Lady Margaret Hall Summer School
Description of Lady Margaret Hall Summer School
- Location: Oxford, England
- Accommodation type: residences
- Educational programs: preparatory special courses, intensive English, preparation for exams
- Dates: July 2 - August 12
- Language of instruction: English.
The school is distinguished by an excellent qualified staff of teachers (most are Oxford direct graduates), numerous invited experts, speakers and instructors, the effectiveness and flexibility of educational courses. Location in Oxford and classes in the classrooms of Oxford University help children to tune in to a serious academic manner, help to merge into a new cultural and academic atmosphere, to get used to living in the UK, to feel part of a single student brotherhood.
Much attention is paid to the safety and comfort of students: the whole area is under round-the-clock protection, with adults permanently (including in residences) adult educators and teachers, the nurse and therapist are on duty. There is a 24-hour help and support phone: children can use the emergency number to communicate with their relatives or a family who urgently needs to talk with a student.
The school has an international atmosphere: children from all over the world are studying here! Due to the fact that most of the applications are individual, not group, there is no "preponderance" of any nationality or culture in Lady Margaret Hall: all children learn together, get used to respecting a friend regardless of the origin and nationality.
Please note that all offered summer programs are not designed for students with a basic level of English - students must confirm their knowledge at an intermediate level.
Programs and prices, tuition fees in Lady Margaret Hall Summer School
Summer Program in Medicine
- 21 lessons per week
- 13-15 years
- The minimum level of English: Upper-intermediate
- Minimum duration: 2 weeks.
A special summer course are designed for teenagers who want to learn more about medicine and the principles of the work of the human body, considering the possibility of going to a medical school or a profile university in the future.
The course is also devoted to theoretical research of human anatomy. In the educational process there are interactive methods, practical sessions. Leisure time is dedicated to leisure and entertainment activities, various excursions: interesting speakers and specialists with their master classes are invited for children, and clubs and electives for sports and creativity are organized. For 2 weeks of stay (minimum period), a minimum of 3 excursions are planned for London and other cities of Great Britain.
Dates of arrivals (for 2 weeks):
- July 2-15
- July 12-29
- 30 July - 12 August.
Ffor reservation of a place it is necessary to make a non-refundable deposit for the place.
Summer Leadership Program
- 21 lessons per week
- 13-15 years
- The minimum level of English: Upper-intermediate
- Minimum duration: 2 weeks.
A special summer course is designed for students who want to develop their leadership skills and learn how to lead a team, to effectively work in a modern society. The program includes a visit to the best, most prestigious and famous universities in the UK, tours to museums, attending lectures by specially invited speakers and famous specialists. In their spare time pupils can attend various parties and show programs, quizzes and competitions, take part in intellectual circles and conduct debates on topical issues.
Dates of arrivals (for 2 weeks):
- July 2-15
- July 12-29
- 30 July - 12 August.
For reservation of a place it is necessary to make a non-refundable deposit for the place.
Summer Engineering Program
- 20 lessons per week
- 13-15 years
- The minimum level of English: Upper-intermediate
- Minimum duration: 2 weeks.
Summer Program on Law
- 21 lessons per week
- 13-15 years
- The minimum level of English: Upper-intermediate
- Minimum duration: 2 weeks.
The two-week summer course is designed for teenagers, who carries away by the world of law, who are interested in the humanities, plan to obtain a higher legal education. In the process of studying, students work a lot in groups: this is very useful for future specialists in this field (for example, for lawyers), it gives an opportunity to develop leadership, oratorical qualities, communicative abilities.
In their spare time for children, there are ample opportunities for entertainment. Excursions are organized around Oxford, London and other interesting cities in the UK (at least 3 excursions are planned for two weeks), evening discos, show programs, concerts, lectures and master classes with famous specialists and speakers are held. Students are also provided with intellectual circles and a debate club, sports electives.
Dates of arrivals (for 2 weeks):
- July 2-15
- July 12-29
- 30 July - 12 August.
For reservation of a place it is necessary to make a non-refundable deposit for the place.
Summer course with a scientific bias - New Perspectives
- Age of students: 13-15 years
- Dates: July 1-August 11.
