival. groups and challenged to develop design and player experience. A challenges - environmental, social and
their own business idea, including a perfect introduction for aspiring economic - many of which are
unique value proposition, target designers or anyone curious about interlinked. Sustainability is an idea
market, and business model. Each game creation! that tries to positively address these
group will present their start-up issues. In this session, you will
pitch to the rest of the class, who Games Tournament: Playtesting explore sustainability by using the
will then vote for the most creative Student-Made Games United Nations Sustainable
and promising idea. (Design with Digital & Creative Media) Development Goals. You will do this
by thinking about more sustainable
Reality Capture Workshop Step into the Games Tournament, futures using an approach that draws
(Design with Digital & Creative Media) where you’ll playtest a selection of from the unique and beautiful setting
innovative games created by our of Plymouth and its surrounding
Step into the cutting edge of digital talented undergraduate and marine and wild spaces. You will be
creation with an immersive postgraduate students. From supported to think about how we can
introduction to 3D scanning in our completed projects to works in more sustainably connect our
state-of-the-art Immersive Media progress, these games showcase localities with other places and the
Lab. Learn how to capture real- diverse mechanics, narratives, and whole planet through a
world objects and environments in artistic styles. As you compete and compassionate critical and creative
breathtaking detail, transforming explore, your feedback will provide approach.
them into digital assets. This hands- invaluable insights to the
on induction will give you the skills to designers, helping shape their
bring your creative visions to life, work. This engaging event offers There will be many more sessions
blending art and technology in the perfect blend of fun, creativity, to enjoy, this is a selection of what
revolutionary ways. and collaboration—don’t miss your is available within our different
chance to be part of the action! subject strands

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BREAKFAST BREAKFAST BREAKFAST BREAKFAST BREAKFAST

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ACADEMIC ACADEMIC
SESSION SESSION
WELCOME (subject strands) (subject strands)

SESSION Business Business ACADEMIC

AM CAMPUS Design with Digital & Design with Digital &
SESSION
TOUR Creative Media Creative Media

International Relations, Law International Relations, Law

& Education & Education

LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH

12:00-13:00 12:00-13:00 12:00-13:00 12:00-13:00
DAYTRIP FREE TIME FREETIME
Drakes Cafe Drakes Cafe Drakes Cafe Drakes Cafe

PLYMOUTH CITY
TOUR
PM SOCIAL SOCIAL ACADEMIC
SESSION
ACTIVITY ACTIVITY

FREE TIME

GROUP MEAL
YOUR
TIMETABLE
(WEEK ONE)
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BREAKFAST BREAKFAST BREAKFAST BREAKFAST BREAKFAST

09:00-10:00 09:00-10:00 09:00-10:00 09:00-10:00 09:00-10:00
Drakes Cafe Drakes Cafe Drakes Cafe Drakes Cafe Drakes Cafe

ACADEMIC
SESSION
(subject strands)

ACADEMIC ACADEMIC Business ACADEMIC

AM SESSION SESSION Design with Digital &
Creative Media
SESSION

International Relations, Law

& Education

LONDON
LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH TRIP
12:00-13:00 12:00-13:00 12:00-13:00 12:00-13:00 LONDON
Drakes Cafe Drakes Cafe Drakes Cafe Drakes Cafe
TRIP RETURN
LONDON TO
TRIP AIRPORT
ACADEMIC
SESSION
(subject strands)
FINAL
Business ACADEMIC
CELEBRATON
SESSION
PM Design with Digital &
Creative Media SOCIAL SESSION
ACTIVITY
International Relations, Law
& Education

FREE TIME FREE TIME FREE TIME

YOUR
TIMETABLE
(WEEK TWO)
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 WEEKEND IN LONDON
At the end of your final week with the international
summer school you have the opportunity to spend
time in London before you travel home.
This is your chance to explore our capital city and
to say goodbye to the friends you have made
during your stay in the UK. Royal Albert Hall

” University of Plymouth had organised

some trips for us. I enjoyed all these
ACCOMMODATION
You will be staying in a University
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge at dusk

places very much. The UK is College London (UCL) hall of

undoubtedly the icon of the West!
“
residence during your time in London.

Angus Lee, The British Museum is a short walk

Hong Kong University School of Professional and away, as is the busy Tottenham Court
Continuing Education (HKU SPACE).
Road, providing restaurants to suit all
tastes and budgets. Oxford Street,
Soho, London’s Theatreland and
Chinatown are also within walking
TOP 10 ATTRACTIONS distance.

These are some of the top attractions in MEALS

London that you won’t want to miss: Breakfast may be provided (subject to
availability) in the course fee, but you
1. British Museum will need to buy your own lunches and
evening meals. We will be able to
2. National Gallery advise you on places to do this.
3. Natural History Museum Tower of London Buckingham Palace

4. Tate Modern

”
5. London Eye
6. Science Museum I became an older
sister to some of the
7. Victoria and Albert Museum most fun and special
8. Tower of London people I’ve ever met,
many of whom I know
9. National Maritime Museum / I’ve made lifelong
Royal Observatory Greenwich

“
friends with!
10. Madame Tussauds Leonie Cooper, University of
Plymouth Student Ambassador.

Further information on things to do, and places

to eat and visit: www.visitlondon.com

The National Gallery and Trafalgar Square

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Summer School, University of Plymouth
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United Kingdom

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