The Academic Enhancement Programme (A.E.P.)
Future proofing education for our young minds
​
The global economic forum says that by 2030, 60-80% of employment will be in jobs that don’t exist yet. This is perhaps the most challenging time for education and educational institutions, how do we prepare people to have skills and abilities that we don’t even know about today? The answer is we need to install an attitude of adaptability. In the words if Einstein “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” We know that ‘Why’ drives attitudes. (Simon Sinek).
We believe that adaptability is the end of a chain reaction: inspiration causes
curiosity, curiosity drives change and learning and it is these factors which drive adaptability. So, our job is to open young minds to the future and that’s exactly what the goal of our A.E.P programs do, our programmes inspire young minds to think about their future.
What do young minds think of the A.E.P?
An overview of A.E.P.
​
The programme is an eight-day UK programme designed to inspire, ideas, people and places for
young learners aged between 11 and 17. There are three variants of the programme but they all
share a common core programme, as follows:
​
-
ï‚· Behind the scenes tour of Oxford and Cambridge Universities
-
ï‚· Access to leading academics – Professor Noble and Doctor Wilkinson
-
ï‚· Future minded career workshops post exposure
-
ï‚· Deep dive into UK culture to understand how native speakers speak
​
​
The three variants across the 8 days
​
​
​
​
Robotics/AI/Block Chain
Last Update May 14, 2019
Day 1: Portsmouth induction
and homestay
Day 2: Technical English for
building robots
Day 3: Building a robot using
Python programming language
Day 4: AI and block chain
technology workshop
Day 5: Oxford University tour
Day 6: Cambridge University
tour
Day 7: Science and Natural
History Museums London
Day 8: Departure
Space Tech & Astrophysics
Last Update May 14, 2019
Day 1: Portsmouth induction and homestay
Day 2: English for science and technology & Portsmouth tour
Day 3: Visit to UK Space Centre to learn astrophysics and space technology
Day 4: Oxford University tour
Day 5: Cambridge University tour
Day 6: London – Science and Technology Museums
Day 7: Tour of the Royal Parks
Day 8: Departure
STEM pathway
Last Update May 14, 2019
Day 1: Portsmouth induction and homestay
Day 2: Technical English and career workshop
Day 3: Workshop on biotechnology, biosciences, bio materials and cell science
Day 4: Oxford University tour
Day 5: Cambridge University tour
Day 6: London – Science and Technology Museums
Day 7: Tour of the Royal Parks
Day 8: Departure
-
Oxford Graduate in Human Sciences ​
Director of International Programmes