"Oxford Summer Courses - Philosophy - Christ Church"

Oxford Summer Courses gives an opportunity for an indepth and true experience of being an Oxford student. All the staff, both administrative and academic, are always respectul, punctual and ready to help in every way possible. Amazing people. Highly recommended!

"Christ church Oxford 07 Jul - 20 Jul"

I have just returned from my trip to Oxford Christ Church for 2 weeks, studying Philosophy with OSC. All I can say is wow, I am blown away by such a brilliant experience.
The organisation prior to the course was not 5*, I think this needs to be worked on a lot. I didn’t get any prep emails telling me what to pack until I was actually there and in my last week of the course. I was also sent a syllabus which was wrong, and I bought all the books with my own money, only to not need any of them when the right one came out. As my company paid for my place on the course for learning and development, they have spent a long time trying to get a VAT receipt only to find out you can’t claim VAT, but the call advisers were not sure of this and kept sending irrelevant documents instead.
This aside, the actual course and those on the ground were absolutely amazing which warrants the 5* review.
OSC really do care whether you have the experience of a life time and they’ll go the extra mile to ensure that happens.
Orlaith, thank you so much for being so understanding and empathetic when life happens! Your kindness doesn’t go unnoticed and thank you for being so organised all the time.
Jake, thank you for always being there to sort things if they didn’t go to plan and for always making us laugh, even at 8.20 check ins...
Alison, thank you for making sure everyone has an amazing time and being your bubbly, amazing self!
Overall my Oxford/Christ Church/OSC experience has been 10/10 and I couldn’t have asked for more!

"Oxford course 7th July- 20th July 2019"

I liked the course a lot. Although I believe that there must be more study time of your particular subject, there are other lectures in a great variety which might interest many of the students. The course also enables many students to socialize with many people from different countries, which share similar passion for the subject, or other activities. The accommodation is very good, the rooms are always clean and the college in which I lived (Brasenose in Oxford) was very carefully chosen, as I was never disturbed by older students. The communication in between the course was amazing, as I could always contact my course director and she actually helped me and other guys once, when we needed it. The tutors are young, but professional in their subject, they can provide information about the university, as many had graduated not long time ago. The staff members are very very strict, but in majority of cases they are just. My transfers to and from airport were very precise, so I had no problems at this stage of the course. Many students claim that there should be more lessons arranged, but at the same time they get tired with the amount that is already present. So I believe, if more lessons are arranged, the evening activities would need to be changed for less academic ones, such as bowling. The only reason I do not put 5 stars is because I believe that the organization of the activities and day trips should be more careful, so that the students can enjoy making photos and not having to rush all the time.

"I was expecting more class time"

I was expecting more class time, there are lots of activities that dont make sense. And the lectures arent interesting.

"Very enjoyable experience"

Very enjoyable experience! I met so many new and amazing people! The staff was kind and very helpful! There were so many events and activities that I'm a little sad about not being able to do them all. Classes were very good. I'm a little disappointed in the number of classes/tutorials, I expected more. Many lectures were cancelled in my two-week stay... That was a little disappointing... Something that was a little strange to me was at the beginning of the course they took our passports... A friend had experienced the staff misplacing her passport but I had no issues with getting my passport back at the end of the course. Other than that my experience was great! I met so many people, learned, and saw so many things!

"Amazing experience"

Amazing experience, Amazing people

"Absolutely wonderful experience"

Doing an Oxford Summer course was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. The course seminars were rigorous and inspiring, and the activities program was fun and generally well-planned. The overall experience has given me more confidence in not only my field of study, but in my ability to communicate and connect with people as well. I consider the whole experience to have been extremely valuable and worthwhile.

"Poorly Organized and falsefully advertised"

I have just attended the 2 week OSC mechanical Engineering program. The camp was very poorly organized, we were always waiting around and also had the same lecture twice. My course did not at all meet my expectations at all as it was not at all as described online. It seemed hands on with the title page being a picture of students in a factory however, this is not the case at all. Our classes were in a very small classroom with insufficient resource,(took our teacher 20 min to setup the projector during class). This camp did not help me further my interest in Mechanical Engineering as the material we covered was very basic and more maths orientated than mechanical engineering (having spent 6 hours doing Intigration and imaginary numbers).

"Really good tutors and an overall great…"

Really good tutors and an overall great experience

"learn to love people and subject to make them a part of your life."

I met and befriended people who have become a part of my life. The tutors are amazing and the knowledge which one can get is infinite. I have learnt how to socialise and be with people. In two weeks I made a bond which cannot be broken with my friends and also my subject.