The Oxford Experience Summer School - 5 July to 8 August 2009

The Oxford Experience gives you the chance to stay in one of the most impressive and beautiful colleges of Oxford University.

This is a residential programme of one-week courses designed for non-specialists. It offers a choice of ten to twelve seminars each week over a period of five weeks. Participants do not need any formal qualifications to take part, just an interest in their chosen subject and a desire to meet like-minded people.

Although most participants are native speakers of English, non-native speakers are made very welcome. All of the seminars are easily accessible to anyone who enjoys watching films in English or listening to radio broadcasts. Indeed, many teachers of English language from Europe and further afield find attending one of these seminars an ideal way of updating their knowledge of English while learning more about a particular topic.

As a resident guest of Christ Church, participants have access to many areas closed to the general public and they enjoy an insider's view of current student life in the college.

( You can find out more about Christ Church here.)

Participants stay in student accommodation and dine in hall (Oxford's largest). Most of the site is open to participants, including the cathedral, the picture gallery and the riverside walks in Christ Church meadow.

The size of the groups is kept small - normally no more than 12 people are registered for any course. Many of the seminars include an excursion and these form an integral part of the course.

(You can find out more about the Oxford Experience here.)

(You can see pictures of the Oxford Experience on Flickr here.)

David Beard's teaching programme for 2008

(click on the course name for further details)

     Week 2 (12 to 18 July)                  The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon England

     Week 3 (19 to 25 July)                  The Making of England

     Week 4 (26 July to 1 August)       Shrines, Relics and Pilgrimage in Medieval England

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