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Bachelors
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Dormitory
Language
English

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PRE-DEPARTURE SERVICES:
Advising, @api Online System, Orientation Materials and Resources, Access to International Phone Plans, API Alumni Network, Social Networking, Scholarships

ON-SITE SERVICES:
Airport Reception, API Centers, Resident Directors, On-Site Orientation, Housing (including most meals with host families), Tuition, Tutoring, Language & Culture Tools, Medical & Life Insurance, Excursions (overnight, day, international), Round-trip airfare on long excursions, Social & Cultural Activities, Welcome and Farewell Group Meals), Volunteer Opportunities.

RE-ENTRY SERVICES:
Re-Entry Materials & Support, Post-Program Evaluation, Transcript, Alumni Network & Global Leadership Academy
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Accommodation Activities Airport Transfers Classes Meals Some Meals Travel Insurance Wifi
What's Not Included
Airfare
Mar 17, 2020
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About Program

Ever want to feel like Harry Potter? Come live and study at Harlaxton College, situated in an authentic English manor. Full-service amenities with meals included, House competitions, and more help to bring students together and create great memories. Learning extends beyond the classroom with class field trips and excursions. API looks to complement these trips by including several cultural activities, daytrips around the area, and a weekend excursion! Harlaxton College is situated within its own 300-acre estate with parkland, woodland and a lake in the small charming village of Harlaxton. It is a mere 10-minute drive to the closest town, Grantham, a market town with a population of around 45,000. It is located to the North of London, which is just 1 hour away on a simple, direct train journey. There are regular shuttles provided to the center of Grantham, from which the train station is a short walk, ensuring that any travel is easily achieved.

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Harlaxton College, the modern "Hogwarts"
Summer API students at Harlaxton College
The beautiful countryside manor of Harlaxton College
House competitions and close-knit student community at Harlaxton College

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Program Highlights

  • Study in an English manor with a close-knit student community and full-service amenities.
  • Participate in British-style House competitions (think Harry Potter!) to keep engaged with other students in addition to clubs, sports, and other activities.
  • Harlaxton's "Meet-a-Family Experience" creates a great support system by connecting students to local British families throughout the semester.
  • Out of classroom learning throughout the UK with organized cultural events and numerous field trips.
  • Summer program offers a variety of coursework including sports marketing, astronomy, psychology, and more!

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Harlaxton College is located in a gloriously beautiful 150-room Grade 1 listed stately home dating from 1832 which is set in the stunning English countryside. It is one of England’s 100 best great house according to Simon Jenkins of the London Times and has more than a passing resemblance to Hogwarts! Come study with us for our semester and summer programs.

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Staff Interviews

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Gerald (Jerry) Seaman

Program
API Study Abroad in Harlaxton, England
Job Title
Principal and CEO, Harlaxton College
Before becoming Harlaxton’s seventh Principal, Jerry was on the faculty of the University of Evansville (1992-2000), chair of the UE Department of Foreign Languages (1997-2000), Associate Dean of Faculty at Lawrence University (2000-2006), and Vice President and Dean of Faculty at Ripon College (2006-14), serving as interim President in 2011-12. He earned his BA at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and MA and Ph.D at Stanford University.

What is your favorite travel memory?

I'll never forget traveling and camping in Hungary and Yugoslavia in 1985 – the time before the fall of the Berlin Wall, before English had become so pervasive, and before ATM's, personal computers, smart phones, and discount airlines. Being in such unfamiliar and ostensibly politically hostile places brought an initial sense of dislocation and insecurity that was followed later by a greater appreciation of the experiences, routines, settings, landscapes, emotions, and aspirations that define our common human condition.

How have you changed/grown since working for your current company?

It seems like everyday brings a new growth opportunity. I've seen parts of the world previously unknown and, very directly, discovered more about the richness and complexity of Britain, its people, culture, and history since being here.

Harlaxton is the kind of place where today's challenge turns into tomorrow's achievement.

What is the best story you've heard from a return student?

"I never knew I could have so much fun digging a ditch!" This student comment alone sums up the transformative power of Harlaxton's involvement with Habitat for Humanity's Global Village project. Along with Habitat, there are also a number of community service opportunities that engage our students. These include the Grantham Rotary Club's Swimarathon which raises funds for many local projects, and, globally, supports Rotary's aim of ridding the world of polio.

If you could go on any program that your company offers, which one would you choose and why?

My favorite destination is Northumberland, including the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Alnwick Castle, and lunch in the seaside town of Whitby. Northumberland is a beautiful and fundamental part of the British heritage and landscape and, I believe, it is an often-overlooked destination for American students.

What makes your company unique? When were you especially proud of your team?

We all live and work together in a magical environment where there is "exceptional community spirit" and a "support personal approach." Our mission is to be the premier Study Abroad program in the United Kingdom, and our people endeavor to live that mission every day. Student departures are tear-filled moments – joy that the experience has gone so well, and sorrow that it has had, inevitably, to end.

What do you believe to be the biggest factor in being a successful company?

We have an exceptional US-UK administrative team and a long history (nearly 50 years) of providing an outstanding Study Abroad experience. Students are taught by excellent faculty from the UK and the US, and life outside the classroom is punctuated by local travel, college-sponsored travel, a Meet-a-Family experience, and a wide array of social and other activities that are focused on students' development as responsible global citizens.

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