OxBright
(15-18 year olds)
OxBright increases your chances of getting into your dream university by taking you beyond the school curriculum.
You’ll experience weekly live Tutorials led by your expert subject Mentor. You’ll discuss topics you don’t cover at school, be able to ask lots of questions, and gain insights into the skills leading universities value most. You’ll also be part of our thriving online community of like-minded students.
You’ll expand your subject knowledge, become more confident discussing it, and get the edge in your future university applications.
Experience
university learning
Learn from world-class Mentors
Our inspirational Mentors, outstanding undergraduates from leading universities studying your subject, will share their knowledge, experiences and academic passions, and support you on your journey.
Live, interactive and on-demand
Be part of our community
I’m really enjoying being on the OxBright Law programme, and I am lucky to be part of a group of such supportive and inclusive young thinkers. I’m exposed to different areas of the law through OxBright, as well as relevant legal current events happening elsewhere that I would’ve never learnt about otherwise.
Our Law Mentor, Caterina, is super friendly and approachable. She knows how to instigate discussions and conversations, forcing us to consider alternate viewpoints even when we might be too scared of controversy. I also really like the news section at the beginning of each session because everyone is so international and brings something different to the table.
Chloe
How it works
In the same way that students might follow lifestyle or travel influencers on social media, OxBright Mentors act as academic influencers for our students, giving students insights into what it’s like to study their subject at university, exposing them to key ideas in the field, and motivating them to prepare for their futures.
By interacting with our Mentors you’ll gain personalised coaching helping you to achieve your academic goals and fulfil your potential.
Beyond the Curriculum
Research shows that universities are looking for students who show initiative to go beyond the curriculum and can demonstrate passion for their chosen subject.
In a safe virtual environment, OxBright gives you the chance to connect directly with your academic Mentor – inspiring current undergraduates and recent graduates – to help you discover, explore and prepare for your future in your chosen subject.
Get the Edge
Through our live weekly Tutorials and Masterclasses, our Mentors give you subject-specialist knowledge, inspiring, motivating and preparing you to achieve your potential and get into your dream university course.
Whether you’re in the early stages of thinking about what course and university to apply for, or are certain of where you want to go, OxBright gives you the knowledge, motivation and edge to enable you to succeed.
Prepare for Your Future
To succeed in the future, you need more than just great grades. With careers advice from young professionals at the cutting edge of their field, to skills-based Masterclasses covering all the essential attributes you need to flourish in a fast-changing world, OxBright has your back.
Supporting Parents Too
We believe that we can’t fully support a student without supporting their parents too. Our regular Parent Masterclasses, run by our subject-expert Mentors, keep parents up-to-date with the latest subject-specific information and guidance surrounding university entrance/careers, and how best to help your child, so that you can be as supportive as possible.
Subjects offered
OxBright offers subject-specialist support across a variety of subjects, with more added all the time. If we don’t currently have any places available in your subject, or if your subject isn’t featured below, please fill in our registration of interest form here and we’ll be in touch when a place opens up.
Ages 14-18
Business & Economics
Engineering
Law
Medicine
Politics & International Relations
Psychology
OxBright Makes it Easy for Students to Connect With their Futures
Subscriptions
When you join the OxBright membership platform you get a choice of three subscription types – you can either join monthly, six monthly (saving 3 weeks on your subscription fees) or you can join for a year (saving 7 weeks on your fees and gaining access to discounts on other Oxford Scholastica courses).
