Mini Summer Schools

Don’t miss out on that Summer School experience if you are studying ED209, DD307 or SD226 this year. The OUPS mini Summer Schools give you the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of a Summer School experience, in the form of a residential weekend, for those courses for which the OU does not offer a Summer School.

Aims of the Mini Summer Schools

A weekend of discussions, seminars and lectures aim to offer a broad look at the topics covered on the course, providing you with conceptual overviews, identifying major themes and links and generally helping to pull the course together and bring it to life.

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The Experience

All three of these mini Summer School courses offer a full programme of nine talks, running from Friday evening until Sunday tea time. As well as covering course related topics and study skills, the sessions also allow students the opportunity of acquiring a better understanding and overview of the course as a whole and discussing any difficulties with the tutors. If you have a specific problem you would like to discuss there is also the opportunity of a one-to-one session with a ‘floating’ tutor (ED209 and DD307 only). In addition it is a chance to meet up with other students studying your course.

Tutors on the course are all highly experienced and may include course writers and exam markers.

In parallel to these mini summer schools we are holding a Conference on ‘The fusion of East and West’, looking at the relevance of Eastern philosophical and spiritual practices to psychology today. This is a great opportunity to hear a number of speakers of international and national standing. If you book onto the weekend you are welcome to choose to attend some of the conference talks as well. However it will mean that you miss some of the course related talks! For more information click here.

Testimonials

Some of the things previous students have said about the Mini Summer Schools:

• ‘An excellent weekend. Extremely well organised. Knowledgeable tutors and friendly atmosphere. It is nice to have the opportunity to meet some of the authors of the chapters.’
  
• Very useful. Good to stand back and see how it all fits together and meet and talk to others.’
  
• ‘Interesting and enjoyable. Helped to keep me excited about psychology.’
  
• ‘It is inspiring to have lecturers who are so enthusiastic about their subject. It brings social psychology to life in a way that, with the best will in the world, the books don’t.’
  
• Excellent. Was feeling overwhelmed with the course materials and the weekend has helped to clarify a number of issues. An absolute must!!’