International Language Resources
The Faculty is home to the university’s language and cultural resources, and these support international work throughout the university as well as offering important learning opportunities to both home and visiting or exchange staff and students. The School of English and Languages offers general English language courses as well as English for academic purposes. They are also an IELTS test centre responsible for running test sessions on a monthly basis as well as IELTS preparation courses. They also offer undergraduate language degree courses in French, German Spanish, and English for International Communication and have a wide range of online resources in up to 19 languages in the Language Study Area of the Library.
The School also runs the Language and Cultural Exchange Programme (LACES) programme for both staff and students, where participants are matched with a language partner who speaks the language they want to learn or improve. In return they can help their partner practise the participant’s first language.
LACES
The School also has expertise in teaching culturally diverse classes and in cultural awareness, and houses the Global Graduate Award in Languages, which offers all students the opportunity to study a foreign language from a range of 10 languages on offer. Modules are free of charge and may be taken by any student, whatever their main subject. Undergraduate students are awarded 15 co-curricular credits for GGA language modules.
- Global Graduate Award Scheme
- IELTS Examination Centre
- English Language Courses
- Evening Language Courses
How do we support you? International Funding opportunities…
UGPN Research Collaboration Fund
This will provide funding of US$20,000 (for bilateral projects) or US$30,000 (for trilateral projects) for high quality research collaborations between researchers at the University of São Paulo, North Carolina State University and the University of Surrey next call open 1st October 2012.
Surrey-FAPESP fund
This will support researchers from the State of São Paulo and the University of Surrey in the development of joint research bids. Successful bids will receive funding of up to £5000 per year per project for the Surrey researcher(s), with this amount being matched by FAPESP for the São Paulo researcher - next call opens 1st October 2012;
Santander funding
This will provide grants of £2000 for University staff to develop links with staff at universities that are members of the Santander Universities Network
Santander PG Research Awards This will provide grants of £5000 for students from universities that are members of the Santander Universities Network to spend up to six months conducting research at the University of Surrey.
Funding for specific international linkages is available from a range of funders including the British Academy and the British Council provide non-monetary support for international linkages.
BUNAC
The BEST (BUNAC Educational Scholarship Trust) scholarships offer financial assistance to eligible applicants who are planning to go to NC for the second year of their masters.
