OUSSA: Week 1 courses

Join us in Oxford for a study holiday

Deepen your knowledge, expand your horizons.

Week 1: Saturday 3 – Saturday 10 July 2027

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.

Courses taking place during Week 1 of our 2027 OUSSA programme are listed below.

Week 1 courses

• The Art of Creating the Fictive Dream (Susannah Rickards)
• Creative Non-Fiction (Julie Summers)
• Disease, Death and Mummies in Ancient Egypt (Rosalind Janssen)
• The Epicurean Way of Life (Dr Peter Wyss)
• The Future of Medicine: Potential Applications of Gene-Based Therapy (Dr Amr Abdelgany)
• German Art between the Wars: Expressionism to ‘Degenerate’ Art (Dr Jan Cox)
• The Human Game: Understanding Ourselves through Sport (Damian White)
• Power, Plots and Propaganda: Five Scandals that Transformed 17th Century England (Rebecca Rideal)
• Reading Exodus 16-40 (Michael Tunnicliffe)