9 February 2011

Dundee to welcome hundreds of language students

The University of Dundee is set to play host to over 1200 teenagers from around Europe this summer, bringing an economic impact worth hundreds of thousands of pounds to the city.

Young people from Turkey, Italy, France and Spain are expected to arrive on campus between June and August, studying English as a foreign language under the auspices of Greenwich Viaggi, a tour operator which facilitates an English language school on campus.

The visitors will stay in the University students residences, take meals in Dundee University Students’ Association and attend classes on the University campus.

'We are delighted to renew our contracts with Greenwich Viaggi for this summer,' said Elizabeth Shearer, of the University’s Corporate Services department.

'We have been welcoming European students to the campus in the summer months for over a decade now and it makes a huge difference to life around the campus. It also brings considerable benefits economically, not just on campus but to the city of Dundee and the surrounding area.'

The association may also have longer term benefits for the city and the University.

'These are young people who aren’t far away from making decisions about their higher education and this is a chance to show them what we have here at Dundee, both in terms of the University and the wider area,' said Dr Brendan Barker, Head of International Development at the University.

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