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‘The World Machine’

Understanding the Universe

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Under the auspices of OxNet, Pembroke College is hosting the following summer schools this week: Science, Humanities, Theology & Religion and The Ordered Universe.

The schedules leave plenty of time for private study, group work focused on tutorial problems and posters, and free time; not all the slots are filled with scheduled events. You will though have an individual responsibility to manage your own time and to complete your given assignment at the end of the week when there will be an Awards Ceremony.

There will be occasional slots during the week when we shall share a lecture or event. Humanities and theology pupils may participate in a science lecture and scientists may attend a history or theology seminar or lecture. These sessions are marked in italics on the programme.

Look out too for the Options Board and please do try a session remote from your chosen subject stream.

Throughout the week you will have a team of undergraduate mentors with you – please ask questions about student life and, if need be, ask them to help you with your work. This week is designed to give you a taste of studying at a research intensive university, so do throw yourself into both the work and the non-academic activities. This is a week off from examinations but we shall be testing you in other ways!

I’d like to take this opportunity to extend a special welcome to our guests from overseas; those from Tufts University, Boston in the United States and those pupils and mentors who are attending from rural India via the Karta Institute.

I am delighted also to welcome our OxNet Resident Artist for the week, Alex Carr. More about her celebrated work can be found at: www.alexandracarr.co.uk/

The formal Joseph Owen Dinner will be in Hall on Thursday which all the Access College will attend.

I hope you enjoy this challenging week. Remember you will only get out of it what you put in. If you are ambitious for yourself, we will match that ambition.

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Dr. Peter ClausAccess Fellow and Lecturer in History

(Pembroke College, Oxford)

NOTE

In case of emergency, please contact your Coordinator in the first instance. The College Porters are on duty 24 hours a day, and they can be contacted on 01865 276444. There will be a map provided in your Course Packs. The curfew is strictly 10pm. We will be visiting a number of university libraries and/or laboratories on various days, so please follow instructions given on these visits by the university staff, and please dress appropriately for any visits to laboratories.

DIRECTORS

Schools Director: Dr Peter ClausCourse Director (Science): JoJo Rahamim Course Directors (Ordered Universe): Tim Farrant, Joshua Harvey

CONTACT DETAILS

Course Director: Dr Peter Claus (Howe Room)07719 884314

HUB COORDINATORS

BSix Sixth Form College: Naomi Littlejohn, Laura MacbethSouth Cheshire College: Fiona Burgess (Emergency contact number 07894 755973)Ashton Sixth Form College: Stevie Watson (Emergency contact number 07583 046745)Xaverian College: Nora Nemane (Emergency contact number 078055 12590)Winstanley College: Angela Gregory (Not attending Access Week)Westminster Academy: Roseanne Chantiluke (Emergency contact number 07894 755973)Southmoor Academy: Dr Katarzyna Kosior

WIFI

Wifi Username: accessWifi password: Uha3uzcf

VENUES

All venues are in Pembroke College, unless stated otherwise.

Pembroke College Contact: Kirsty Simpson (Academic Office)01865 276412

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SUNDAY 30 JULYTime Activity Venue16:00 – 17:00

ArrivalsRegistration & course pack collection, room check-in, housekeeping for attendees and Coordinators, Options Board sign-up

Pichette Auditorium Foyer

17.00 – 18.00

Science Puzzles (in poster groups)

18.00 – 18.30

Welcome to ‘The World Machine’

Pichette Auditorium

18:30 Drinks Reception Harold Lee Room19:00 Dinner Hall, Chapel Quad

21:00 Music RecitalDr Guy Newbury, Pembroke College, and Jaymee Coonjobeeharry, Royal College of Music

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MONDAY 31 JULYTime Activity Venue8:15-8:45 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad

9:00-9:30 Study Skills and Library Induction with Pembroke Librarian, Laura Cracknell

Pichette Auditorium

9:45-11:15 Meet Postgraduate Tutors for poster/problem briefings

Meet in Pichette Foyer & see Tutorial Schedule for details

11:30 Lecture Dr Tim Woollins, Pembroke College

Pichette Auditorium

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad

14:00 Maths workshop Maths Department15:30 Poster preparation17:00 Optional: Kirsty Simpson

Oxbridge Admissions Pichette Auditorium

18.00 Free Time19:00 Dinner Hall, Chapel Quad20:00 Presentation by visiting

students from America & IndiaPichette Auditorium

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Time Activity Venue8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad9:15 – 10:15 iGEM Lecture

