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Year Abroad Scheme 20010/11

Year Abroad Scheme 20010/11. Information for level 2 students. International Scheme. Must e-mail 1 page essay to me by 4 pm on Monday 22nd November Essay should say why you wish to go to your first choice destination

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Year Abroad Scheme 20010/11

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  1. Year Abroad Scheme 20010/11 Information for level 2 students

  2. International Scheme • Must e-mail 1 page essay to me by 4 pm on Monday 22nd November • Essay should say why you wish to go to your first choice destination • Decision will be made on basis of 1st year exam results (mainly) and quality of essay

  3. What you need to do • Research our partners on the web • Talk to 4th year students – hopefully they will organise a social event in week 7 • E-mail academic contacts if you have questions about courses etc (inform Luisa if the contacts are out of date) • E-mail students who are there now – Luisa has a list

  4. Essay • List a first, second and third choice • Tell us why you want to go there. Academic reasons are best, but other reasons are also valid. Concentrate on first choice • The best essays will be well researched, mentioning people you would like to work with and courses you particularly want to do

  5. Words of caution • Sometimes courses don’t run in a particular year. Ask the local contacts if they know • Some places are more expensive (esp. S California) Ask 4th years about real costs • Make sure you keep up a 2-1 average this semester • Make sure you have required bond etc

  6. US Partners (with provisional places available) • University of California (3 places, geology or geophysics) • UC Davis, UC Los Angeles, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego • Penn State University (sorry – no places this year) • Colorado School of Mines (GP, GS, 2 places to be confirmed) • Illinois at Champaine-Urbana (Meteorology, 1 place) • Wisconsin (Madison) (2 places, Env Sci/ Meteorology, possibly GS) • Be prepared for involved visa application

  7. California • You can’t be sure which campus you will be allocated to (and will not find out until after Easter) • Davis is the least popular, but is very good for GS and GP • Santa Barbara and San Diego very good for marine science. Both good for GS/EG/GP • UCLA is a top school, good for hard rock

  8. Colorado School of Mines • Working on extending arrangement to GS as well as GP • Application procedure has changed and it is not yet clear if we have places Illinois • Good school, ask Steven Dobbie for further info University of Wisconsin at Madison • New University link last year – a possibility for Environment programmes – talk to Steven if interested

  9. Canada • Queen’s Ontario – long established link (2 students, GP and GS to be confirmed). Good for economic geology and hard rock • Western Ontario – working on extending to GS as well as GP, (4 students) talk to students who were there last year • Alberta – (3 students, GP/GS), talk to students who were there last year • McMaster (Env Sci – 3 students)

  10. Australia and New Zealand • Go out early July, take sem 2 then sem 1 • Can travel or work in long vacation (esp Australia, work permit by right. Less clear in NZ) • ANU – very good School, top University, 3 GS/EG students. Opportunities for research assistantship in vacation. Good for hard rock, structure, geochemistry and many other things. Not good for GP courses at undergraduate level • Don’t be put off by anti-Canberra hate campaign orchestrated by government hating Aussies! It is within easy reach of Sydney but much cheaper with a better climate… • Adelaide ( 2 students, GS) – there are two students there now and Luisa can give you contact details. Good field trips

  11. Monash (2 students) • Good for Env Sci, maybe geology • In the suburbs of Melbourne – good train links to centre • Nice campus, possums, koalas (maybe!) • One of the Australian “group of seven” • Good department, Greg Houseman (Prof of Geophysics) used to be there

  12. Wellington (2 students) • Good for GS or GP • Small town, but great place to be a student (but wet and windy!) • Experience tectonics at first hand (hopefully not too much!) • Good department, small, friendly

  13. Learning Contracts • Are available on website • Get updated as information comes in! • Fill them in in semester 2 • Says how many credits you should take (typically there is a minimum requirement at 3rd year level or above) • See details of mark translation (but provisional for recently established partners)

  14. Any questions • If about visas, accommodation, healthcare, insurance, application procedures, ask Study Abroad Office • If about mark translations, ask me or Steven • If about living abroad, ask 4th years or students currently away

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