Brunel University Summer Camp

• Location: London, United Kingdom
• Age of pupils: 10-17 years
• Total number of students: 300 people
• Language of instruction: English.

Brunel University Summer Camp is organized by a team of international educators, administrators and counselors and invites children from all over the world. Students most often come to the camp from:

• China
• Turkey
• Portugal
• Kazakhstan
• Ukraine
• Russia.

This is a great opportunity to improve the level of English and at the same time have a good rest, get acquainted with London and the UK, the main English cities, history, culture, architecture and art. Combined, balanced programs will allow you not to get tired of classes, and a huge number of extracurricular activities will help to constantly practice English in real situations, quickly overcome the language barrier, increase fluency. The ratio of teachers to students is 1:15.

Summer camp offers two types of accommodation:

1. On-campus residences (10+ years): private rooms with private baths or amenities on each floor. Each student is provided with a bed, a desk, a wardrobe for things.
2. Host families - 14+ years (up to 35 minutes drive from campus, travel cards are provided): rooms for 1-2 people.

Towels and bed linen are provided with a weekly change, kitchen areas with fridge and kettle are available, ironing board and launderette are available on request (£2.90 for laundry and £1.30 for drying). Cleaning is provided weekly, and the common living rooms and bathrooms are cleaned daily.

Meals are organized in the dining room on campus: breakfasts, lunches and dinners, on days of excursions (weekends) everyone is given a packaged lunch. Dietary supplements can be arranged upon prior request.

The course is renowned for its incredibly rich, diverse, engaging extracurricular program, including:

• Welcome and Farewell Parties
• Themed holidays and discos
• Talent Show
• Karaoke evenings
• Treasure Hunt Game
• Screening Nights
• Team games: football, basketball, volleyball
• Dance classes with professional choreographers.

The camp is truly appreciated because of the rich program of excursions and trips – they are planned for each course separately, so you can see a detailed schedule in the detailed description of the specific course.

Additional extracurricular activities and activities that can be added to the programs (for an additional fee):

• BA i360 Lookout in Brighton
• Brighton Royal Pavilion
• Brighton or London Sea Life Centre
• Visit Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and ArcelorMittal Orbit
• Hop on Hop off tours of London on branded buses
• Kensington Palace
• London Zoo
• Entertainment and history program london Dungeon
• Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
• Thames Cruise
• Tower of London and Tower Bridge
• Thorpe Park Amusement Park
• Visit to Warner Bros. and The Making of Harry Potter theme park
• Oxford Castle and Prison
• Christchurch College, School of Divinity and Bodleian Library in Oxford.

If desired, you can add additional options to the program.

Young Manager Mini Course

• Level for enrollment: from B1
• Classes of 15-20 people
• Minimum start date: 12 people
• Age: 14-17 years
• Price: 50£/week per person.

The two-week course includes 30 additional classes that will help you get acquainted with the world of business, management and marketing. The program is divided into 2 blocks:

1. Introduction to the world of business = 6 hours

Children will learn how to write a resume and pass an interview, how to develop a business idea, will work a lot in groups.

2. Market launch = 24 hours

Having broken into teams of 5 people, students will come up with an idea for a product or service, think over an advertising campaign for it (the budget is negotiated in advance, and all financial calculations should be transparent!). At the end of the course, each team presents its idea and protects it from other participants - those who will be the most successful receive memorable prizes at the final Award Ceremony.

What skills is this mini-course aimed at developing?

• Speaking and listening (listening)
• Fluency, communication skills, ability to speak to the public, the art of negotiations
• Skills of a successful person, soft-skills
• Written speech taking into account the academic and business context, expanding the profile vocabulary
• Work with social networks: bloggers, FB, Twitter, YouTube and others
• Modern sales and the image of the buyer of the XXI century
• Financial Management
• Advertising, branding, marketing
• Teamwork.

Academic English and IELTS Preparation

• Level for enrollment: from B1
• Classes of 15-20 people
• Minimum start date: 12 people
• Age: 15+ years
• Price: 50£/week per person.
• Duration: 2+ weeks (30 hours).

The program will help improve academic English and prepare for the IELTS exam: this is the main indicator of language literacy for foreigners who are not native English. The course will be especially valuable for students who in the future want to study abroad - at school, college, university.

What does the program contain?

• Improvement of all major language skills: reading, speaking, writing, listening (listening)
• Study of the structure and features of the test, its blocks, typical difficulties and "pitfalls"
• Study of specialized techniques and strategies - both for preparation and for final delivery
• Writing academic essays of various types
• Improvement of oral speech, self-control skills, getting rid of accent, development of fluency, lexical wealth
• Time management, the ability to allocate your time
• Working with real test materials (past years)
• Formation and protection of one's own point of view, skills of debate and public speaking.

Tennis lessons

• Groups from 3 people
• 1 trainer for 5 students
• 10 hours for 2 weeks: 2 hours a day, 5 days of classes
• Price: £264 per student per course, £110/private lesson.

The program is accredited by LTA and is conducted with the involvement of professional trainers who are ready to deal with children in groups and individually. The tennis program includes accommodation in a host family/residence, and 2 excursions per week, and an entertainment and leisure program in your free time.

Brunel University London is named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, located in west London, in the Uxbridge area.

Advantages of the campus:

• Cozy residences for living
• Table
• Convenient classrooms
• Sports grounds for games and recreation
• Proximity to central London and Heathrow Airport
• Recently renovated and renovated campus
• A large number of green lawns, gardens and places for outdoor recreation
• Everything you need on campus – within walking distance of each other
• Shops on site, including a small supermarket, Subway and Costa coffee
• WiFi
• First aid station
• Careful security and video surveillance.

The campus is fully equipped and accessible to people with disabilities.

Nearest airports:

• Gatwick = 70 km (55 minutes drive)
• Heathrow = 6.5 km (15 minutes drive).

Program start dates:

• June 17 = for 2-4 weeks
• July 1, 15 and 29 = for 2-3 weeks
• August 5 = for 2 weeks.

Summer programs end on August 19.

Additional costs:

• Deposit for the safety of property (only for residences) = 50£
• Loss of residence key card = £50
• Extra meals = £8/serving
• Extra night = 45-55£
• Individual lessons = 70£/hour.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision