Join OSP's English Summer School in Oxford
Key Features
- Built on WEF 2030 Skills
- Project-based learning
- Official transcripts
- Letter of recommendation
- Earn 8 UCAS points
WEF Employment Skills
- Analytical Thinking
- Empathy and Active Listening
- Resilience, Flexibility and Agility
Designed around the core skills identified by the World Economic Forum as essential for 2030.
- Builds confidence and fluency in academic English across reading, writing, and presentations.
- Learn through lectures, workshops, and collaborative research with expert feedback.
- Prepare for university with practical academic, communication, and study skills.
- Complete pre-class readings to build vocabulary and prepare for discussions.
- Explore texts through tutor-led discussions, annotation, writing, and debate.
- Demonstrate your progress through presentations, academic writing, participation, and reflection.
- Develop university-level reading, writing, and presentation skills in academic English.
- Learn through workshops, collaborative projects, and practical communication activities.
- Build confidence through continuous feedback while applying English in Oxford’s academic environment.
Fourteen days. Thinking globally. Leading confidently.
Study alongside ambitious students from around the world, learn from expert tutors, and cultivate communication, literary, and analytical skills while strengthening your university profile.
Take the floor
Present the piece you’ve written, discuss your creative decisions, and bring your work to life in a live presentation.
Steal from masters
Discover how two great writers shaped character, language, and imagination – and use those techniques yourself.
Write your own
Write, refine, and present an original short story, poem, or literary analysis with tutor and peer feedback.
Nine teaching days.
One summit.
Purpose, Audience & Voice
The foundations: writing styles, the rhetoric of ethos, pathos and logos, and your first project plan.
Reading Like a Writer
Take a text apart to see how tone, structure, and a single word choice create their effect.
Paraphrasing & Summarising
Carry an idea across in your own words, clearly and honestly, then fold it into your draft.
Character, Plot & Setting
Learn how Oscar Wilde builds character, setting, and voice, then outline a story of your own.
Visuals & Description
Use images, description, and AI tools to sharpen both your writing and your speaking.
Voice, Imagery & Storytelling
Study Tolkien's world-building, then draft your story with tutor and peer feedback.
Public Speaking
Build the confidence to deliver your words aloud and hold an audience.
Q&A & Self-Assessment
Handle tough questions, reflect on your work, and make your final revisions.
Final Presentations
Present your finished piece, answer questions, and reflect on how far you've come.
“I arrived at OSP anxious, unsure if I’d fit in. But from the moment I stepped through the doors, I was greeted with warmth. Grateful for the memories, lessons, and amazing people that will last a lifetime.”
Theory into practice
Collaborate with peers to solve real problems. Think creatively, work strategically, and apply everything the course gives you.
On the Page
Craft a short story, poem, creative essay, or literary analysis that puts your new techniques to work – character, structure, tone, and style, all your own.
On Your Feet
Present your work to the room, walk an audience through your process and choices, then field their questions with confidence.
Top Up With Career Exploration
At OSP, we transform ambition into action and potential into purpose. We bridge academic excellence with personal growth, cultivating ethical leaders who go on to shape the world tomorrow with clarity, confidence, and integrity
A first step toward a serious path
Journalism, Publishing & Editing
Academia, research & Teaching
Law & Advocacy
Marketing & Communications
Taught by academics & practitioners
Dr. Cristiana Tisca
AI & ProgrammingPost-Doctoral Researcher in Neuroimaging at the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford
Dr. Waqas Kamal
EngineeringResearch Fellow at University of Oxford DPhil in Engineering Science
Dr. Nick Dickinson
PoliticsBingham Fellow in Constitutional Studies, University of Oxford
Juliana Choi
MedicineDPhil Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics University of Oxford
Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko
LawBritish Academy Researcher At Risk and Visiting Research Fellow at Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
Abbey Palmer
EnglishMSc in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, University of Oxford
Oxford is the stage, not the point
Each summer a select group from around the world comes together in Oxford to learn, grow, and find out who they could become.
Oxford Walking Tours
Blenheim Palace
Debating at the Oxford Union
Flying Lessons
Rowing on the Thames
Graduation
Punting on the River Cherwell
Cultural Night
Excursion to London
River Cruise
OSP's Got TalentStudy in an academically rigorous summer programme alongside ambitious students from around the world.
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Take the seat at the table
Places in the 2026 Oxford cohort are limited to 100 scholars. Apply now, or request the full brochure with dates, fees, and the day-by-day plan.
