Why Not Learn Something New on Next Summer’s Vacation?

Oxford, England, February 26, 2013—Why not learn something new on your vacation next summer, and why not learn it at that most hallowed of learning institutions, the University of Oxford?  The Oxford Experience is a one-week summer course open to all, with no requirements, no exams and no papers.  The program  runs from  June 30 to August 10, 2013 at Christ Church, the most prestigious and beautiful of Oxford colleges.  Here participants live in rooms where English prime ministers and poets once lived, dine on High Table in the magnificent Hall featured in Harry Potter films, and learn about some 60 varied subjects.

These subjects range from The Age of Churchill, Oxford Murder, The Victorian and Edwardian Home, the Gothic Novel, Enjoying the Cotswolds and The Life and Times of Richard III, to An Introduction to Particle Physics, From Rasputin to Putin, Political Philosophy, the Operas of Verdi and the Pleasures of Poetry.  Classes, with a maximum of 12 students, are made up of Anglophiles from all over the world, with the youngest in their thirties, the oldest in their nineties.

During the week there are tours of Christ Church and Oxford, as well as excursions to stately homes, cathedrals, museums and such, riverside walks in Christ Church Meadow and boating on the Isis (as the Thames is called in Oxford).  At night there might be a pub crawl, a special lecture, wine and croquet in the Master’s Garden, a performance by Morris Dancers, and Evensong in the college chapel, which is also the Oxford Cathedral.  Once a week each participant is invited to dine on High Table and on the final night there is a champagne reception in the Cathedral Garden (with much picture taking) and a gala dinner in Hall.

The price of a one-week course, which includes tuition, accommodations and three delicious meals daily, is £1,180 or approximately  $1,789 (slightly less than last year, incidentally, due to a felicitous exchange rate).  For those taking more than a one-week course—and there are many—bed and breakfast is provided on the intervening weekends.  Note that there are additional charges for private bathrooms and excursions.

The registration deadline for The Oxford Experience is May 1, 2013.  A brochure with complete information about all aspects of the program and an application form is available online at www.conted.ox.ac.uk/oxfordexperience or from The Oxford Experience, OUDCE, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA, U.K.

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