International Partner Summer School 2025

The summer school will run from the 2nd - 16th August 2025 and includes ten days of English classes (4 hours each morning). The students will receive english level test on arrival to ensure that they go into a class with other students of a similar level, thus enabling them to be challenged and improve. The classes will be a mixture of partnership students and students from other institutions, countries and cultures. As part of the IPSS there will also be a series of workshops running - these are subject to change but examples of what they may include are:

Science in Action: A snapshot of campus biodiversity

Explore science in the world around us through a set of practical and fun activities. You will be part of a small group that will measure water flow rates, Ph levels and temperature differences near the beautiful Airthrey Loch on the University of Stirling campus. You will also learn about what to do with your data and what this tells us about such things as pollution and biodiversity. Explore science in the world around us through a set of practical and fun activities. You will be part of a small group that will measure water flow rates, Ph levels and temperature differences near the beautiful Airthrey Loch on the University of Stirling campus. You will also learn about what to do with your data and what this tells us about such things as pollution and biodiversity.

Marketing: Learning how to market new products and services.

In this workshop you will learn about the importance of marketing and the key things that help make a product or service appealing to consumers. We will do this by making a marketing poster to launch a new product or service. You will learn how to make a poster that interacts with your audience and tells us why this is a great product and why we should use it

Film and Media: Making lasting memories of your time in Scotland

This is a great workshop where you get to learn how about how to use various audio-visual skills to make either a short podcast or film about your time in Scotland. It is very practical and fun, as you will be learning how to use the different kinds of skills required to put together and shot a film script or script and present a podcast.

Physics in Action: Inertia and motion

Inertia is an important concept in physics where you will learn about the laws of motion through a set of ‘hand on’ activities using playing cards, coins and balancing eggs on tubes to demonstrate how inertia works. It looks like you can defy the laws of gravity and can impress your friends with these easy to do experiments.

Personal and professional development: Making a professional Curriculum Vitae (CV)

This is a series of interactive activities where you will learn about what is needed for a Curriculum Vitae CV) that is professionally laid out and attractive to employers. This also involves learning about how to market your core skills, attribute and experiences to help you in getting your future dream job.