Food and Nutritional Sciences International Summer School 201822 July to 4 August 2018

Programme specification:

Sunday 22 July: Greet at the airport and check in accommodation on campus

Monday 23 July: Welcome and tour of the Department

Tuesday 24 July: Dairy product processing

Wednes

day 25 July: visit to Oxford

Thursday 26 July: Sensory science

Friday 27 July: Studying and living in the UK

Monday 30 July: Food and Nutrition

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9:00 –10:30 10:30 –11:0011:00 –11:30 11:30 –12:30

Registration (Carrington building) Introduction of the course and degree programme (Food 233) Coffee break (Food 233)Campus tour (Palmer and Carrington building)

12:30–14:00 Lunch14:00 –16:30 Library skills and tour of the library (Carrington 201)

9:00 –10:00 10:30 –11:00 11:00 –11:30 11:30 –12:30

Introduction of soft cheese processing (Food 233)New Product Development (NPD) project briefing (Food 233)Coffee break (Food 233)Induction to pilot plant and tour (pilot plant)

12:30–14:00 Lunch14:00–16:30 Ice cream processing (pilot plant)

9:00 –10:00 10:00 –11:0011:00 –11:30 11:30 –13:00

Vocabulary development for sensory science (Food 233)Sensory evaluation 1 (Food 233)Coffee break (Food 233)Sensory evaluation 2 (Food 233)

13:00–14:30 Lunch14:30 –16:30 English tuition (Food 233)

9:15 –10:00 10:00 –10:40 10:40 –11:00 11:00 –12:30

Career planning (Food 233)Applying for an MSc or PhD in the UK (Food 233)Coffee break (Food 233)Study skills for Higher Education (Food 233)

12:30–14:30 Lunch14:30 –16:30 English tuition (Food 233)

Tuesday 31 July: Farm visit – Food chain

Wednesday 1 August: Visit Bath

Thursday 2 August: Laboratory experience – Applying theory into practice

Friday 3 August: NPD competition

Saturday 4 August: Check out and departure

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9:00 –10:00 10:00 –11:00 11:00 –11:3011:30 –12:30

How is chocolate made? (Food 233)Food for Nutrition (Food 233)Coffee break (Food 233) Preparation for NPD products (Food 233)

12:30–14:00 Lunch14:00 –17:00 Soft cheese processing (pilot plant)

9:00 –12:30 Visit University farm – Hall Farm, Arborfield12:30–14:30 Lunch14:30 –16:30 English tuition (Food 233)

9:00 –9:30 9:30 –12:30

Health and Safety in the chemistry lab (Food 410)Determine the salt content in butter (Food 410)

12:30–14:30 Lunch14:30 –16:30 English tuition (Food 233)

10:00–11:3011:30 –13:00

NPD product presentation and award (pilot plant)Awards and farewell party (Food 233)