Applications are now open for the two-week 2014 LSE-UCT July School in Cape Town, run in South Africa this summer by LSE and the University of Cape Town from 30 June – 11 July 2014. A limited number of bursaries are available to UCT students and African nationals, provided they apply to the programme by 12 Noon (GMT+2) on 24 April 2014.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is South Africa’s oldest university, founded in 1829 as the South African College. Its campus is located in one of the most beautiful spots on the Cape Peninsula, on the slopes of Table Mountain.
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is one of the foremost social science universities in the world. Founded in 1894, it is a specialist university with an international intake and a global reach.
The LSE-UCT July School provides an exciting opportunity for students and professionals from around the world to study with two world-class universities in one of Africa’s most important and vibrant cities.
The 2014 programme will feature academically robust courses with specific relevance to Africa today. Courses will be taught intensively over two weeks by outstanding faculty
from the University of Cape Town and the London School of Economics and Political Science, in subjects such as economics, management, media, geography and politics.
In July 2014 this two-week summer school-style programme will offer a range of exciting university-level courses considering the academic and policy responses to the major social science issues of the 21st century, all with relevance to Africa and its relations with the world today.
The programme is taught by outstanding faculty from UCT, the leading university in Africa, and LSE, the world’s foremost specialist social science institution. It will attract students and professionals from leading institutions and organisations around the world, interested to learn about academic approaches to contemporary challenges, and to engage in discussions with motivated, diverse classmates providing unique personal perspectives.
Participants take one intensive course for the duration of the two-week July School, typically comprising four hours of lectures each morning and a 90 minute class each afternoon – a total of 48 contact hours. The courses are assessed, including by a final examination, and successful students are awarded a certificate and transcript.
Courses will include:
• African Media in a Global Age
• After “The Hopeless Continent”: Challenges of African economic development since 2000
• Business Model Innovation at the Base of the Pyramid: Cape Town and beyond
• Globalisation in Africa: A Long-run Perspective
• The State, Democracy and Development in Africa
• Urban Modernities: Space, Place and Difference
• The Politics and Economics of Refugees in Africa
• The Informal Economy: Poverty Trap or Engine of Growth?
• Africa and the Global Transformation – the rise of emerging powers and a new international order
Please see the poster and brochure below, more information about the LSE-UCT July School, details of bursaries available and full outlines of the courses please see lse.ac.uk/LSE-UCTJulySchool
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