We are now accepting applications for our summer 2025 cohortLink opens in a new window

Apply before 01 January. Interviews to be held w/c 20 January.

Give to Warwick in AfricaLink opens in a new window

Find out how Warwick in Africa makes a difference.

Expression of Interest for 2025Link opens in a new window

The deadline has now passed for applications for 2024, however, you may pre-register your expression of interest in 2025 programme by emailing warwickinafrica.warwick.ac.uk.

Warwick in Africa and URSSLink opens in a new window

Find out how you can combine the Warwick in Africa Programme with research.

The opportunity: at a glance

Warwick in Africa offers students a 6-week school placement, during Warwick's summer recess, in our secondary partner schools in Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa teaching English or Maths.

This is a fully funded volunteering opportunity and comprehensive training is provided. Volunteers have a responsibility to raise £1,000 towards the programme.

Your role: in depth

Volunteer classroom assistants:

• Provide assistance in the classroom with the teaching of Mathematics or English in secondary level schools in our partners school for 6 weeks during Warwick's summer break.
• Bring energy and enthusiasm to the classroom in order to inspire learners to think differently about their education and their potential.
• Observe and learn from your professional teaching colleagues whilst contributing your own ideas. You will be working in collaboration with local teachers to deliver classes using participatory teaching techniques.
• Gain a whole host of new skills, including self-awareness, intercultural awareness, problem-solving and teamwork.
• Build personal resilience and self-reliance.
• Embrace a learning mindset - the cornerstone of effective volunteering. As a volunteer you should try to become aware of – and to challenge – assumptions and stereotypes, seeing every difficulty as a learning opportunity, and being open to new ideas and ways of doing things. Volunteers who cultivate this mindset will be more willing to take humble and mindful action and to listen and to adjust what they are doing accordingly.

Important Dates

Applications open: 25 November 2024 - apply here

Application support session: Slides hereLink opens in a new window. Recording here

Applications close: 01 January 2025

First round of compulsory training: Saturday, 01 Feb and Saturday, 29 March

Second round of compulsory training: Mon, 16 June through to Fri, 20 June

Placements: June - September 2025 (dates tbc)

Eligibility

We will welcome applications from most students at the University, however, the opportunity may not be appropriate in some circumstances. For example:

• Students who have study commitments between June and September
• Students who will be required to undertake resits anytime between June and September
• Students who will be on a year abroad or work placement in academic year 24/25
  which will prevent them from attending compulsory training sessions
• Students who will be starting a year abroad or work placement in academic year 25/26 with an early start date
• Foundation year students

"Warwick in Africa has been a defining part of my time as a student at Warwick. I would recommend it to anyone considering being a part of the program, purely because of how life-changing and transformative it has been for me. From making lifelong friends, to meeting and being inspired by the most diverse group of learners and teachers, to growing as a person, it is a program I will forever be grateful for."

Aryamoy Mitra, Economics Undergraduate
Team Leader 2023, Makupula School, Kayamandi, South Africa

Volunteer Student Teacher 2022, Alexandra Secondary School, Alexandra, South Africa

"I loved the experience, and it has motivated me to do more volunteering."

Izzy South, English Literature Undergraduate

Volunteer Student Teacher 2022,
Nsaba Islamic Junior High School, Ghana