Summer Programs: Oxford University with ASA Summerfuel

There's no "typical" day at Summerfuel. You will have the freedom to choose what you want to do with your time in Oxford and select from a variety of activities that change from day to day. Here's a sample schedule:

Your Summer Home

Your summer home will be Lady Margaret Hall (LMH), one of the 39 colleges that make up Oxford University.

Housing: You will have a single room, fully outfitted with a bed, wardrobe, desk and chair - the same rooms used by Oxford undergraduates during the academic year. LMH "Scouts" will tidy your bedroom daily and supply and replace linens and towels weekly. Your Resident Advisor (RA) - a university student who has experience in residence life and studying abroad - will live on on your hall to create a community, provide support, plan activities and help you get the most out of your stay in Oxford

Security: A team of porters staff the lodge at the gated entrance to LMH 24-hours a day to monitor the entrance, sign in visitors, assist with lost keys, answer questions, and provide first-aid response

Facilities: You'll have full access to LMH's 12-acre site with gardens, fields for soccer, Frisbee and volleyball, tennis courts and a boathouse on the River Cherwell, which borders the college. LMH also has common rooms with couches, a TV and DVD player, a foosball table, arcade games, and a jukebox, as well as a computer lab for keeping in touch with friends and family.

Dining: Breakfast and dinner are served in LMH's traditional oak-paneled dining room. Lunch is not provided to encourage you to explore Oxford's restaurants, sandwich shops, and coffeehouses or enjoy a picnic by the river.

Oxford Highlights

All the entertainment and adventure of Oxford's city center is just a short walk away, and students are free to explore in small groups.
Covered Market: Explore this arcade of farmer’s stalls, small boutiques, flower shops and sandwich cafes
Christ Church: Visit the beautiful cathedral and grounds of the famous college conceived in the 1520’s
Ghost Tour: Be spooked on a night tour of Oxford’s ghoulish and haunted past
Carfax Tower: Climb to the top to see why Oxford deserves its unofficial title, “City of Dreaming Spires”
Radcliffe Camera: Perhaps the most spectacular building in Oxford, its dome is one of the largest in Britain
Eagle and Child: Have lunch at this famous public house where Tolkien first discussed the Lord of the Rings
The Randolph: Famous for its full afternoon tea
Pitt-Rivers museum: A must-see anthropology museum with everything from shrunken heads to Amerindian musical instruments
University Parks: The perfect place to lounge, play, or watch a cricket match
Bodlean Library: Holds a copy of every book published in the UK and is also an architectural gem
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology: Britain’s oldest public museum
Freud’s Café: Live-music haven in what used to be a church!
Cornmarket Street: People-watch on the promenade where the whole city comes to do their shopping and quirky acts perform in the summer sun