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We want you to meet others and make the most of your time in London and our Social and Cultural Programme provides plenty of opportunities for you to do so!
The 果冻影院 Summer School is a fulfilling and rewarding academic experience and one which will require鈥痟ard work and dedication. However, we also strive to provide you with opportunities to meet others from across the programme,鈥痚njoy time away from your studies, and experience the best of London (all in the space of three or six weeks!).聽
Our Social and Cultural Programme gives you the chance to enjoy the many highlights of London while making lifelong friends and professional contacts.聽聽
Our programme is specially curated each year and subject to change, but events on offer in 2023 included:聽聽
Welcome reception聽
Students got to know each other with a welcome reception of drinks and nibbles on the first evening of the Summer School, held at the Wilkins Terrace on the 果冻影院 Main Campus. 聽
Quiz and karaoke nights聽
Mully鈥檚 Bar on the 果冻影院 Main Campus became a hub for our students with a number of evening events held here including a British culture quiz, a karaoke night to share their favourite music, and a speed-friending event to help them get to know their fellow Summer School students.聽聽
Picnics, walks and sunsets
Our students enjoyed picnics in the park, historical walks along the River Thames and beautiful London sunsets at the iconic Primrose Hill viewpoint.聽聽
Shakespeare plays聽
Shakespeare鈥檚 Globe Theatre on the south bank of the River Thames is the world鈥檚 premium destination for watching live Shakespeare plays. An exact reconstruction of the theatre as it existed in 1599, audiences experience theatre as it was enjoyed in Shakespeare鈥檚 day. In 2023, students attended performances of two of the Bard鈥檚 most famous works, 鈥楢 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream鈥� and 鈥楳acbeth鈥�.聽聽
Boat party聽
Every year, the Summer School concludes with a boat party on river Thames. This year, students boarded the 600-seater Dixie Queen paddle steamer. The Thames tour passed under the iconic Tower Bridge and travelled down to Greenwich, passing London鈥檚 historic Docklands and Canary Wharf, before returning.聽聽聽
Weekend day trips聽
Summer School students had opportunities to visit more of the UK with day trips to Oxford and a joint Bath and Stonehenge visit on the weekends.聽聽聽