Research inevitably calls for detailed and accurate investigation. Developing the complementary ability to place any investigation in context and also to realise the power of connections and links, are additional invaluable skills, both for scholars and also to anyone intending to be an effective leader. The programme is designed to foster this ability to think beyond an immediate and narrow field of interest. It resonates, too, with the plenary theme of 'Understanding' for the four-week International Summer School running concurrently with this programme. Participants will benefit immensely from the exchange of ideas both with lecturers and with their student peers from around the globe.This four-week programme for up to 20 GSP students is comprised of the following elements:
- two seminar meetings of the GSP group each week (a total of eight across the GSP), focusing on interdisciplinarity
- four papers to be written on subjects informed by plenary lecture attendance (primarily, but not exclusively, Literature or History)
- weekly Cambridge-style supervision sessions (one hour) for individuals or pairs of students, during which their papers are reviewed and discussed
- two or three daily plenary lectures from the International Summer School programme: Interdisciplinary: Understanding Literature: Relationships and RivalriesScience: Impact and ResponsibilityHistory: War and PeaceArt History: Art, Light and Space
- research time in the University Library (a Copyright Library) and access to other faculty libraries. Plenary lectures are given by eminent scholars from a wide spectrum of specialist fields, and include question and answer sessions after each talk. Lecture topics range from the latest interpretation of historical events and works of literature to cutting-edge scientific discoveries.
For these plenary lectures, the GSP students will be in the company of participants in the International Summer Schools, affording the group a truly global experience.Tapping in to the full range of subjects on offer will allow GSP students with widely differing fields of interest to benefit from the experience, tailoring a programme to their own personal areas of interest, while focusing on 'Understanding' and also making connections between writings, events, discoveries and disciplines.
The morning and evening plenary lecture programmes offer a range of over one hundred talks, covering a vast number of topics. Applicants will be sent final details of speakers (and can access the programme lists as they develop on the web), and precise timings so that options can be selected in advance; applicants will be asked to indicate their preferred subject area(s). Selected candidates will be required to submit detailed proposals for the supervision field of study, so that supervisors can be selected and allocated before the start of the programme. Supervisions will normally be conducted by experienced University/College lecturers who are also course directors on the International Summer Schools.Weekly papers and the associated supervisions ensure academic rigour.
This programme format - a combination of self-directed research, lectures, discussions and supervisions - also largely mirrors the experience of regular Cambridge undergraduates who, in many subjects, are not required to attend set 'classes' and can elect to hear particular lectures on topics within and beyond their immediate field of study. The four weeks of study will be very intensive. Assessment will be based on contributions to supervisions and on written papers. Oral feedback on papers will form part of the supervision, but students will also receive narrative reports on submitted papers.
Please note: the Cambridge system does not include 'credit'. IARU participants who wish to receive credit from their home institution will need to arrange this themselves, typically by submitting to their home institution, after completion of the programme, the percentage marks for their written papers as well as their study timetable (some 50 contact hours of lectures, 8 hours of supervision and 12 hours of discussion, and therefore a total of some 70 contact hours over the four weeks, excluding additional research and self-directed study time).
IARU GSP students will be housed alongside other members of the International Summer School, most probably in St Michael's Building, part of Gonville and Caius College. St Michael's is right in the heart of the city centre, close to the market, Great St Mary's Church, the Senate House and the shopping streets. Breakfast and evening meals will be served in Old Court. The rooms are traditional single shared-facility rooms.
Period
10-07-2011 - 06-08-2011 (4 weeks)
Target group
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Course aim
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Credits
0.0 ECTS credits
Course fee
GBP 1570 Tuition fees: UK 1,685
Accommodation fees for four weeks (bed, breakfast and evening meal): UK 1,600
Course leader
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University of Cambridge
Address: Madingley Rise Madingley Road
Postal code: CB3 0TX
City: Cambridge
Country: Great Britain
Website: http://www.cont-ed.cam.ac.uk/intsummer/
E-mail: intenq@cont-ed.cam.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 1223 760850
IARU Global Summer Programme
