What is your favorite travel memory?
As a Classical Archaeologist, my favourite travel moment was the first time I visited Greece on a study abroad trip as an undergraduate. On the first day we visited Mycenae, the monumental Late Bronze Age citadel in the Argolid, and I was awe-struck. My passion for Prehistoric Greece started on that day and it became my area of academic research.
How have you changed/grown since working for your current company?
In my time with Lady Margaret Hall leading the LMH Oxford Summer Programmes I have had the chance to meet and work with students from an ever wider range of countries. I've enjoyed becoming more knowledgeable about different cultures from around the world. I would like to take this further and improve my language skills in Chinese, Spanish, or Arabic.
What is the best story you've heard from a return student?
My favourite stories are those from students who have been able to take the learning they did in Oxford and apply it successfully to future academic endeavours at their home college or university - some have taken AI and Machine Learning skills to boost their application to medical school, some studied Oxford's connection to fantasy literature to help with their senior thesis, while others used the international exposure to expand their horizons.
If you could go on any program that your company offers, which one would you choose and why?
I would choose to join our course on 'Oxford and the Rise of Fantasy Literature' - the opportunity to study authors like JRR Tolkien or CS Lewis in the very place where they lived, taught, and wrote would be very special. If not that, then I would join our 'Museum Studies' course and enjoy the chance to get up close and personal with the collections of Oxford's world-renowned Ashmolean Museum.
What makes your company unique? When were you especially proud of your team?
In the long history of the University of Oxford, Lady Margaret Hall is a relatively young college. We were founded in 1878 specifically as the first women's college in Oxford. The first nine women who started their studies in 1879 were pioneers, and we remain proud of their legacy of progress, innovation, and widening access to Oxford.
What do you believe to be the biggest factor in being a successful company?
The key factor for the success of LMH Oxford Summer Programmes, in my opinion, is that we offer a personalised and human experience - from your first contact with the team, to your tutorials during the course, and your ongoing link to the College after your return home, you will be treated as a unique individual at every stage.
