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Your Oxford summer – learn, connect, explore Be inspired by the dreaming spires with Inspiring Oxford. Join us for an unforgettable summer in the heart of Oxford at Brasenose College, beside the iconic Radcliffe Camera and Bodleian Library. With historic colleges, museums and gardens right on your doorstep, this immersive summer school programme captures the… Continue reading Inspiring Oxford summer school
Explore the dynamics of international trade and finance, from global markets and policy tools to exchange systems and financial institutions. Join us in Oxford to gain practical insights into how economies interact in an increasingly connected world.
Charles Dickens’s autobiographical novels David Copperfield (1850) and Great Expectations (1861) reflect elements of the author’s childhood, upward mobility and romantic hopes. Compare Dickens’s changing recollections & reformulations of his fictive past.
The astonishing history and complex legacy of Captain James Cook. With three Pacific voyages in just eleven years, he helped shape the modern world through pioneering cartography, navigation and science.
With the reopening of the magnificent post-fire restoration of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris we will look at the impact which French medieval architecture had on the cathedrals of England including Canterbury, with a study visit to Lichfield.
This course will introduce the techniques of group coaching, including: understanding processes that a group and its members are experiencing; managing evolving dynamics between members, and with the 'task'; maintaining focus without leading.
An overview of England and the English 1560 to 1620 gives the context of Shakespeare’s life and turbulent, dramatic world, a momentous period in the nation’s history. We explore crucial aspects of society, politics and government, economy, and culture.
Through illustrated talks and walks on foot around Oxford, we shall explore the history and architecture of Oxford, and in particular the extraordinary group of historic colleges of the University that date from the 13th to the 21st century.
The country house has been described as England's most distinctive contribution to European culture. This course will examine the growth of the country house phenomenon from the Middle Ages, up to the present day.
The Middle-East has for decades been synonymous with conflict, yet also seen remarkable peace initiatives. Examine historic and current dynamics, including perspectives of the multiple ‘sides’, and whether conflict will continue to define the region.
Explore the role plague and disease played in seventeenth-century England. From the lived experience of diarists, plague searchers, victims and medics to its expression in works of literature by Shakespeare, Dekker, Jonson and more.
Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt are the two major women artists of French Impressionism. They fought hard to overcome obstacles and to succeed in the Paris art world. This course will examine their achievements and their place in art history.
