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Explore Creative Arts Summer School in Oxford

Oxford Royale Academy's award-winning Explore Creative Arts Summer School 2022 on the campus of the University of Oxford, taught by elite ORA academic faculty.

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Create and Share Your Story

Join this fun and exciting journey into the world of social media and the creative arts. You will explore writing, photography and journalism as you practice creative techniques and find your own ‘voice’ through which to express yourself and influence your readers through emerging technology like blogs, social media, and podcasting.

Join Oxford Royale Academy’s Creative Arts Summer School on campus at the renowned University of Oxford and kick-start your writing career.

Why Choose This Course?

Apply new skills to create or relaunch a compelling Instagram, TikTok, blog, or podcast account.
Identify how “influencers” use compelling photography and journalistic skills to effectively communicate to thousands of followers.
Build a “creative arts design kit” and practice critical writing and photography skills to multi-media platforms.
Practice implementing core journalistic skills like interviewing, investigative reporting, and the inverted pyramid structure.
Experience an interactive and varied classroom environment that combines teacher-led experimental activities with interactive group work and workshopping, as well as giving time for individuals to create and write on their own.
Enhance important skills like editing and implementing constructive feedback while also strengthening mechanics like character development, plot, narrative, and imagination.
Seek inspiration from your stunning surroundings on the campus of the University of Oxford, known for nurturing famous writers such as T.S Elliot, Lewis Carroll and Oscar Wilde.

What’s included?

Residential in the prestigious colleges of the University of Oxford.
Inspiring courses taught by experts.
A truly international environment – over 170 nationalities in 2019.
Accommodation, meals, tuition and cultural programmes included.
Graduation, report cards and certificate.
Maximum of 15 students per class.
20+ hours tuition / week.
Talks and debates with world-class guest speakers.
Inspirational cultural programme, including excursions to historic UK locations.

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What You Will Learn

On the Explore Creative Arts course you will:

Learn how to generate new ideas and identify your “own voice”.
Identify creative design templates to strengthen the impact of your social media channels and increase your followers.
Produce a professionally edited digital story to showcase your new creative talent.
Identify and apply a wide range of creative writing genres and digital photography skills.
Apply literary devices like character development, meaningful dialogue, and extended metaphors.
Practice the art of journalism and implement skills like investigative reporting and interviewing.

Great For Students Thinking About

Exploring how to merge digital photography with compelling writing styles.
Increasing the design and influence of their social media platforms or building a digital travel journal or podcast.
Improving their overall writing skills to succeed in academia or in a career
Utilizing multimedia platforms to generate new art forms
Becoming a blogger, podcaster, best-selling author, or journalist

Earn your certificate

After your amazing summer of discovery, we know that you’ll want to share your success with your family, friends and teachers back at home. We also know that you’ll want to understand from your ORA tutor what you did particularly well on your course, but also where there might be room for future learning and development.

After successfully completing your course, you’ll receive a graduation certificate, awarded at a memorable ceremony hosted for you and your parents on the final Friday of your summer school. We’ll also provide a detailed report card, highlighting all that you have achieved during your time with us, as well as some next steps for future success.

Experience life on the campus of the University of Oxford

What’s life like at the oldest university in the English-speaking world? Join us this summer to find out! Your Oxford summer school is hosted in historic residential colleges where you will experience authentic undergraduate life. Sleep in student bedrooms set in centuries-old quadrangles, socialise in vibrant student common rooms, and relax in glorious college gardens. Take your place in vaulted halls where students have dined for over eight centuries. Learn in lecture theatres and laboratories where groundbreaking discoveries have been made, and study in the classrooms where 55 Nobel prize winners developed the key academic and life skills crucial for future success.

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Learn from the world’s best minds

Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a new discovery at the cutting edge of science? Would you like to learn what it’s like to study in an Oxford tutorial, a Cambridge supervision, or in a top British boarding school? Or explore whether university study in your favourite subject is really for you?

Whatever your motivation, our exceptional, inspiring, world-leading teachers can help you achieve more this summer. Our amazing array of talented tutors includes Oxbridge academics, Ivy League lecturers, groundbreaking medical researchers, glittering industry leaders in film and fashion, acclaimed authors, and more!

