13-17 year olds
Minimum English level: Intermediate B1
London Young Professionals Summer Camp at Kings College London is designed for forward-thinking students who want to gain hands-on experience, essential skills, and industry insights into their future careers in the heart of London. Delivered by industry experts, it is an exceptional academic programme integrated with an externally validated micro-certified Capstone Industry Project.
With expert-led lessons, hands-on workshops, and a Capstone Project based on real-life challenges, students will get a unique blend of academic learning and immersive real-world industry experience, while improving English skills in a professional context. Students will engage in a variety of academic and apprentice-style lessons taught by a diverse team of experienced tutors. The programme consists of 50 hours of career experience tuition, which includes academic studies, capstone industry project, and study in action workshops.
Certified by recognised UK industry bodies, the programme enables students to interact with industry professionals, helping them build a professional portfolio and take a step closer to their desired future career.
Course Essentials:
London Young Professionals Summer Camp consists of a well-balanced programme of specialist tuitions, workshops, activities, sports and excursions. The two-week programme includes:
- 50 hours of subject-specific tuition each week taught by industry experts
- Industry Project and Study in Action Workshops
- Full afternoon and evening sports and action packed social programme
- 4 full-day excursions including 2 ‘Study-in-Action’ day of chosen specialism
- Personalised report card & external certification
- Maximum class size of 12 students
- Insurance
- Airport transfers (between 09:00-19:00 GMT)
Subject Choices:
London Young Professionals can choose one of the following career-focused subjects to study:
- Business and Finance
- Graphic Design
- Law
- Medicine
Social Programme:
Outside tuition, students will improve language skills through a broad range of sports and social activities:
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Cream Tea
- Disco Dodgeball
- Dream Catcher Making
- Fencing
- Football
- Handball
- Harry Potter Walking Tour
- Hockey
- Ice-Skating
- Karaoke
- Lacrosse
- Modern Dance
- New Theatre Backstage Visit
- Oxford University Colleges Tour
- Oxford University Press Museum
- Papier-Mache
- Photography
- Ashmolean & Pitt Rivers Museum
- Punting
- River Walk
- Swimming
- Talent Show
- Tennis
- T-Shirt Painting
- Volleyball
- Yoga
- Zumba
Excursions:
Excursions are a vital part of the summer experience for international students to gain a cultural understanding of the UK alongside English language study. Students will have 2 full-day trips per week. The choices are:
- Buckingham Palace
- Houses of Parliament
- West End Musical
- BBC
- Warner Bros Studios
- Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
- West End theatres
- Bath
- Bristol
- Portsmouth
- Stratford-Upon-Avon
Below include a typical two-week sample timetable and a typical day of London Young Professionals Summer Camp.
Boarding:
Classes take place in King’s College London’s Virginia Woolf Building on Kingsway, next to Holborn underground station. Accommodation is provided nearby in a private residence with single en suite bedrooms. Girls and boys are accommodated separately. All students are given a free travel-card, and students will never travel between the accommodation and campus without supervision from staff members.
Meals:
Well balanced, nutritious cooked meals are provided at the College. Packed lunches are provided for excursions.Facilities:
Auditorium, high-quality classrooms with smart boards and projectors. Wi-Fi is available throughout the college and accommodation. Shared kitchen facility for hot water and fridges at the accommodation.Laundry:
Laundry is done once a week. All bed linen is provided and is laundered once a week. Towels are not provided.King’s College London is a world-renowned university in the heart of London. It is consistently ranked among the top 20 universities in the world, and is one of the oldest and most prestigious in England.
King’s was founded in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington and received its royal charter in the same year. King’s is generally considered part of the ‘golden triangle’ of research-intensive English universities alongside the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University College London, Imperial College London, and The London School of Economics. King’s is home to six Medical Research Council centres and is the largest centre for graduate and post-graduate medical teaching and biomedical research in Europe, and is regarded as one of the leading multidisciplinary research universities in the world.
King’s has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. KCL is a research-led university that is credited with major discoveries such as the structure of DNA and groundbreaking research in radio, television and mobile phones. The University is ranked sixth in the UK for its quality and quantity of research activity; 84% of the research is ‘internationally excellent’ according to the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014).
The College performs highly in international rankings. King’s has always been one of the top-ranked UK universities according to all major university league tables. It is a top three London university and is placed 31st in the world according to the popular QS World University Rankings 2021. It is a top 5 London university and is placed 35th in the world according to the esteemed Times Higher Education University Rankings 2021. In the term of employability, King’s is ranked fourth in the UK and 31st in the world for graduate employability prospects according to the Times Higher Education University Rankings (2021).
King’s offers an intellectually rigorous environment supported by welcoming and caring traditions, and the opportunity for students to be taught or supervised by academics who are often leaders in their field. The College’s main campuses are King’s campuses are strategically located besides iconic landmarks like the London Eye, Big Ben and Tower Bridge. Having a campus in central London allows students to enjoy the dazzling and historic sites of the city; the world-class galleries, libraries, museums and theatres. Its central position brings outstanding advantages, and King’s students will enjoy the excellent social and cultural opportunities of the capital.
King’s has educated numerous foreign heads of states, governments and intergovernmental organisations; nineteen members of the current House of Commons and sixteen members of the current House of Lords, and is known for its several noted alumni and staff, including 12 Nobel Prize laureates.