The thematic summer course in Oxford will help pupils of 13-15 years to feel themselves as part of a single student brotherhood, to significantly deepen linguistic and academic knowledge, to acquire valuable practical skills and effectively prepare for studying abroad.
For every two weeks (there are options for the course of 2 and 4 weeks) students choose their own subjects from the following lists: in the morning - one subject A and one B plus one of the electives for the afternoon hours. Note that all items must be different, you can not choose the same direction in several blocks: this is how you can optimize and diversify the program, avoid duplicating courses.
1) Group A:
- Writing skills
- Economics and Management
- Natural Sciences and Environmental Protection
- Human Biology
- Experimental Psychology
- Contemporary History
- Physics + chemistry
- Mathematics
- Politics and political science, international relations.
2) Group B:
- Writing skills
- Economics and Management
- English literature
- Human Biology
- Geopolitics and human geography
- Experimental Psychology
- Contemporary History
- Physics + chemistry
- Mathematics
- Politics and political science, international relations.
3) Afternoon electives:
- Performing arts and acting skills
- Business Courses
- Skills for writing an academic essay
- Public speeches and debates, oratory
- Sketch and photography
- Leadership, team building.
Morning classes include up to 15 people, after-dinner classes - up to 20 students; the intensity of the lessons starts from 20 hours a week + at least 2 thematic excursions + master classes, lectures and seminars with invited specialists and speakers. Teachers practice an individual approach and, if necessary, can quickly adjust the educational course in order to increase its effectiveness for each student. At the end of the course, students will also receive a solemn ceremony of awarding, handing out personal certificates indicating personal achievements and successes.
Summer Course coding (Introduction to Website Coding)
- Age of students: 13-15 years
- Dates: 1-28 July.
Programs on coding and creation of web design can become the strongest motivation for future education and career development: today it is one of the most demanded, dynamic in the development of industries, where qualified specialists are constantly required. Students expect both practical and theoretical studies aimed at acquaintance with the principles of website development, its functionality, design and interface. The educational program includes:
- Front-end, back-end and full-stack development
- HTML5 (the language of hypertext markup and the main programming tool)
- Basic HTML5 tags, their correct use and capabilities
- CSS (cascading tables and modeling of the page style)
- JavaScript (the script language of each page, responsible for the functional and competent interface)
- Syntax and principles of work of various development practices
- Review of actual problems and tasks of modern programming and web design, search for non-standard ways to solve them
- Adaptive frameworks
- The possibility of translating other languages ​​into programmable codes.
At the request of the student, a two-week coding course can be combined with a computer literacy program and IT (Computer Science) or a robotics course.
Classes include up to 10 people; the intensity of the lessons starts from 20 hours weekly (including practical classes on development) + at least 2 thematic excursions + master classes, lectures and seminars with invited specialists and speakers. Teachers practice an individual approach and, if necessary, can quickly adjust the educational course in order to increase its effectiveness for each student. At the end of the course, students will also receive a solemn ceremony of awarding, handing out personal certificates indicating personal achievements and successes.
The Summer Course of Engineering (Introduction to Engineering)
- Age of students: 13-15 years
- Dates: 1-28 July.
The introductory summer course on engineering will give students 13-15 years of age a chance to understand the opportunities and varieties of engineering, some specialties, their role in this field and prospects for further studying and career. Working in a team on projects, students will also develop leadership skills and ability to work in a group, master the skills of successful presentations, improve oratory qualities. The program of the course includes the following topics and directions:
- Civil engineering
- Building engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Elementary theories - physics, mathematics
- Production concepts: environmental protection and sustainable production
- Safety in mechanics and structural engineering
- Electromechanics, electrical engineering and circuit theory
- "Logic, mathematics, informatics" - effective interaction of sciences
- Biomedical engineering
- Chemical engineering
- Design skills
- The analysis of modern problems of engineering, and the search for ways to solve them.
Classes include up to 15 people (morning and afternoon practical); the intensity of the lessons starts from 20 hours weekly (up to 40!) + minimum 2 themed tours + master classes, lectures and seminars with invited specialists and speakers. Teachers practice an individual approach and, if necessary, can quickly adjust the educational course in order to increase its effectiveness for each student. At the end of the course, students will also receive a solemn ceremony of awarding, handing out personal certificates indicating personal achievements and successes.
