The Academic Programme
Dive deep into topics of special interests with the personalised attention of expert academics, study among like-minded students from across the world, and gain an edge for your academic and professional future.
Experience the Oxford Tutorial
First-class teaching is at the heart of an LMH Summer Programme.
In a series of thought-provoking lectures and lively seminar discussions you will learn about cutting-edge research, expand your core knowledge, and explore new ideas and concepts among peers with diverse international perspectives and academic backgrounds.
Tutorials, the conclusion of each week’s study, are an intellectual thrill.
Tutorials are a unique opportunity for focused and personalised attention from an expert academic and a space for enthusiastic debate of important ideas. Alongside no more than two to three other students, you will present and discuss your work, accept constructive criticism, and engage with the ideas of your fellow students. These rigorous academic discussions help develop and facilitate learning in a way that cannot be done with lectures alone.
The co-curricular programme provides an especially enriching learning experience beyond the classroom. Skills sessions help you to develop your personal and academic abilities, from note-taking and active reading to public-speaking and presentation skills, and guest speakers join us to provoke cross-disciplinary discussion and debate.
Core Academic Hours
Lectures: 18 Hours
Seminars: 12 Hours
Tutorials: 3 Hours
Outside of contact teaching hours, students are required to undertake significant amount of independent study. An LMH Summer Programme is an intensive course of full-time study.
Assessment
On a three-week LMH Summer Programme students produce one piece of assessed work every week, which is submitted to the tutor and then discussed in a tutorial. At the end of each week you will receive a percentage grade for your submitted work. Each week’s work counts for a third of your final percentage grade, so your final grade is an average of the mark received for each piece of work. Students who stay for six or nine weeks will receive a separate grade for each 3-week course.
Academic Credit
LMH Summer Programmes are full-time short academic programmes designed to be eligible for academic credit. As a guide, we recommend the award of 15 CATS / 7.5 ECTS / 4 US Credits for each 3-week course.
Lady Margaret Hall will provide a transcript of your assessed work, and can send this directly to your home institution if required and communicate with your home institution to facilitate this as needed.