Zoe Ford, iGEMPichette Auditorium

10:30-12:15 Poster preparation12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad13:45-16:15 Poster Preparation16:15 Lecture

Prof. Richard Bower (Durham University). "De Luce"

Pichette Auditorium

17.00 OptionsChoose from the Options Board in Pichette Foyer

18:00 Dinner Hall, Chapel Quad19:30 Lecture

Prof. Tom McLeish, ‘The Poetry and Music of Science’ (Durham University)

Pichette Auditorium

TUESDAY 1 AUGUST

Time Activity Venue8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad9:30 – 12.15

Computer Science taster Computer Science Department

12:30 – 13:30


14:00 OptionsChoose from the Options Board in Pichette Foyer

16:00 Poster preparation18:00 Dinner Hall, Chapel Quad19:30 Evening activities:

Choose from Options board in Pichette Foyer

19: 30 Optional: Dr Peter Claus, The Oxford Interview in Context

Harold Lee Room

WEDNESDAY 2 AUGUST

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Time Activity Venue8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad9:15 Lecture

Prof. Hannah Smithson, Pembroke College

Pichette Auditorium

10:15-12:15 Poster Preparation12:30-13:00 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad13:30 Submission of Poster Projects Pembroke College

Library14:00 – 17:30 Excursions: Natural History

Museum and Lab Tours18:30 Drinks Reception Harold Lee Room19:15 The Joseph Owen Formal

DinnerHall, Chapel Quad

THURSDAY 3 AUGUST

Time Activity Venue8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad9:00 Check out of rooms

Luggage to be left in room next to Pichette Auditorium on main site

9:15 Individual TutorialsPresentation and discussion of essays with postgraduate tutors

Activities in College

Times and venues will be posted on Options Board

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad13:30 – 15:00 Poster Presentations Pichette Auditorium15:00 – 16:00 Award Ceremony Pichette Auditorium16:00 Group photograph Chapel Quad16:30 (approx.)

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18:00 – 18:30


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MONDAY 31 JULYTime Activity Venue8:15-8:45 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad

9:00-9:30 Study Skills and Library Induction with Pembroke Librarian, Laura Cracknell

Pichette Auditorium

9:45-12:15 Meet Postgraduate Tutors See Tutorial Schedule for details

12:30 – 13:30


14:00 – 16:30

Essay preparation

17:00 Optional: Kirsty Simpson Oxbridge Admissions

Pichette Auditorium



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Time Activity Venue8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad9:15 – 12:15 Essay preparation12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad13:30 – 15:45 Essay preparation16:15 Lecture

Dr Giles Gasper and Alex Carr (Durham University) Art and the Cosmos - medieval and modern

Harold Lee Room




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Time Activity Venue8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad10:30 JCR Access Book Fund Tour

of Blackwell’s with Clara King for Pem-Brooke London group

Blackwell’s Bookshop, Broad Street

11:30 JCR Access Book Fund Tour of Blackwell’s with Clara King for Pembroke North group

Blackwell’s Bookshop, Broad Street

Rest of morning

(when not at Blackwell’s) Essay preparation

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad13:45 – 17:45 Essay Preparation14:00 Options

Choose from the Options Board in Pichette Foyer

18:00 Dinner Hall, Chapel Quad19: 30 Optional: Dr Peter Claus, The

Oxford Interview in ContextHarold Lee Room

WEDNESDAY 2 AUGUST

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Time Activity Venue8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad9:00 – 12:00 Essay Preparation12:30 – 13:00 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad13:00 – 17:30 Essay preparation and hand-

in to Library18:30 Drinks Reception Harold Lee Room19:15 The Joseph Owen Formal


THURSDAY 3 AUGUST






12:30 – 13:30


13:30 – 15:00

Poster Presentations by Science Pupils

Pichette Auditorium

15:00-16:00 Award Ceremony Pichette Auditorium16:00 Group photograph Chapel Quad16:30 (approx.)

