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School of Languages, Linguistics and Film
The Year Abroad
Meeting for 2nd year students
Wednesday 16 October 2013
1-2pm
Fogg Lecture Theatre
Overview
• Compulsory for all students of French, German, Portuguese
and Hispanic Studies
• Minimum 6-7 months studying and/or working abroad
• Studying from introductory level: recommend full year abroad
•Studying two languages: recommend spending time in the country
where your weakest language is spoken. (Also possible to split your
Year Abroad between two countries)
•Worth 120 credits and you will have to complete an assessment for
Queen Mary whilst you are abroad (accounts for 12.5% of your
degree)
Year Abroad and its benefits
Employment prospects
Research shows that the Year Abroad is highly valued by employers.
Compared to graduates without the Year Abroad, graduates with the Year
Abroad experience are:
• less likely to experience a period of unemployment
• more likely to be involved in higher-status employment sector
• have much higher than average income
Year Abroad and its benefits
Personal and linguistic benefits
It helps you:
• gain near native fluency in the language
• develop cultural awareness, confidence and resilience
In March 2012, ThirdYearAbroad.com conducted a survey in which
86% of 600 interviewed graduates said that the Year Abroad was the
most valuable part of their degree course
Year Abroad options
• Study placement at a university under the European
exchange programme (ERASMUS) or independently
• Work placement: Teaching English as a
foreign language assistant (British Council)
• Work placement within Europe (ERASMUS) and beyond
(Canada, Latin America)
What our students are currently doing
Work placements
28%
Teaching
Assistants (British
Council) 19%
Study placements
53%
Erasmus Study placements
•Study at our ERASMUS partner institutions. We have ERASMUS
agreements with universities in France, Spain, Portugal, Germany and
Switzerland.
• ERASMUS grants are available to support your studies
German-speaking study placements
•Augsburg
•Bamberg
•Berlin
•Dresden
•Heidelberg
•Mainz
•Mannheim
•München
•Potsdam
•Tübingen
•And in Switzerland:
Zürich
French-speaking study placements
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Université François-Rabelais (Tours)
Université de Provence Aix-Marseille 1
Université d’Avignon
Université Paris Sorbonne-Paris IV
Université Catholique de Lille
Université de la Réunion
Université dé Genève
Ecole de Traduction et d'Interprétariat (Switzerland)
Study placements in Spain
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Universidad de Granada
Universidad de Vigo
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Universidad de Salamanca
Universidad de les Illes Balears
Universidad Pablo de Olavide [Seville]
Universidad Carlos III Madrid
Universidad de Valencia
Universidad de Malaga
Universidad de Oviedo
Universitat Jaume I
• Universidad de Murcia
• Universidad de Almería
• Universidad de Santiago de
Compostela
Study placements in Portugal
• Universidade de Coimbra
Other study placements (non-ERASMUS)
Partner universities in Latin America:
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Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC)
Independent study placement
This option is for those who:
• wish to study at any other university within the European Union that we
do not have an ERASMUS agreement with or
• wish to study at a university outside the European Union
If you split your YA between France and
Spain or France and Germany
We recommend that you spend your 1st semester in France, and your 2nd
semester in Spain or Germany.
It is essential that you check the academic calendar of the universities you’re
interested in to avoid clashes with beginning of classes and final
examinations.
Work placementsLanguage Assistantships
• Teaching English as a foreign language assistant
• Teaching in primary or secondary schools or in universities
• Locations: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium (French), Canada,
Latin America, Austria, and Switzerland
• Generous salary in addition to ERASMUS grant (if eligible)
•BC registration forms must be downloaded directly from their
website: http://www.britishcouncil.org/english/language-assistant-programme
Work placements
• Employability skills and relevant work experience are seen as
increasingly critical by employers, and are among the most
significant factors considered when recruiting graduates
• Great way of gaining valuable work experience in an international
setting whilst improving your language skills
• Earn a salary in addition to an ERASMUS grant if your work
placement is in the EU
• Developed a number of relationships with employers over the
years
Where some of our students have worked
Fees and funding – Home/EU students (1)
Students on Erasmus study and/or work placement(s) (incl. British Council)
for a minimum of 24 weeks* :
•will have to pay 15% of the full time QMUL tuition fee rate, i.e. £1350.
