The UK Summer School Competition is now open for application

British Council invites students to demonstrate creativity to win a summer school experience in the UK
The UK Summer School Competition is now open for application

Overseas summer school experience has been gaining popularity as it exposes students to a different culture and language, arouses their creativity, and prepares them for pursuing higher education overseas. As the UK remains the most popular English-speaking destination for Hong Kong students to study abroad, there is also a strong interest among students to join a summer school programme in the UK. Riding on last year’s success, the British Council is organising the UK summer school competition again this year, giving the opportunity for six Hong Kong senior secondary, pre-university, or college students aged 16 or above to take part in different summer school courses in the UK, and to have first-hand experience of studying in the UK.

To encourage participants to showcase their creativity, students can submit their entries in the form of an essay or any other creative forms in English, such as website, video, or blog content based on the theme of ‘What would you do if you could spend a day in the life of your favourite UK celebrity, icon, historical figure or fictional character?‘. The six winners will receive a sponsorship package that comprises a round trip from Hong Kong to the UK, sponsored by British Airways; a place of study at a designated UK summer school with accommodation at one of the following UK institutions, including Aberystwyth University, Bath Spa University, Concord College, University of East Anglia, Swansea University and University of Worcester.

‘We were grateful to send highly-enthusiastic Hong Kong students to the UK for a summer school experience that would last for a lifetime last year. All of them were deeply attracted by the good quality, cultural diversity, and interesting learning environments for which UK education has been famous. We look forward to seeing more students demonstrating their exceptional creativity this year for an unforgettable summer school experience in the UK,’ said Sophia Chan-Combrink, Head of Education and Society at the British Council.

'British Airways is delighted once again to be supporting the UK Summer School Competition. Studying abroad, and particularly in the UK, can be an exciting and extremely rewarding experience for Hong Kong students, so we have always taken great pride in enabling more and better opportunities for students and their families to travel and get the most out of their time in the UK,' said Tracy Dedman, British Airways regional general manager for Greater China and the Philippines.

Doris Lam from St. Margaret’s Co-educational English Secondary and Primary School, one of the winners of the UK summer school competition in 2014, enjoyed making friends with people of different nationalities. She commented, ‘winning this competition gave me the opportunity to travel all the way to Norwich, Norfolk, to attend the summer creative writing programme at the University of East Anglia, where I made friends with people from all over the world, and learnt  about their cultures and languages. It was exciting to have people from Mexico, Italy, Thailand, Switzerland and Australia in the same course. I often found myself transfixed into their beautiful accents and writing, which I am still missing a lot.’

Application is now open until 4 May 2015. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to win an experience that will last for a lifetime. To apply and for more details of the competition, please visit http://www.educationuk.org/hongkong.