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OUSSA: Week 4 courses

Course status:

Closed to enrolments

Location:

Rewley House, Oxford

Dates:

01/08/2026 - 08/08/2026

Study format:

Residential and non-residential options

Level:

Undergraduate

Join us in Oxford for a study holiday

Deepen your knowledge, expand your horizons.

Week 4: Saturday 1 - Saturday 8 August 2026

The Oxford University Summer School for Adults (OUSSA) is a residential summer programme held at Rewley House in central Oxford, offering more than 60 week-long accredited courses for adult learners (18 years and over) covering a wide range of subjects including literature, archaeology, architectural history, creative writing, history of art, philosophy, biological sciences, theology and psychology.

All courses taking place during week 4 of our 2026 programme are listed below.

To learn more about OUSSA, see full programme details.

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All OUSSA week 4 courses

Course Full

‘A plague o’ both your houses’: Life and Death in 17th-Century England

Start date: 01/08/2026

Tutor: Rebecca Rideal

Explore the role plague and disease played in seventeenth-century England. From the lived experience of diarists, plague...

Closed

Ancient Religion and the Senses

Start date: 01/08/2026

Tutor: Francesca Mazzilli

Every religion has rituals that the human body experiences with different senses. Explore the importance of sensory...

Closed

Diversity and Justice in the Modern World

Start date: 01/08/2026

Tutor: Roxana Baiasu

How should we understand gender, sex, race and diversity in the 21st century? What defines identity today? If you are...

Closed

Environmental Ethics and the Climate Crisis

Start date: 01/08/2026

Tutor: Magnus Moar

Explore climate change from the perspective of environmental ethics. Through examining the different approaches to...

Course Full

Impressionist Painters: Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt

Start date: 01/08/2026

Tutor: Dr Jan Cox

Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt are the two major women artists of French Impressionism. They fought hard to overcome...

Closed

Myth-Making and Folk Horror in the British Isles

Start date: 01/08/2026

Tutor: Victoria Condie

Uncover how the myths of the British Isles, shaped by landscape and legend, continue to haunt modern culture through...

Closed

The Architectural Secrets of Oxford’s Classical Buildings

Start date: 01/08/2026

Tutor: Prof Robert Adam

Analyse Oxford architecture and discover how the original architects composed their designs, along with the...

Closed

The Brontës: Realism vs Gothic

Start date: 01/08/2026

Tutor: Octavia Cox

The Brontë sisters wrote passionate otherworldly novels that nevertheless addressed contemporary issues for Victorian...

Course Full

The Psychology of Family: Its Role in Healthy Adult Development

Start date: 01/08/2026

Tutor: Diana Shmukler

A comprehensive exploration of family environments, the way they shape psychological development, and how they provide...

Closed

Three Great World Religions

Start date: 01/08/2026

Tutor: Karim Esmail

Religion has played a highly important part in the lives of human beings. Explore some of the foundations of three of...

Closed

What Makes Life Meaningful? Perspectives from Anthropology

Start date: 01/08/2026

Tutor: John Loewenthal

An exploration of what makes life meaningful for human beings around the world. Combining socio-cultural and...

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS

Paul Staker

We had the delight of chatting with Paul Staker over coffee during his time at the Oxford University Summer School for Adults (OUSSA). A retired…

We had the delight of chatting with Paul Staker over coffee during his time at the Oxford University Summer School for Adults (OUSSA). A retired…

Dyan Ruffen-Madrey

After completing a short course with us, and following her tutor's recommendation, Dyan decided to apply for the Certificate of Higher Education so she could…

After completing a short course with us, and following her tutor's recommendation, Dyan decided to apply for the Certificate of Higher Education so she could…

Lee Alexander Krywitsky

Lee Alexander Krywitsky, a successful industrial engineering entrepreneur, found himself inspired to return to study after an unexpected conversation on a flight, and this journey…

Lee Alexander Krywitsky, a successful industrial engineering entrepreneur, found himself inspired to return to study after an unexpected conversation on a flight, and this journey…

Priscilla Sánchez Conejo

The flexibility of the part-time Certificate of Higher Education allowed Priscilla, a tax lawyer and university professor from Costa Rica, to balance studying with her work and…

The flexibility of the part-time Certificate of Higher Education allowed Priscilla, a tax lawyer and university professor from Costa Rica, to balance studying with her work and…

Student talking in class

Oxford University Summer School for Adults

View of the Radcliffe Camera and surrounding areas from a height, and at a distance.

Radcliffe Camera

Students talking in class

Oxford University Summer School for Adults

Hertford Bridge, often called the Bridge of Sighs, in Oxford

Hertford Bridge (also known as the Bridge of Sighs)

Student smiling in class

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