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18:00 – 18:30


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MONDAY 31 JULYTime Activity Venue8:15 – 8:45 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad

9:00 – 9:30 Study Skills and Library Induction with Pembroke Librarian, Laura Cracknell

Pichette Auditorium

9:45 – 12:15 Meet Postgraduate Tutors See Tutorial Schedule for details

12:30 – 13:30


14:00 – 16:30

Essay preparation

17:00 Optional: Kirsty Simpson Oxbridge Admissions

Pichette Auditorium



Time Activity Venue8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad9:15 – 12:15 Essay preparation12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad13:30 – 15:45 Essay preparation16:15 Lecture

Prof. Richard Bower (Durham University). “De Luce”

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Time Activity Venue8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad9:15 – 10:15 Lecture: Dr Alex Henley,

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10:30 – 12:15 Essay Preparation12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad13:30 – 17:45 Essay Preparation14:00 Options


18:00 Dinner Hall, Chapel Quad19:30 Evening Activities19: 30 Optional: Dr Peter Claus, The

Oxford Interview in ContextHarold Lee Room

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Time Activity Venue8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad9:00 – 12:00 Essay Preparation12:00 – 12:45 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad14:30 – 17:30 Essay preparation and hand-in Pembroke Library18:30 Drinks Reception Broadgates19:15 The Joseph Owen Formal


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12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad13:30 – 15:00 Poster Presentations by

Science PupilsPichette Auditorium

15:00 – 16:00 Award Ceremony Pichette Auditorium16:00 Group photograph Chapel Quad16:30 (approx.)

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18:00 – 18:30

Welcome to ‘The World Machine’ Pichette Auditorium



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MONDAY 31 JULYTime Activity Venue8:15 – 8:45 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad

9:00 – 9:30 Study Skills and Library Induction with Pembroke Librarian, Laura Cracknell

Pichette Auditorium

9:45 – 11:15 Meet Postgraduate Tutors. Poster Project briefing.

Meet in Pichette Foyer & see Tutorial Schedule for details

11:30 – 12:30 Lecture: Dr Giles Gasper (Durham University), ‘An Introduction to Grosseteste & Medieval Science’

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad14:00 – 15:30 Collaborative Reading: Light15:30 – 16:30 Break

16:30 – 18:00 Collaborative Reading: Light19:00 Dinner Hall, Chapel Quad20:00 Presentation by visiting


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8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad9:15 Grosseteste and Experiment:

Sound & Speech led by Joshua Harvey11:15 – 12:15 Study time and Poster Preparation12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad13:30 –14:30 Collaborative Reading: Colour14:30 – 15:00 Break15:00 – 16:15 Collaborative Reading: Colour16:15 Lecture

Prof. Richard Bower (Durham University). “De Luce”

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TUESDAY 1 AUGUST

Time Activity Venue8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad9:15 – 12:30 Study time and poster preparation12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad13:45 – 17:45 Poster & Essay Preparation or

Options Sessions14:00 Options


18:00 Dinner Hall, Chapel Quad19:30 Evening Activities19: 30 Optional: Dr Peter Claus, The Oxford

Interview in ContextHarold Lee Room

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Time Activity Venue8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast Hall, Chapel Quad9:15 – 10:15 Lecture: Professor Hannah

Smithson, Pembroke College10:30 – 12:15 Study time and Poster

preparation12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad13:30 Poster Submission Pembroke Library14:00 – 17:30 Excursions: Natural History

Museum and Lab Tours18:30 Drinks Reception Broadgates19:15 The Joseph Owen Formal


THURSDAY 3 AUGUST



9:15 Discussion of problem sheets and gobbets in groups with postgraduate tutors



12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Hall, Chapel Quad13:30 – 15:00 Poster Presentations Pichette Auditorium15:00 – 16:00 Award Ceremony Pichette Auditorium16:00 Group photograph Chapel Quad16:30 (approx.)

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OPTIONS SESSIONSThroughout the week there will be a selection of stand alone optional sessions. A selection of options is included below. For a full list along with times and locations, please check the Options Board during the week:

Dr Giles Gasper and Alex Carr - Durham (Art and Medieval History)Dr Andrew Teal - Pembroke (Theology, Early Church, Belonging)Jonathan Valk – New York University (Ancient History)Dr Peter Claus – Pembroke (‘Migration Ancient and Modern’ at the Ashmolean Museum)Dr Craig Holmes - Pembroke (Economics)Laura Cracknell – Pembroke (Rare books and manuscripts)Dr Bernard Gowers - Keble (Medieval History)Professor Adrian Gregory and Dr Hussein Omar - Pembroke (History of the First World War)Professor Matthew Kelly - Northumbria University (Environmental History)Dr Nicholas Cole (Pembroke) & colleagues from The Library of Congress, Bill of Rights Institute and others (The American Constitution)Anne Ploin – Worcester (Women and Literature)Dr Matt Reza – Pembroke (Italian Literature)Dr Katarzyna Kosior – OxNet (Renaissance)Clara Chivers - Pembroke (Introduction to Pembroke Art Collection)Professor Jeremy Taylor – Pembroke (Medicine)Kirsty Simpson – Pembroke (Human Evolution)

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