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.

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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.