International Winter School
17 - 21 January 2022
This exciting International Winter School, taught online this year for your safety, will enable you to discover new subjects and new skills. You will also be able to learn about university culture in the UK at the historic Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). Liverpool John Moores University is situated in one of the UK’s most digitally connected city regions of the UK and has many famous former students, such as John Lennon and Paul McCartney from The Beatles. Liverpool is also the second most filmed city in the UK after London, and appears in many international movies, TV shows and music videos. LJMU attracts experts, creative staff with industry and professional experience, and these individuals will be teaching you on the Winter School.
Upon application, we ask you to choose from one of the following pathways.
Liverpool Screen School
By choosing this pathway you will explore the following subject areas:
Musical Theatre with Dr Nick Phillips
Immersive Media with Mark Smith
Culture Class: Charles Dickens and London with Dr Clare Horrocks
Documentary Production with Camilla Affleck
Culture Class: Creativity and Enterprise 1 with Tom Strodtbeck
Film Studies with Dr Keith Marley
Culture Class: Social Involvement as Contemporary Practice: Liverpool’s Chinatown with ‘The Sound Agents’
International Journalism with Professor Rex Li
Culture Class: Creativity and Enterprise 2 with Tom Strodtbeck
English Culture and Literature
By choosing this pathway you will explore the following subject areas:
Metaphysical Poetry with Dr Rebecca Bailey
Chinese Adaptations of Shakespeare with Dr. Rachel Willie Art
Chinese Travellers in Liverpool with Dr Kathryn Walchester
Culture Class: Charles Dickens and London with Dr. Clare Horrocks
Culture Class: Charles Dickens and London with Dr. Clare Horrocks
The Fiction of Andrea Levy with Dr. Michael Perfect
Culture Class: Creativity and Enterprise 1 with Tom Strodtbeck
War Widows Stories with Dr. Nadine Muller
Coleridge, ‘Kubla Khan’, and Romantic Orientalism with Dr. Jamie Whitehead
Culture Class: Social Involvement as Contemporary Practice: Liverpool’s Chinatown with ‘The Sound Agents’
Metaphysical Poetry with Dr. Rebecca Bailey
Reading Domestic Space with Dr. Emily Cuming
The Victorian Ghost Story with Dr. Sonny Kandola
Liverpool School of Art and Design
By choosing this pathway you will explore the following subject areas:
Graphic Design & Illustration with Michael O’Shaughnessy
Art in Science with Mark Roughley
Culture Class: Charles Dickens and London with Dr. Clare Horrocks
Fashion Innovation and Realisation with Kayla Owen
Culture Class: Creativity and Enterprise 1 with Tom Strodtbeck
FaceLab with Dr. Jessica Liu
Culture Class: Creativity and Enterprise 2 with Tom Strodtbeck
Mini United Nations
By choosing this pathway you will explore the following subject areas:
Introduction to the United Nations with Dr. Megan Armstrong
Women, Peace and Security with Dr. Megan Armstrong
Culture Class: Charles Dickens and London with Dr. Clare Horrocks
Women and Equality with Dr. Sara Parker
Culture Class: Creativity and Enterprise 1 with Tom Strodtbeck
Personal, National and International Identity with Dr. Mark Benbough-Jackson
Culture Class: Social Involvement as Contemporary Practice: Liverpool’s Chinatown with ‘The Sound Agents’
Media Production for Social Change with Dr Dror Dayan
Culture Class: Creativity and Enterprise 2 with Tom Strodtbeck
How to apply
To apply to the LJMU Winter School see a link for the application form below.
Application deadline is Tuesday 04 January 2022.
Tuition Fees
The cost of the programme is £480 per person. For participants applying via our partner universities, we offer a discounted rate of £350 per person.
To secure a place on one of these programmes, payments must be received by Monday 10 January 2022.
Students will receive a certificate of attendance on completion of the programme and will have access to all LJMU online facilities.