Little Heath Sixth Form

Splash at Oxford is based on highly successful programs at American Universities such as MIT, Stanford, and Yale.  It consists of a day of classes taught by undergraduate and postgraduate students.  Students choose what they would like to learn and it is a great opportunity for students to take charge of their own education and explore subjects beyond the school curriculum.  A student at University College Oxford, Catherine, participated in Splash at Stanford when she was sixteen.  She found it inspiring and she enjoyed the chance to explore psychology and linguistics, the subjects she now studies at University, as well as to dabble in other things that she found interesting (logic, ancient Sumerian inscriptions, music composition, etc.).  The main point of Splash is to share the joy of learning and teaching, and it is also an opportunity for secondary school students to have a look around some Oxford colleges.

Splash will be held on May 23rd at several colleges along the Oxford High Street.  The cost is £7 for the day, but they will waive the fee for any student for whom the cost would be a hardship.

Courses include subjects across the arts, humanities and sciences, and some more light-hearted ones such as ‘Irish Dancing for Beginners’. Examples of classes available are:

• The Pre-Socratic Philosophers
• Chinese: An Introduction
• Famous Paradoxes in Mathematics
• The Psychology Behind Netball
• Cardiovascular Pathology
• Demystifying Wall Street and the City

Registration is now open on the website, which also contains more information about Splash: www.oxford.learningu.org.  You can also contact oxfordsplash@gmail.com with any questions you may have about the program.