Monthly
- Access to all Live Tutorials in your chosen subject
- Access to all Live Masterclasses (skills-building sessions)
- Access to vlogs
- Access to podcasts
- Priority access to premium blog content
- Masterclasses for Parents to ask any questions to our subject experts
- Month-by-month commitment - cancel any time and you won't be charged for next month's subscription
15% off any Oxford Scholastica Academy online programme and £300 off your Oxford summer school place
Six Monthly
3 weeks free- Access to all Live Tutorials in your chosen subject
- Access to all Live Masterclasses (skills-building sessions)
- Access to vlogs
- Access to podcasts
- Priority access to premium blog content
- Masterclasses for Parents to ask any questions to our subject experts
- Six monthly commitment - get 3 weeks free, cancel any time and you won't be charged for the next six-monthly subscription
15% off any Oxford Scholastica Academy online programme and £300 off your Oxford summer school place
Annual
7 weeks free- Access to all Live Tutorials in your chosen subject
- Access to all Live Masterclasses (skills-building sessions)
- Access to vlogs
- Access to podcasts
- Priority access to premium blog content
- Masterclasses for Parents to ask any questions to our subject experts
- Annual commitment - get 7 weeks free, cancel any time and you won't be charged for next year's subscription
- 15% off any Oxford Scholastica Academy online programme and £300 off your Oxford summer school place
Join OxBright
When you join the OxBright membership platform you get a choice of three subscription types – you can either join monthly, six monthly (saving 3 weeks on your subscription fees) or you can join for a year (saving 7 weeks on your fees and gaining access to discounts on other Oxford Scholastica courses).
FAQs
Who is OxBright for?
If you're a 15-18 year old who is serious about discovering, exploring and preparing for your future, OxBright is for you.
After nearly ten years' experience of running academic summer and online programmes, we've learnt that while schools are often outstanding at supporting students to get good grades, there is often a lack of current subject-specialist knowledge available for students to access.
OxBright aims to fix this. So, for example, if you're thinking about studying Law at university, you'll have regular access to our Law Mentors, current undergraduate and postgraduate students from leading universities such as Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard. They have successfully been through the process you are experiencing - from deciding whether to study Law, through to choosing the best university and course for them, to succeeding in their university applications and thriving at university and beyond.
Whatever your stage of your journey - whether you're thinking of studying a particular subject at university, whether you're weighing up which university and course to study, or whether you know you want to study a subject at a specific university and are looking to prepare effectively - OxBright is here for you.
What does a typical week look like?
Let's imagine you're an OxBright Medicine member. A typical week might look like this:
- Monday: your Mentor sends over our podcast on Oxford's role in pioneering the COVID-19 vaccine, and asks you to think about some of the challenges involved in vaccine discovery
- Wednesday: your Mentor sends over a 5 minute vlog on what it's REALLY like to be a first year medical student at Oxford, Cambridge and in London
- Thursday: your Mentor gives you priority access to our recent blog article they've written on the top 3 latest treatments in psychiatry
- Saturday: your live, hour-long Tutorial takes place on "Artificial Intelligence in Medicine - How AI is Discovering New Antibiotics". You'll join your fellow Medicine mentees and will have the opportunity to ask your Mentor lots of questions
When are the live Tutorials?
What if I can't attend a live session?
How long can I sign up for?
Is it easy to cancel?
Where are the participants from?
Will OxBright get me into university/college?
OxBright is designed to help you plan and prepare effectively for your future. We're on a mission to give students the edge to enable them to succeed, have purpose and make a difference. While attending OxBright won't guarantee you'll get into a specific university, our Mentors will help you to get the clarity and motivation to give you the best possible chance of fulfilling your potential.
As with all our courses, while many of our tutors come from leading universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and others, it is important to remember that we are not affiliated to these universities.
I've already done an Oxford Scholastica course, how is this different?
OxBright is designed to complement our other courses, and many students who experience our courses choose to sign up to OxBright (and many OxBright students choose to sign up for our courses, conferences and internships either online or in Oxford - if you sign up to the Annual Subscription you benefit from 15% off our online courses and £300 off your Oxford summer school experience).
Whereas our courses last anywhere from a full day through to two weeks, OxBright is there for you year-round, giving you the opportunity to access live and on-demand subject-specialist content at times which suit you. Think of OxBright as your personal companion guiding and motivating you throughout the week, inspiring and stretching you to fulfil your potential and succeed in your aspirations.