ACU Global Summer School Grants for UK undergraduates

In 2020, the ACU will once again be supporting undergraduate students from UK member universities to attend a summer school at member universities across the Commonwealth.

Participating in an international summer school is a great way for students to learn new skills, increase their intercultural understanding, network and have fun while benefiting from the teaching and expertise of another ACU member institution.

In 2018 and 2019, students travelled to summer schools in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, and Uganda. You can read some of their stories here.

These grants are funded by the kind legacy of Major Harold William Paxton.

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The summer schools

The list of available summer schools will be announced in January 2020.

If you are a representative of an ACU member university outside the UK and you would like your institution's 2020 summer/winter school to be considered for inclusion in the grant scheme, please complete this expression of interest form

The deadline for expressions of interest is Wednesday 30 October.

The grants

16 grants of up to £2000 GBP will be available in 2020.

The grant is intended to contribute to registration fees, travel to and from the summer school, and visa and vaccination costs. Successful applicants are responsible for arranging their own flights, registering for the summer school, and making their own visa and vaccination arrangements.

Successful applicants will be required to submit a short written report or video on their experiences to the ACU within a month of their return.

Eligibility

To apply, you must meet both of these criteria:

  • Be registered as an undergraduate at an ACU member university in the UK 
  • Be a UK national who is ordinarily resident in the UK, or hold refugee status in the UK

In addition, you must also meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • From a family with a combined annual parental income of under £25,000
  • The first person in their family to go to university
  • A care leaver

Contact us

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