Following the huge success of previous School of Arts trips, we will once again be organising an excursion to New York in February 2016!
The trip is open to all current School of Arts undergraduate and postgraduate students and is designed to provide you with an opportunity to explore the famous city and enhance your learning experience outside of lectures and seminars. For example, Drama and Film scholars will find the Bill Rose Theatre Collection in the NY Public Library, an outstanding resource. Film scholars with a more avant-garde bent will want for nothing at Anthology Film Archive set up by J. Mekas, and outside of the Getty there can be no better place in the world to carry out Art History research than amongst all the city’s art holdings.
If you are interested in experiencing the cultural delights of the ‘Big Apple’ with your fellow students then please read on to find out a little bit more about our plans.
Details so far:
DATES: 1st – 7th February 2015 (5 nights / 6 days – departing NYC on 6th and arriving back in London on 7th)
FLIGHTS: Return London Heathrow to New York JFK
TRANSFERS: Return airport transfers both in the UK and New York
ACCOMODATION: Hostelling International New York
BOARD: Room only accommodation / Multi-bedded dorm rooms
COST: £860 which includes accommodation, airport transfers and flights
The total price of the trip is currently an expected maximum quote as the final price is dependent on the number of students signing up and the amount of subsidy received from other University funds. Please therefore budget for this full amount with the understanding that it will need to be paid in full by mid-November at the very latest. It extremely important that you check before confirming your place on the trip that you are able to make this financial commitment and that you will be able to meet any passport/visa requirements – we will be finalising the booking based on the number of deposits we receive so it is imperative that you are committed to going before you do this!
To reserve a place on the trip, you will need to pay a minimum £100 deposit by 31st August 2015 please email Emma Bowles via the arts@kent.ac.uk email account to reserve your place and get the link to pay your deposit.