UK’s most well-established independent colleges, will be offering a range of refreshingly distinctive summer courses. Building on the College’s reputation for both academic excellence and mind-blowing creativity we are offering 4 different courses in very small classes where international visitors will study and socialise alongside local students. Rochester Independent College is in Kent, just south east of London. Kent is known as the garden of England but is also close to great beaches and home to historic cathedral cities. It’s a tourist hotspot with Lonely Planet placing it on a list of Europe’s best holiday destinations and Medway bidding to be City of Culture in 2025. Rochester itself is a small town, with a rich heritage and a flourishing contemporary arts scene. Rochester offers a quieter life than London, close to areas of outstanding natural beauty like the North Downs, yet within easy reach of all the facilities the capital city has to offer. Regular trains run from Rochester to London in just under 40 minutes and Ebbsfleet for Paris and Brussels on the Eurostar is just 10 minutes away. Rochester is famous for its connections with Charles Dickens and with a magnificent Norman cathedral and a striking castle that can be viewed from RIC’s classrooms and the Halls of Residence bedrooms.   Academic and Creative

• Our Business and Marketing course explores how to set up a sustainable and creative business including branding, product development, marketing, and promotion.

All courses include an exciting programme of trips, activities and social events on our campus.

Business and Marketing A creative entrepreneurship course Our Business & Marketing course allows students to spend an interdisciplinary week exploring how to set up a sustainable and creative business including branding, product development, marketing, and promotion.

At a glance

• Course Length: 2 Weeks
• Tuition Per Week: 20 Hours
• Class Size: Maximum 12 students
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Suitable For English Level: Intermediate (B1) or Above
• Key Skills Developed: communication skills, marketing, operations,
• finance, building brands within the context of the creative industries

What you’ll learn

Known as our ‘Creative Entrepreneurship’ course, students enrolled in this course will explore a range of topics, including:

Creative businesses with eco-focus Wall Street coders Business ecosystem The creative industries Marketing – targeting and positioning Operations – design for manufacture, outsourcing, quality control

Trips

Close to but outside of London, Rochester is ideally placed as a base to explore England from. It’s a short journey from Rochester to Whitstable, so seaside day trips are a breeze and the art galleries and theatres of London are only 40 minutes away by train. Theatre, art gallery and museum trips are always popular.

History is around every corner in Rochester. The former naval dockyards at Chatham, founded by Henry VIII and where HMS Victory was built are now a world famous tourist attraction with World War II warships and Cold War submarines. Nearby Fort Amherst is Britain’s largest Napoleonic fortress. The Buckmore Park Kart Circuit is where many current and past Formula One drivers learned their trade, including Lewis Hamilton and a popular trip for our students.

“The teaching at Rochester is rigorous and tailored to the best possible exam results. It offers a broad education combining its original focus on getting students into competitive courses such as medicine and dentistry with a new emphasis on the creative arts.” THE INDEPENDENT

**The fee includes all accommodation, meals*, lessons, academic materials, general sports, social activities and events, all standard excursions including admission costs, Wi-Fi, weekly laundry services, graduation certificate, academic progress report and travel insurance. Airport transfers from/to London Heathrow Airport on Start/End Dates start from £50.00 each way. **

*we will endeavor to meet all dietary requirements, e.g. vegetarian, vegan, Halal etc.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Known as our ‘Creative Entrepreneurship’ course, students enrolled in this course will explore a range of topics, including:

• Creative businesses with eco-focus
• Wall Street coders
• Business ecosystem
• The creative industries
• Marketing – targeting and positioning
• Operations – design for manufacture, outsourcing, quality control

AT A GLANCE

• Course Length: 2 Weeks
• Tuition Per Week: 20 Hours
• Class Size: Maximum 12 students
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Suitable For English Level: Intermediate (B1) or Above
• Key Skills Developed: English Language, communication skills, marketing, operations, finance, building brands within the context of the creative industries

Activities:

We will offer a balance of sports, music, cultural activities, games, arts, walks and competitions so there is something for everyone on the program. We listen to our students and if there’s something you’d really like to do we’ll try and make it happen. Rochester has parks in the castle and along the Esplanade and Shorne Woods Country Park has 288 acres of ancient woodland. Rochester offers a range of quirky vintage shops and independent boutiques as well as museums, delicatessens and second hand bookstores. We have our own on site sports facilities but we can also use local leisure centres. At the end of each week of courses we hold a summer festival party and barbecue in the college gardens, a showcase celebration of student artwork, music and performance

Accommodation: Boarding is all on campus and our summer students will have their own study bedrooms, some with en-suite facilities. Accommodation is site students do not have to travel between teaching buildings and their residences. Our summer staff live on site are available 24/7. As well as common rooms and study areas, summer students have access to the College’s sports pitch, fitness centre, on site cinema, art studios and award winning wildlife gardens. The historically distinctive site with eye-catching listed buildings linked by award winning wildlife gardens creates a special sense of place to explore and in which to live, study and work during your summer course.