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20 years, 20 people
Through the years, SUs were taking a new direction. Today we can offer six kinds of Summer University: Language Course, Language Course Plus, Summer Course, Summer Course Plus, Travelling Summer University and Summer Event. Today, it would be unimaginable to have an SU without parties. In fact, the purpose of applying for most people is rather the fun that comes along with a SU than the course which is often neglected by the organisers. Since 1998, language courses are in a minority. Today, some local branches offer the very same Summer University as five years ago – minus the language course they once included. While in 1999, out of about 20 Summer Universities in Germany only one of them was not a language course, nowadays the language courses are an exception. However, there are also very positive trends. The number of Travelling Summer Universities has increased a lot in the past years, offering the participants more cultural insights. Also the topics chosen are more imaginative than before, but often they barely touch their potential. Attracting more than 5000 applicants per year, the Summer Universities are AEGEE’s main tool for recruiting new members. The way they feel about the quality of the event usually decides whether they want to become active members themselves – and maybe even organise a Summer University of their own. Tine Bader & Gunnar Erth
Some event highlights of 1988 January
Kiel (D): Multi-Linguality, a problem for Europe
February
Brussel (B): Euromanagers 1988 Louvain-la-Neuve (B): Presidents’ Meeting
March
Lyon (F): EEC and Eastern Europe London (UK): European Week 1988 Strasbourg (F): Europe – Latin America
April
Milano (I): Agora
May
Mainz (D): EuroDefence 1988
Milano (I): EGEE IV – European Internal Market Reims (F): Droit Communautaire June
Berlin (D): Second European Cultural Week Hamburg & Lübeck (D): Agricultural Policy
July
Heidelberg (D): Political & Economic Implications
September
Athina (GR): South Europe Towards 1992
October
Saarbrücken (D): Presidents’ Meeting Aachen (D): Initiatives for International Education
November
Orleans (F): Agora Utrecht (NL): The Aims of Higher Education Köln (D): Art Europe Toulouse (F): Third European Space Congress Freiburg (D): AIDS – Problems in Europe
December
Bonn (D): European Food Market
20th Anniversary
Summer Universities Types Language Course: This is the perfect course for people who want to learn a foreign language. The two-week long course offer at least 16 hours of language tuition. Language Course Plus: This course follows the same format as the language course, except that it can last 2-4 weeks and participants receive at least 20 hours of intensive language tuition by professional teachers. Summer Course: This type of Summer University can have a cultural focus or any other topic of interest for participants. It lasts between two and four weeks, and the organisers provide at least 10 hours of tuition. Summer Course Plus: These intensive courses about specific topics have a duration of two to four weeks, and participants receive at least 20 hours of tuition by professional lecturers. Travelling Summer University: Becoming more and more trendy, Travelling SUs are organised to show off as much as possible of a region or a country. At least two AEGEE locals are involved in the organisation, and the group stays in at least four different places. Summer Event: These are Summer Universities “light”. They last only one to two weeks and their programme is less strict. Normally they are organised by new antennae or contact antennae who don’t have the resources yet to organise a full SU.