New Climate Change Summer School

The summer school will run concurrent to Wadham’s two pre-existing summer schools in Classics and Modern Languages. Like the other two subject streams, attendees will take part in a 5-day programme developed by Wadham tutors and the Tutor for Access. Given the interdisciplinary nature of 'climate change', the attendees will have wide subject interests, but the focus and tutor teaching would be around Biology, Biochemistry and Human Sciences.

Tutor for Access, Hugh Munro added, "Given the interdisciplinary nature of climate change it’s a fantastic opportunity to highlight the range of Oxford courses that help us to understand Climate Change and what can be done to address it. The core academic subjects involved are Biology and Human Sciences but the topic cuts across a range of disciplines offered at Wadham and at Oxford."

The Climate Change summer school will deliver focussed engagement with under-represented 16 Year 12 pupils who demonstrate an interest in pursuing relevant subjects at university, alongside a strong academic profile. It is based on an understanding that a range of factors reduce the likelihood of under-represented groups to apply, and apply successfully, to competitive universities like Oxford.

The programme is designed to support these pupils to make competitive applications to highly selective universities.

It has already proved popular, with 143 pupils making applications for the 16 available slots.

Oxford's first Climate Change Summer School was made possible thanks to a generous donor supporting our Access to Excellence programme. To support widening access work like this, please get in touch with the development team.