UK / Europe Uni Tour 2014

A 7-day tour, in the last week of June / school summer term, of a series of very different universities (types / sizes / courses) stretching from Germany to central England, all in one week. Flight there (and / or back) with flexibility.

Year 10s miss school, year 12s a fallback uni prep week, year 11s post-exam period.

Only once every 2-3 years so now or never!

Aims

• Enable DBS students to see a number of UK universities (like most UK school students would get to)

• Show you the wide variety of different uni types (regardless which country you want!)

• Lead you to consider non-UK options• Enable you to directly ask questions to

professors, rather than through HoC at DBS

Countries itinerary

• Germany and / or Belgium (if possible)• Holland• UK (3-6 unis; non-business courses)• … but relevant to all national systems

1- or 2-way. Rhine valley to mid/north England. At the end you can disperse to UK destinations, or be returned to LHR for whatever flight you need.

Possible destinations (tbc)

• Heidelberg / Cologne• Maastricht• Utrecht / Amsterdam / Ghent / Antwerp• Canterbury (campus)• UCL / Imperial / Central (various London)• Oxford (collegiate)• Birmingham (redbrick urban)

Daily schedule

• Breakfast, morning visit to nearby uni (2-3 hrs)• Lunch and some sightseeing / shopping if

suitable• Travel direct to next destination• Dinner, brief reflective meeting

• Hostel / hotel each night near to next uni

Costs

• Unknown at present – 3 tour companies are competing to return us a detailed cost / itinerary

• Probably the ballpark of foreign WWW trips• Costs include flight, accommodation,

transport, main meals (but you can bring extra if you like)

Flexibility

• Some 11s might have exams and come late or leave early on a different flight

• Others may have tickets pre-booked

In both cases we can accommodate individual variations. You will still pay an equal organisational cost share (minus flights, accom) and you must get to us – we won’t collect you.

Showing an interest

• www.dbscareers.wordpress.com/eurotrip • Express interest NOW if tentative• If you wait and it fills up, tough• Open to other Taaleem schools after 3 days

We can’t promise it will run till operators confirm availability but if they do we need to move fast and know who’s interested already.