The Summer Course of Robotics (Introduction to Robotics)
- Age of students: 13-15 years
- Dates: 1-28 July.
Robotics is one of the most exciting and dynamic branches of science: all new robots and technical models are developed and implemented to solve a variety of tasks for humans. The summer course will help children to master the basic principles of developing and creating robots - and to create their own model!
The two-week course begins with a theoretical study of the basics of the exact sciences, mechanics and engineering - they will ultimately allow you to create a working, functional robot. Special programs and programming languages ​​(Raspberry Pi, Python) will help you to customize the technique for various actions: movement and turns, linear tracking, circumvention or overcoming obstacles, wheel control, external sensors.
If the student wishes, the program can be combined with a general computer science course (Introduction to Computer Science) and extended to 4 weeks. Classes include up to 10 people each, the intensity of the lessons starts from 20 hours weekly + minimum 2 themed tours + master classes, lectures and seminars with invited specialists and speakers, as well as 3 large competition workshops. Teachers practice an individual approach and, if necessary, can quickly adjust the educational course in order to increase its effectiveness for each student. At the end of the course, students will also receive a solemn ceremony of awarding, handing out personal certificates indicating personal achievements and successes.
Summer course on developing iOS applications (Introduction to iOS App Development)
- Age of students: 13-15 years
- Dates: 1-28 July.
No one will deny that smartphones have forever changed the modern world. Working with applications and creating your own will not only help students who want to create a career in engineering - it will be useful to anyone who wants to optimize their daily activities, to improve efficiency and competently, to full capacity to use all modern capabilities and technologies.
Working with the programming language Swift - the main tool for creating iOS applications - students will have the opportunity to create their own application with the functionality that they consider most useful for themselves and others. At the student's request, this two-week course can be combined with other ORA programs - with a general computer science course (Introduction to Computer Science) or with a robotics course (Robotics).
Classrooms include up to 10 people each, the intensity of the lessons starts from 20 hours weekly + minimum 2 themed tours + master classes, lectures and seminars with invited specialists and speakers. Teachers practice an individual approach and, if necessary, can quickly adjust the educational course in order to increase its effectiveness for each student. At the end of the course, students will also receive a solemn ceremony of awarding, handing out personal certificates indicating personal achievements and successes.
Introduction to Architecture
- Age of students: 16-18 years old
- Dates: August 16-29
- Duration: 2 weeks.
The program of introduction to architecture on the basis of one of the most attractive universities in the world is offered to foreign students. The course participants will get an idea of the theoretical principles of architecture and get acquainted with the classical ensembles characteristic of Europe.
Young people will learn about architectural aspects such as design principles and space planning. Students will work with problematic issues (planning legislation and building management rules), gain practical skills on project development, and even try their hand at creating architectural drawings and building architectural models (manually or in digital format). The last task will allow you to replenish the portfolio of works that may be useful when entering a university.
As part of the program, students will go on a walk to explore the architectural delights of the city, and then put the knowledge into practice.
Topics to be studied on the course are the following:
- Theoretical foundations of architecture
- History of architecture in Europe
- Principles of design and planning
- Planning act
- Building control rules
- Design (development and construction of architectural models)
- Architectural and drawing practice.
Business and Enterprise Program
- Age of students: 16-18 years old
- Dates: August 16-29
- Duration: 2 weeks.
A two-week program for high school students is dedicated to the study of economics, business management and practical skills in applying this knowledge. This course is perfect for students who plan to enter the business area at the university.
All students of the course are distributed in small groups of up to 15 people. As part of the curriculum, students will learn the basics of accounting, finance, marketing, human resources and business ethics. Classical lessons will be complemented by practical seminars, which are based on the acquisition of skills such as presentation and leadership skills necessary to achieve business goals. Students will be divided into groups for teamwork - they will have to develop their own business idea and defend their project.
In the final, students will have the following skills:
- Understanding of basic economic models, business models, and management practices;
- Formation of different business goals, familiarity with the factors affecting total income and value;
- Competent motivation of employees from the manager, skill to assess the failure of a business;
- Experience in resolving ethical issues;
- Getting relevant experience that can be used in resumes;
- Improving teamwork skills.
