Welcome to the Inspire Programme for Year 12 & 13
“This programme has made me believe that applying and being accepted into Oxford is a more achievable dream than I first believed.” (Inspire Programme, Year 12 Pupil, 2021)
The St John’s Inspire Programme for Year 12 and 13 pupils (Inspire 12 & 13) encourages high-achieving pupils from all backgrounds at non-selective state schools to make competitive applications to top universities, and equips them with the skills to make a successful transition from school to higher education. This year, the Inspire 12 & 13 theme is ‘Order in Our World’.
Inspire 12 Summer Schools – Applications Have Now Closed!
This year we are hosting two Summer Schools for Inspire 12: our Virtual Summer School and our Residential Summer School!
Applications are now closed for the St John’s Inspire Residential Summer School 2022 – we look forward to welcoming 50 pupils in July, and all other pupils onto the virtual summer school in August! Read below for details, and additional information will be released shortly!
Twilight Session 1 (release date: 08/03/2022)
You can explore the timetable for the Year 12 & 13 Inspire Programme below. Participants on the programme can click on the links to access recordings. The timetable will be updated throughout the year as new sessions are announced.
| Session | Link |
| Oxford Explained | https://sjcinspire.com/oxford-explained/ |
| Why are insects like each other? (Biology) | https://sjcinspire.com/why-are-insects-like-each-other/ |
| Ancient and Modern Ideas of Genre (Classics) | https://sjcinspire.com/ancient-and-modern-ideas-of-genre/ |
| Rome to the End: Roman Power There and Back Again (Ancient History) | https://sjcinspire.com/rome-to-the-end-roman-power-there-and-back-again/ |
| From the Big Bang to Biology: Finding Patterns Through Mathematics (Computational Modelling) | https://sjcinspire.com/from-the-big-bang-to-biology-finding-patterns-through-mathematics/ |
| Skills Session: How to Prepare a Research Project | https://sjcinspire.com/how-to-prepare-a-research-project/ |
These taster lectures are accompanied by a Going Further, which includes activities to stretch your understanding and opportunities to enhance your CV and personal statement!
Twilight Session 2 (release date: 29/03/2022)
| Session | Link |
| The future of the Museum (Archaeology and Anthropology) | https://sjcinspire.com/the-future-of-the-museum/ |
| The Origins of Sleep (Biology – Neurophysiology) | https://sjcinspire.com/the-origins-of-sleep/ |
| The Dystopian Order: How Imagining the Worst is Norm and Normal (English and Film Studies) | https://sjcinspire.com/the-dystopian-order-how-imagining-the-worst-is-norm-and-normal/ |
| Ordering Tudor England (History) | https://sjcinspire.com/ordering-tudor-england/ |
| Using Statistics to Predict Outcomes in Psychiatric Disorders (Medicine – Psychiatry) | https://sjcinspire.com/using-statistics-to-predict-outcomes-in-psychiatric-disorders/ |
| Skills Session: Understanding Student Finance | https://sjcinspire.com/skills-session-understanding-student-finance/ |
These taster lectures are accompanied by a Going Further, which includes activities to stretch your understanding and opportunities to enhance your CV and personal statement!
Twilight Session 3 (release date: 26/04/2022)
| Session | Link |
| How does the environment influence our heritage? (Geography) | https://sjcinspire.com/how-does-the-environment-influence-our-heritage/ |
| How does your immune system make you feel? (Medicine) | https://sjcinspire.com/how-does-your-immune-system-make-you-feel/ |
| Geopolitical anomalies: what can they teach us? (Geopolitics) | https://sjcinspire.com/geopolitical-anomalies-what-can-they-teach-us/ |
| How do we see? (Neuroscience) | https://sjcinspire.com/how-do-we-see/ |
| Skills Session: How to Choose the ‘Right’ Course for You | https://sjcinspire.com/how-to-choose-the-right-course-for-you/ |
| Inspire 12 Summer Schools! | https://sjcinspire.com/inspire-12-summer-schools/ |
These taster lectures are accompanied by a Going Further, which includes activities to stretch your understanding and opportunities to enhance your CV and personal statement!
Twilight Session 4 (release date: 17/05/2022)
| Session | Link |
| Unexpected ways in which we use / do not use memory (Psychology) | https://sjcinspire.com/unexpected-ways-in-which-we-use-do-not-use-memory/ |
| The Noise of Mid-Century Poetry (English) | https://sjcinspire.com/the-noise-of-mid-century-poetry/ |
| From Worms to Water and everything in between (Biochemistry) | https://sjcinspire.com/from-worms-to-water-and-everything-in-between/ |
| Early Modern Women Writers and World Order (English) | https://sjcinspire.com/early-modern-women-writers-and-world-order/ |
| Skills Session: UCAS and University Applications | https://sjcinspire.com/skills-session-ucas-and-university-applications/ |
| Skills Session: Admissions Tests at Oxford | https://sjcinspire.com/skills-session-admission-tests-at-oxford/ |
These taster lectures are accompanied by a Going Further, which includes activities to stretch your understanding and opportunities to enhance your CV and personal statement!
Twilight Session 5 (release date: 14/06/2022)
| Session | Link |
| Palmyra: An Ancient City in the Desert (Classics) | https://sjcinspire.com/palmyra-an-ancient-city-in-the-desert/ |
| Reconstructive Surgery after Trauma: Improving Patient Outcomes and Building the Evidence Base (Medicine) | https://sjcinspire.com/reconstructive-surgery-after-trauma-improving-patient-outcomes-and-building-the-evidence-base/ |
| Cancer Research: Accidental Discoveries, Yeasty Cures, and Mathematical Biology (Oncology / Biochemistry) | https://sjcinspire.com/cancer-research-accidental-discoveries-yeasty-cures-and-mathematical-biology/ |
| Skills Session: Personal Statements | https://sjcinspire.com/skills-session-personal-statements/ |
These taster lectures are accompanied by a Going Further, which includes activities to stretch your understanding and opportunities to enhance your CV and personal statement!
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