We assemble our diverse faculty from all over the world, exclusively for you, so you only learn from the very best. Every tutor will guide you on your path to future greatness.

Join exciting activities and trips

Summer should be fun, right?! Don’t worry, we get that – we never forget that you’re on holiday!

We can help you to uncover Oxford’s secrets, from the best coffee shops to the dreamiest riverside parks, from Oxford’s very own castle to must-visit shops, galleries and museums. You and your friends will enjoy an amazing extra-curricular timetable, including dazzling graduation balls, excursions offering a glimpse of Britain’s past, and much more.

Make Instagram-worthy memories as you visit glitzy attractions such as the bright lights of London’s theatres, Windsor Castle, and Blenheim Palace.

Something for the parents too…

Would you like to network with high achievers from over 170 countries, and gain your own taste of the Oxford experience? And would you like to visit classic venues such as the Ashmolean, the world’s oldest university museum? Or Oxford’s Grand Cafe, site of England’s first coffee house? If so, our parents’ events are definitely for you!

At the beginning of each summer school, we invite students’ parents, families and carers to join us for a reception hosted at a stunning Oxford venue. Mingle with other high flyers, and meet senior ORA staff and company founders who will be delighted to answer your questions about the summer school. Build new connections while enjoying an exclusive peek into the experiences that your children will enjoy this summer. We can’t wait to meet you!

Useful Information

Information for Parents

Visit our parents page to find some useful information for parents and students about living and studying in our summer school centres. Further practical information will be made available through the ORA Portal in the months leading up to your summer school booking.

Pastoral Care

Over 15 years of delivering world-class summer programmes, we have established robust processes and structures to ensure all of our over 25,000 students have been well looked after during their stay with ORA. We pride ourselves on the exceptional levels of pastoral care we provide to our students

Medical Care and Insurance

We are absolutely committed to your safety and wellbeing as our number one priority. Students must be comprehensively insured for their time with us - click to find suggested policy details, along with further information about our medical policies and procedures designed to keep you safe.

COVID-19 Response

As members of the British Safety Council, student safety is our top priority. Our coronavirus measures go beyond the latest UK government and Public Health England guidance, and as a minimum, guarantee a number of key features.

Arrivals and Departure

Welcome to the Summer School Arrivals and Departures Hub. Here you can find all the information you need prior to departure including information about flights, transfer options and other important information regarding your arrival and departure.

What to Pack

You will receive a Welcome Pack after you enrol. Your Welcome Pack will provide a full list of what to pack and which personal items and travel documents you will bring with you when you join the programme

Summer Blogs

Check out some of the best moments from previous summer schools through our student blogs. Get a taste of the ORA summer school experience through the pictures and words of our students as they describe the highlights of their summer programme

Visas and Immigration

Students are responsible for obtaining their own visa prior to travelling, but can request assistance from Oxford Royale Academy if required. You can find some helpful information here

Hear from our students

Doreen, Taiwan

The Medicine course gave me the opportunity to meet people from around the world with the same passion as me. My new friends and I were able to discuss and exchange information to support each other...

Sara, Greece

Year after year the allure of Oxford Royale has pulled me back. I met many different people during my first two weeks from different cultures and backgrounds.

Mifta, Indonesia

I decided to return because I fell in love with Oxford, the gardens, the old buildings, the good books…

Carolina, Qatar

I found the Oxford Royale course online, saved the link as ‘life saving course.’ What I needed the most was help with my UCAS application, but I also wanted to challenge myself intellectually and learn new things

Yoosuf, Maldives

This summer school has taught me many things, including the basics of engineering, which will most definitely help me in my future – academically and professionally.

Wisam, Sudan

Oxford Royale Academy creates a small family-like community that makes everyone feel welcome and cared for. All in all, my experience at Oxford Royale is something that I will always remember and be grateful for.

Vannakhone, Laos

I gained so much knowledge and experience from this trip; it showed me things that are totally different to my home country. Now I’m very interested in studying at a UK university in the future.

Taonga, Zambia

This experience was life-changing in so many good ways. It pushed me out of my comfort zone and made me realise that ‘the world is my oyster’. I highly recommend this program to students who would like a memorable international experience without limits.

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