Discover Incredible India!
As a registered student within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Socials Sciences you have the opportunity of spending 2 weeks in January 2024 exploring Contemporary Southern India.
Contemporary Southern India – Experiencing and understanding diversity
- Democracy, secularism, discrimination, gender and violence
- Caste, the past and the future
- Indian film and media industries
- India’s growing large-power aspirations and the spectre of conflict in the Indo-Pacific
- Changing concepts of care and intergenerational responsibility
- Climate change and environmental challenges
| Dates | 9 - 23 January 2024 |
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| Eligibility | Open to all Registered students within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences |
| Programme Includes | Flights, Accommodation & some meals. |
| Programme Cost | Student contribution of £500 will be required when confirming place. |
| Funding | Students will receive funding of £1040 if they are from a WP background or £240 if Non-WP (see below) |
| Visa | 48-hour turnaround for students with a UK or Irish passport. Further information on visas |
| Vaccines | Vaccines will be required 10-14 days before travel. Can cost between £150 - £300. Further information on vaccines |
| Application Form | Apply for the AHSS Winter programme to India |
| Apply By | 13 November 2023 |
| Faculty Contact | Prof Sven Schottman, s.schottmann@ulster.ac.uk |
Widening Access and Participation (WP)
You will be eligible for a higher rate of Turing Scheme funding if you meet one of the criteria below:
- You are in receipt of an Ulster University Access Bursary
- You are from an area of low higher education participation, low household income or low socioeconomic status (including those with an annual household income of £25,000 or less)
- You receive Income Support or Universal Credit and are financially supporting yourself or financially supporting yourself and someone who is dependent on you and living with them, such as a child or partner
- You are from a background of care
- You have caring responsibilities
- You have no living parents
- Your parents cannot be found or it is not reasonably practicable to get in touch with either of them (estranged students)
- You are a refugee or asylum seeker
Proof of the above criteria will be required as part of your application.