Oxford Summer English
- Age of students: 16-18 years old
- Dates: August 16-29
- Duration: 2 weeks.
Intensive English course is designed for high school students from 16 to 18 years old. The Oxford program guarantees students progress in improving written, spoken English. In parallel with these skills, students will be immersed in the culture and history of England on the example of Oxford.
Under the program, students will gain new knowledge in vocabulary, syntax of the English language, improve reading, writing, listening comprehension of English. Students will be able to consolidate the received material during informal communication with fellow students, participation in events, on excursions.
Course outcomes:
- Improving English in all major areas: reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation;
- Practice English with native speakers or tutors for the benefit of student learning;
- Stay in the beautiful and classic British city of Oxford.
Broadening horizons
- Age of students: 16-18 years old
- Dates: August 16-29
- Duration: 2 weeks.
One of the most popular summer school programs based on Oxford, is offered to high school students. This is the most flexible of the summer school courses: here students can choose for themselves a combination of subjects (more than 30 options to choose from!). The list of disciplines covers a wide range of areas from archeology to neurology.
An individual curriculum is formed as follows: for morning classes, students choose subjects from two lists (it is impossible to repeat), and then one afternoon seminar. Classes in the morning are held according to the classical scheme, and seminars or master classes in the afternoon are more interactive: this combination of approaches allows students to gain comprehensive educational experience that will encompass both academic knowledge and personal skills.
List of disciplines for morning classes (list A and B) are:
- Archeology and anthropology
- Astronomy
- Biotechnology
- Blockchain Basics
- Business finance
- Chemistry
- Classic civilization
- Climate and sustainability
- Modern history
- Creative writing
- Criminology
- Cryptocurrencies
- Economy
- English literature
- Experimental psychology
- Forensics
- Genetics
- Humanitarian sciences
- Journalism
- Management research
- Marketing
- Mathematics
- Medical biology
- Neurology
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science and IR.
List of disciplines for afternoon seminars is the following:
- Academic writing skills
- Acting skills and technique
- Business challenge
- Global workshops
- Graphic design
- Leadership and team building
- Oxford art and architecture
- Personnel management
- Project management
- Public speaking and debate
- The challenge of sustainable development.
Accommodation, meals, prices
All students of summer programs live in general student residences of Oxford University. There are rooms for 1-2 people: there are options with private facilities in the room, but most of the toilets and bathrooms are on the floors in sufficient quantity (each unit is designed for 4 people). Boys and girls are provided with separate rooms. The journey from the residence to the academic building takes no more than 15 minutes. Living in Oxford residences will help students to immerse themselves deeper into the academic and cultural atmosphere of the great university city, to join the student community and feel part of a single brotherhood.
Board meals for half board students - breakfasts and dinners are organized in a common spacious dining room. On request, it is possible to organize a diet.
Subjects, specialties
Facilities and equipment at Lady Margaret Hall Summer School
Summer programs for students of 13-15 years are organized on the basis of the campus Lady Margaret Hall (LMH). The educational institution was founded in 1878 - it is one of the youngest Oxford colleges, located on the picturesque bank of the river surrounded by well-groomed green gardens. At one time, the college's students were well-known politicians (for example, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto), journalists (Ann Widdecombe), educational experts (Michael Gove). In walking distance from the campus is the center of Oxford, numerous museums and libraries, restaurants and cafes, shopping centers and antique shops.
Admission dates and extra charges
For reservation of a place it is necessary to make a non-refundable deposit for the place.
The indicated cost of the programs already includes:
- Studying on the program (lectures, lessons and seminars, 21 hours weekly)
- Accommodation (university residences, rooms for 1-2 people, half board meals - breakfast + dinner)
- Cultural and leisure activities, sightseeing program, sports activities.
The following components are not included in the price:
- Air tickets in both directions
- Transfer in both directions
- Personal pocket expenses
- Medical insurance
- Custody (registration with the agency + guardian services)
- Visa fees and services, translation and certification of documents
- Courier delivery of original documents
- Consular fee (payable at the Embassy).
Extras:
- Deposit for a course/programme 895 GBP
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Residence permits, citizenship and other services
- Guardianship services during the studies
- Student supervision
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Recommendations on when to apply
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