Twenty Years of Oxford Experience
The sun is shining, the participants are arriving and we are all set to start our twentieth year of Oxford Experience.
As well as the courses on the programme, we have several special optional events this week:
Monday afternoon – a walking tour of Oxford
Tuesday afternoon – a tour of Christ Church which reaches those parts of the college that visitors don’t get to see
Tuesday evening – ‘Morse and Me’ a talk by Colin Dexter
Wednesday afternoon – Excursion to Blenheim Palace or ‘Alice in Waterland’ walk
Wednesday evening – malt whisky tasting
Thursday evening – ‘Tales out of Court and thoughts on the English Legal System’ a talk by Val Dodd
posted by David Beard @ 10:55 AM
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I am very much looking forward to be a part of the 20th anniversary Oxford Experience in week 2!!!
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I have only just found out about the Oxford Experience from a publication that I picked on a recent tour of Christ Church College.
I have tried to go to the more information link from the Oxford Experience web page but end up with the more general continuing education courses.
If I want to plan to have the experience myself when are applications usually open.
Regards
Kathie
What on earth is this Hannah Bevills on about? This isn't the place for an ad for her religion...
We enjoyed our experience during the first week (July 10-15th). A few things to note:
1) The train ride from Paddington to Oxford was horrific. Completely overbooked train. We stood in the luggage area the whole trip and thought we were lucky, as 15 others were jammed together into the area in front of the doors and many others stood in the aisles. Worse than most trains in 3rd world nations.
2) The age of participants definitely is skewed towards the 55 and older crowd.
3) If you want a participatory class, the straight history classes (i.e. Riot and Rebellion in Shakespeare's England) might not be the best choice. That was essentially a lecture with some slides - very little discussion or class engagement. On the other hand, "Romance of the Railways" got positive marks from my spouse for a great mix of literature, music, photography, and spirited class participation.
3) Rooms are very modest as you'd expect in an old university.
4) The town SWARMS with tourists and school groups in the summer.
5) Obnoxious Harry Potter fans clog the areas where they let tour groups in during parts of the day at the university. Fortunately by early evening they're gone.
6) Dining in the Hall is terrific. And the food is quite good, though the meats tend to be overcooked.
7) Register as early as possible to get the courses you want.
8) Expect US credit cards to decline - sometime repeatedly - and for you to have to contact the school repeatedly for assistance and to get them to retry the card. Remember - you're dealing with a university, not an efficient business.
9) On-site registration and room entry was handled very well.
On the whole, though I probably wouldn't do the "experience" again for at least 5 or more years, it was an interesting experience that I'm glad I did at least once.
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