•will be able to take out tuition fee loans to cover these fees.
•will NOT have to pay any fees to their host institution(s).
•will be entitled to an ERASMUS grant since their study or work
placement(s) is within the EU (including Switzerland). (in 2013/14, the Erasmus
grant was 375 € /month)
* This can include split placements although each placement MUST be at
least 3 months long.
Fees and funding – Home/EU students (2)
Students on study placements outside Erasmus for a minimum of
24 weeks* :
•will have to pay 15% of the full time QMUL tuition fee rate, i.e.
£1350.
•will be able to take out tuition fee loans to cover these fees.
•will have to pay tuition fees to their host institution(s).
Students on work placements (incl. British council) outside
Erasmus for a minimum of 24 weeks*:
•will have to pay 20% of the full time QMUL tuition fee rate, i.e.
£1800.
•will be able to take out tuition fee loans to cover these fees.
Fees and funding – Home/EU students (3)
If a student splits his/her Year abroad between 2 placements which
involve different fees (for example an Erasmus study placement in
semester 1 and a non-Erasmus work placement in semester 2),
then this student will have to pay 20% of the full time QMUL tuition
fee rate, i.e. £ 1800.
Note: Those students who will have to pay 20% of the full time
QMUL tuition fee rate need to specify when re-applying for their
student loan for their year abroad that they are on a SANDWICH
year involving a work placement. If they don’t, the system/the
assessors may only award the ‘study abroad’ rate of £1350 when
students will in fact have to pay £1800 to QMUL.
Fees and funding – Overseas students (1)
Overseas students on Erasmus study and/or work placement(s) (incl. British
Council**) for a minimum of 24 weeks* :
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will have to pay 50% of the full time QMUL tuition fee rate, i.e. £6375.
will NOT have to pay any fees to their host institution(s).
will be entitled to an ERASMUS grant since their study or work placement(s)
is within the EU (including Switzerland). (in 2013/14, the Erasmus grant was
375 € /month)
* This can include split placements although each placement MUST be at least 3
months long.
** There are certain eligibility criteria to be able to work as an English language
assistant through the British Council.
Fees and funding – Overseas students (2)
Overseas students on study placements outside Erasmus for a minimum
of 24 weeks* :
• will have to pay 50% of the full time QMUL tuition fee rate, i.e. £6375.
• will have to pay tuition fees to their host institution(s).
Overseas students on work placements (incl. British council) outside
Erasmus for a minimum of 24 weeks* :
• will have to pay 50% of the full time QMUL tuition fee rate, i.e. £6375.
Forthcoming meetings
More details about the Year Abroad will be shared with you in the
departmental meetings on Wednesday 23d October in room tbc which
will take place at the following times:
• Portuguese & Spanish : 12 noon -1pm
• French : 1 pm – 2pm
• German : 2pm – 3pm
Attendance is compulsory!!
Decision time!
• Talk to final year students about their Year Abroad experiences.
• Contact students currently on their Year Abroad by going on QMUL
Facebook group: ‘Help! I’m on my Year Abroad’.
• Research your placement options by looking at thirdyearabroad.com.
• If you’re interested in studying abroad, visit our partner institutions’ websites.
Year Abroad contacts
• Hispanic Studies – Dr Mar Encinas-Puente
• Portuguese – Mrs Patricia Sequeira Bras
• German – Dr Martina Deny
• French – Dr Elsa Petit
• Work placements (not British Council) – Birgitta Hall
• Year Abroad and Erasmus administrator: Debra Hurcomb
• QMUL Erasmus co-ordinator: Wiebke Leugers