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Application Deadline: January 30, 2023
Host country: South Africa
Host university: Stellenbosch University
Theme: Truth and reconciliation: from apartheid to transitional justice
Eligibility: Final year undergraduate students, masters’ students and PhD students at ACU member universities
Places: 40 available, fully-funded
Season: Winter in South Africa
This is a fascinating opportunity for you to learn about the political, social and economic forces that shaped 20th Century South African politics, including apartheid, with your peers from around the Commonwealth.
Hosted by Stellenbosch University, this is the first time the programme will take place in a winter climate.
Explore South Africa’s ongoing journey to reconciliation together in lectures, discussions and group project work over the course of a week. Hear from academic experts who will bring the country’s complex history to life and help you to shape your own perspective. Take a field-trip to Robben Island prison, where Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid campaigners were jailed. Make new friends from countries across the Commonwealth while exploring historically significant events in an open, welcoming, intercultural environment.
If you are inspired by imagining what a more equitable future looks like for all, and want to take action in your community, then this is the event for you!
Outside of the classroom, you can get to know your course-mates by taking part in social activities such as games nights, film screenings and more. You will stay on campus in Stellenbosch University accommodation: they will provide you with everything you need to make the most of a life-changing experience at the ACU Summer School.
Eligibility Criteria:
The ACU Summer School welcomes applications from current postgraduate students (both master’s and PhD) and final-year undergraduate students at ACU member universities. Click on the link to find out if your university is an ACU member university.
The ACU Summer School is aimed at students studying a subject that explores themes related to truth and reconciliation and/or with a personal interest in truth and reconciliation.
We encourage students who have not travelled outside their home region to apply. This does not apply to students studying in their host country of South Africa or ACU scholars.
We particularly welcome applications from students who come from backgrounds under-represented in international higher education, including students with a disability and students who identify as indigenous and those who have not travelled outside their home geographic region work, study or leisure.
Students who have previously attended an ACU Summer School are not eligible to apply.
Financial Benefits:
The cost of full participation in the program will be covered, including:
- Accommodation on campus
- Transport
- Meals on campus
- Social activities and excursions
- Economy return flights/travel from your home country and travel to the university for students travelling from outside South Africa
The following costs are not covered:
- Visa (please note that some nationalities do not need a visa to enter South Africa)
- Food/spending on excursions
