SSE Briefing and Thanksgiving Dinner 2010

This article was published on Monday 15 November 2010

The briefing day is a chance for serious questions about aspects of the scheme such as visas and insurance as well as helping clear up other worries or queries about the scholars' time in the US.

SSE alumni Catherine-Maria King, Billy Grace and Jasmine Rahman, who have just returned from their time in America, were on hand to give advice such as "buy bedding there, the beds are a different size" and "take lots of dresses, you'll have lots of formal occasions". Some tips were perhaps more relevant to the female scholars!

Catherine's Mum Angela was also on hand to discuss her experience as an SSE parent and to pass on advice.

The SSE has been running since 1926, and is an annual exchange that gives the chance for final year school students to spend a year or two terms at a US high school and US students to spend a year at a UK boarding school.

In the evening the ESU continued the SSE theme with the annual Thanksgiving Dinner for US students, recent alumni and the two term scholars and their parents. It was a festive occasion with turkey and pumpkin pie, giving a great opportunity for the US scholars to discuss the differences between their UK and US schools and to meet other students involved in the programme. The two term scholars will be leaving in January 2011 and applications for the 2011-2012 three term exchange are now being accepted, the deadline is 25 February 2011.