Supreme Summer Pre-College International Relations Course for High Schoolers at Oxford College Campus

Each evening our teams hold well-being activities and events designed to build confidence and help students make connections. They’ll develop key team-working and communication skills whilst, most importantly, having fun! This part of the experience ensures students socialise with peers outside of their subject groups and builds a sense of community within the college. Alongside a wide range of traditional team sports, students can choose to participate in other wellbeing and fun activities such as yoga, art, poetry and creative sessions. Our social programme is led by the College Mentors with students at the very heart of it, who choose and shape the programme’s activities around their interests. Our social programme explores much of what the historic city offers, including informative walking tours, stunning walks around Christchurch meadow and traditional punts along the river. Our students will experience Oxford as it is truly meant to be seen. To encourage students to develop their independence, they are provided with free time in small groups to explore their new surroundings. Visiting the Botanic Gardens, meander through Christchurch College and take in the stunning Magdalen School rose gardens, making the cobbled streets of Oxford their own.

Throughout a two-week programme at Oxford College Summer School students have two day trips to look forward to, including a landmark-filled trip to London, followed by an enjoyable day out around Oxford. Our dedicated social programme team design memorable visits to London for all of our students. In previous years itineraries have included Kew gardens, London sightseeing and visiting the museums of Greenwich and Knightsbridge. Every London itinerary comes with free time to explore and browse the stores of some of Britain’s most loved brands.

Summer Boarding Courses offers an Airport Transfer Service to Oxford College for any flights to and from Heathrow Airport. This will be in operation throughout the scheduled arrival and departure days and available for all flights between 09.00 and 17.00 at a cost of £120 per journey.

Interested in a career in politics, journalism, or diplomacy? If you have ever wanted to deepen your knowledge on global issues that form today’s political and humanitarian environment, then International Relations is the course for you. Throughout the programme, you will analyse the international landscape by studying real-life political models and contemporary global issues, as well as testing yourself with a range of interactive and challenging role-play scenarios. This course will enhance your skills in presenting, negotiation, and diplomacy, which makes International Relations the perfect platform to bolster future study in politics, journalism, and diplomacy.

What you’ll learn

• Key themes and concepts at the heart of International Relations
• Essential soft skills necessary to take a leading role in the field of International Relations, such as interpersonal communication and diplomacy.
• How to analyse key current events that shape the international landscape.
• Learning first-hand from industry professionals what a career in International Relations entails.

Why Choose International Relations?

• Enhance your ability to evaluate authentic situations and grow in confidence in being able to consider actual alternatives and realistic solutions to complex problems.
• Strengthen your knowledge and develop your skills through discussion-based seminars, university-style lectures and case study workshops.
• Boost your ability to make critical decisions, think logically and speak persuasively.
• Gain first-hand authentic insight from leaders in the field of International Relations, through a morning with a diplomat and a visit to a world-leading university department.

Course Outcomes

• Feel more informed than ever before on whether a career in International Relations is right for you.
• Enhanced presentation skills and techniques
• Improved abilities in debating and diplomacy.
• Refined 21st-century skills in preparation for your future career.

-Heathrow Airport Transfer £120 per journey.