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Academic Summer is the home of exciting and versatile summer learning.
- If you are age 15 – 18 you will follow our IB / A Level programme. You have a choice of the following subjects. You need to choose your subjects prior to the course. We will write the timetable around your choices and you will have an individual timetable which is written to meet your individual needs.
We offer the following subject options:
Art
Biology
Chemistry
Design & Technology (not available in London and Cambridge)
Drama
Economics and Business
English
Environmental systems & societies
Essay writing
History
ICT
Literature
Mathematics
Media Studies
Music (not available in Cambridge)
Physics
Presentation skills
Psychology
Theory of Knowledge (ToK)
Do you like Art and Music or Economics and Maths or Physics and Chemistry?
It is YOUR choice, it is YOUR summer!
In your lessons you will:
- improve your study skills
- experience the practical nature of the subject
- explore a range of different media and materials
- enjoy using modern technology
- explore a variety of cultures
- explore subjects in the context of their locality
- work together to help one another understand challenging concepts and functions.
Learning is a journey and we're here to make sure you make the most of it. Academic Summer's broad range of exhilarating leisure activities will introduce you to drama workshops, zorbing, art competitions, canoeing or quizzes, there are endless opportunities to learn new skills and make friends along the way. And we run day trips to some of the UK’s most iconic sights near our colleges in Bristol, London and Cambridge.
Our inspiring lecture series are hosted by brilliant experts in fields as varied as TV production, psychotherapy, digital production and physics.
This programme is running in Abbey College Cambridge in July and August. For more details, please click here.
If you wish to apply, please click here.