Leadership London

Leadership London

Where better to discover your inner leader than in one of the world's leading cities?

FIE’s Spring Leadership London Semester offers a curriculum that gives students exposure to the various facets of leadership and through its London location, the greater globalized world we live in today.

The Leadership London concentration seeks to encourage and foster high ethical standards, communication competencies, critical thinking, an ability to address complex issues, self-confidence and a keen awareness of the importance of social justice.

Throughout the semester, students will view leadership through a variety of lenses, both theoretical and practical, and reflect upon what leadership means in their own personal and professional development.

Combining rigorous academic coursework, experiential education through a mandatory internship at a British organization, and Student Global Leadership Conference participation, students will return home with a robust experience to fuel their future leadership endeavors. This concentration aims to:

Equip students to serve as leaders – positional and situational - from the classroom to their communities
Provide students the opportunity to experience and reflect on navigating the moral challenges of power
Prepare students to integrate strategies from varied models of leadership to respond to personal and professional challenges into the future

WHO IS IT FOR?

The importance of effective, positive leadership as an agent of societal change and as a catalyst for the transformation of businesses is so pervasive that Leadership London will appeal to students from any academic background.

Students from business and communications majors & minors find this concentration of real interest because of the relevance of effective leadership to the commercial world and because ‘leadership’ is closely linked to ‘messaging’.

Social science students often find Leadership London of interest because of the cross-cultural exposure of both studying in a city / country different to their own and being able to do so by experiencing it first hand through the International Internship Course.

All in all, if your college approves the Ethical Leadership course and you want to develop your leadership competencies, you will find Leadership London of real value to you.

FIE is well-equipped to work with faculties and study abroad offices to customize this program to suit the needs of the institution.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested students should fill out an FIE application as normal on MyStudy@FIE as outlined on our Admissions & Application webpage. Within the application, under the Academic Program Options questionnaire, applicants will be asked if they would like to select Leadership London @ FIE concentration.

KEY FEATURES OF LEADERSHIP LONDON

Requirements of the Leadership London concentration are:

Attend and participate in FIE’s weekend-long Student Global Leadership Conference as a delegate and deliver a conference presentation
Enrollment and successful completion of FIE's signature Ethical Leadership course
Take the International Internship course – approximately half your time in London
Attending the Site Supervisor networking reception OR participation in the Student Leadership Forum
Have the flexibility to select 1-2 electives of your choosing
Gain exposure to leaders across a variety of contexts, including students, faculty members, consultants, and professionals
Create an individual, personal development plan
Receive an FIE Leadership Certificate

Optional components:

Serve on the conference planning committee and/or act as a conference helper
Other opportunities as they arise, e.g. Global Ambassadors, Student Switch Off Ambassadors, etc

LEADERSHIP LONDON AT A GLANCE

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Faculty can substitute 1-2 electives with their own courses

COURSE CUSTOMIZATION

FIE was founded on the premise that education provision is in partnership. Many of our programs are run collaboratively with US partners; often visiting faculty who have been instrumental in setting up their department’s or college’s study abroad offering come to teach at least one course during their students’ experience with us in London (or Dublin).

FIE provides, among other services, a full orientation, 24-hour emergency support, full insurance, transcripts from our school of record (Drexel University), full apartment facility for visiting faculty and their families and visits to your college from one of our US-based Institutional Relations Team.

All of our students undertake co-curricular activities. That is, visits to local companies, landmarks and/or museums to enrich their experience. Most of our students in London spend half of their time placed in an internship. Many of our visiting faculty build up their own courses with our ideas and suggestions.

If you are interested in substituting one or more courses in the models we use in Leadership London, please get in touch with one of our Institutional Relations Team members (IRT). Please also do reach out to the IRT member in your region of the US for an informal conversation about the Student Global Leadership Conference (SGLC) and how you and your students might get involved.