14 – 17 year olds, girls and boys (English level: B2/Upper Intermediate to Advanced)
London Career Pathway Summer Camp is an intensive industry-focused programme based right in the heart of the City of London. The two-week course aims to provide forward-thinking students insights into their future career paths, and help them lay the foundation for their future career with immersive industry experience, inspiring industry site and company visits, and career guidance.
The intensive programme consists of 40 hours of career experience learning per week, combining academic studies, practical workshops and masterclasses, real-world group projects, career counselling, and industry field trips, to provide an immersive career experience. Students will engage in a variety of academic and apprentice-style lessons taught by experienced expert tutors. Studying in small interactive groups, students will learn the core subject knowledge required to study at university, explore the latest developments in their chosen industry sector, apply theoretical ideas to practical projects, visit industry sites and cutting-edge companies and hear from experts in the field about life in their professions.
The programme also integrates a CPD accredited Be a Leader programme to help students develop critical thinking, communication, negotiation, problem-solving and presentation skills. Students are assessed on academic performance and attitude towards learning and this assessment is documented in the student’s weekly report. Outside classroom, students will enjoy a full range of varied activities and social programme as well as excursions, which provides students with the opportunity to socialise with students from across the globe, and visit places of interest within the UK that can help develop their cultural appreciation.
Nestled in the heart of the City of London, two-minute walk from the Tower of London and a five-minute walk to the Bank of England, the London Career Pathway programme provides international students unparalleled access to the bustling financial district, historic landmarks, and cultural treasures, enabling them to truly live and breathe the city, where history meets innovation.
Course essentials:
London Career Pathway Summer Camp consists of a well-balanced programme of academic and practical learnings, activities, sports and excursions. The two-week programme includes:
- 40 hours of learning per week
- Hands on projects, practical experiments, workshops
- Company/industry visit, and a university visit/meeting admissions tutor
- Be a Leader CPD programme
- Afternoon, evening and weekend activity and excursions
- Maximum class size of 12 students
- Insurance
- London Heathrow airport transfers (between 09:00 and 17:00 on arrival and departure days)
Career Choices:
London Career Pathway Summer Camp helps students explore career pathways within the following industries:
- Business and Enterprise
- Engineering
- Law
- Medicine
Below is the course outlines of each programme that students may take part in over a two-week course study.
Social Programme:
British Education encourages students to be involved in artistic pursuits, sports and community service work in order to fostering students awareness and appreciation of life outside the academic arena. Outside the lessons, students will improve language skills and learn new skills through an action packed social programme with a wide range of sporting, cultural and entertaining activities.
In addition, excursions are a vital part of the summer experience for international students to gain a cultural understanding of the UK alongside their studies. Students will explore the best of London that includes career-related trips and three exciting weekend trips over the two-week course, to experience the rich cultural heritage of Britain. The followings are structured four-week leisure programmes including sports, evening activities and weekend trips.
The sample timetables below include a typical weekly programme and a typical day of London Career Pathway Summer Camp.
Boarding:
Students enjoy the modern, state-of-the-art student accommodation of David Game College next to the college’s main teaching building, in a secure lockable Single bedrooms in two to three-bedroomed flats. Each flat shares a shower room and kitchen with one or two other students. Girls and boys are accommodated separately. A team of friendly staff will stay with the students to look after them in the evenings and is on duty throughout the night.
Students can also opt to stay in a en-suite bedroom, with £200 supplemet per two-week course, which has a small double bed and own shower room.
Meals:
Well balanced, nutritious three cooked meals a day are provided in the college refectory. Packed lunches are provided for excursions.Facilities:
The college underwent a multi-million-pound refurbishment in 2017, boasting over 60 classrooms with interactive whiteboards, state-of-art Science Labs, a modern Lecture Theatre, 2 Auditoriums, Art Studies, Dance Studios and a canteen where you can indulge in a diverse menu of nutritious meals.
Laundry:
Laundry is done once a week. All bed linen is provided and is laundered once a week. Towels are not provided.Established in 1974, David Game College (DGC) is a boarding and day independent school and Sixth Form College located right in the City of London. The college is coeducational for 13 – 22 year olds. Up to 400 students take full-time courses each year. The college was founded by its current principal David Game in 1974, which was originally started with five rooms in a basement, and has now become one of the largest Independent Colleges in the UK.
The College moved to its current location in 2017, the new setting is steeped in historical and modern landmarks. Historic buildings such as the Tower of London, Bank of England and St Paul’s Cathedral are interspersed with modern steel and glass skyscrapers – the Gherkin, the Walkie Talkie, the Cheesegrater – which mixes the ancient and the modern, and tells the story of the development of London over the past 2000 years.
The College building was previously occupied by London Guildhall and Metropolitan universities, and contains part of the original Roman Wall in the basement, which explains why the College magazine is called Londinium. The college has undergone a multi-million pound renovation in 2017, and students can enjoy the benefits of modern purpose-built facilities, including over 60 modern and state of the art classrooms, three science laboratories, two university-sized lecture theatres, new art rooms, photography studios, library, gym, and a spacious canteen.
David Game College is committed to providing high quality education, ensuring that all students experience rapid learning and achieve their ambition. The College selects and develops the very best teachers to deliver a progressive and modern curriculum that not only gives students the knowledge and techniques to excel in examinations, but also the critical thinking skills and broader education to navigate their place in the world. Their ethos and values are reflected in the curriculum. They want the students to be ambitious and optimistic about their futures and to be prepared to push themselves to achieve the extraordinary. For them there are no barriers to learning; students should be encouraged to break free from any limiting self-doubts, and not be constrained by the past.
The school offers a dynamic educational experience, giving students the opportunity to learn and develop new talents and skills. The college offers a broad curriculum at GCSE and A level, as well as a University Foundation Programme. Nearly 100% of our students go on to higher education with many gaining places at the universities listed in the Top 20 of The Times’ Good University Guide. In 2023, 100% of DGC students received offers from Russell Group Universities. David Game College is also rated “Outstanding” in all areas of inspection in both 2017 and 2020 by Ofsted, the Government body responsible for monitoring standards in education.
