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Sub-Faculty of Spanish: Year Abroad Presentation

Ben Bollig: benjamin.bollig@stcatz.ox.ac.uk 31 October 2012

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Overview

• General info.
• Options
• Finance
• Student presentations
• Any questions

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General info.

• Final deadline: usually in Trinity Term
• Other deadlines much earlier
• Two languages: flexible e.g. two “semesters”
• Forms for Faculty (and Colleges) with your

whereabouts, activity, plan of study, etc.

• Look out for messages from Faculty Office,

College Offices, etc.

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Options

• Paid work in teaching e.g. British Council
• Courses of study e.g. Erasmus exchange
• Other work: paid or unpaid

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Paid work in teaching

• British Council

– Information at http://www.britishcouncil.org/languageassistants- how-do-i-apply-2.htm – Inform College tutor and referees asap. – Colleges have internal deadline, before BC. – Competitive programme – Firm commitment to the programme if you apply

• Other paid work in teaching e.g. English schools
• verseas – at Tutor’s discretion

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Courses of study

• Courses of study e.g. Erasmus exchange
• Exchange available with Salamanca University

– Information sheet

• Other university study e.g. UBA, Buenos Aires;

UCBC, Santiago de Chile

– Student may explore own options, at Tutor’s discretion

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Other work: paid or unpaid

• See Careers Service website

– http://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/

• Some recent employers include:

– Sotheby’s, Madrid; L’Oreal internships

• Must be non-Anglophone environment and suitable

work

• Seek Tutor’s advice if in doubt
• Volunteering work

– Above conditions apply – Be wary of agencies charging high fees to arrange places – Check Foreign and Commonwealth Office Guidance

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Finance

• Half tuition fees payable during year abroad
• Erasmus and other funding available

– Erasmus

• Erasmus study exchanges; British Council assistantships; Eligible

work/internships

• Forms required by University/Erasmus
• Must respond to email from Catherine Pillonel (Year Abroad

Officer) requesting info on plans for Year Abroad to register for Erasmus grant/fee waiver (sent beginning of Hilary term)

– Loan and means-tested Govt. Support – College travel grants – Junior Heath Harrison Travel Scholarship – Year Abroad Travel Hardship fund

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Student presentations

• Student experiences during Year Abroad.

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Any questions?

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