St Anne’s Super-Curricular Club

St Anne’s Supercurricular Club is our series of online academic taster sessions aimed at Year 12 students who want to broaden their academic interests and gain insight into University-level research and undergraduate-style teaching.

Sessions run each year from March to May to allow Year 12s to gain insight into their proposed study area, ahead of when Year 12s start to put together their personal statement. Use as a springboard for further reading and engagement with your subject.

Each taster session will be one hour long and will introduce students to our researchers’ work, and what this subject area might be like to study at Undergraduate level. Open to Y12 students who would like to get a taste of their subject at this level and learn from an Oxford University academic!

We will be running our 2027 series from March 2027. 

Our 2026 and 2025 series were recorded and are available to view below.

Supercurricular Club: 2025-26

Man and Beast in Medieval Thought with Dr Cat Watts

Insights into Respiratory Disease Surveillance with Cecilia Rago

Building Evolutionary Trees with Benaiah Hoong

How Maths Moves the Markets with Iqra Akhlaq

Japan’s Lost Decade and its Literature with Sen Huang

Music and the Human Body with Io Cheng

Metagenomics for Detecting an Entire Pathogen with Madison Goforth

Supercurricular Club: 2024-25

How to Read a Play with Dr Minna Jeffreys

Take a look at our follow up worksheet, with discussion points and further reading: How to Read a Play Worksheet 

Vaccinology with Becky Strain

Take a look at our follow up worksheet, with discussion points and further reading: Vaccinology Worksheet

How to Read a Medieval Poem with Dr Anna Wilmore

Take a look at our follow up worksheet, with discussion points and further reading: Read a Medieval Poem Worksheet

Maths, Psychology and Mental Health with Sophie Shang

Take a look at our follow up worksheet, with discussion points and further reading: Maths, Psych, MH Worksheet

Exploring Fractals with Esteban Gomezllata Marmolejo

Take a look at our follow up worksheet, with discussion points and further reading: Fractals Worksheet

AI and Global Governance with Mengqing Kong

Take a look at our follow up worksheet, with discussion points and further reading: AI and Global Governance Worksheet

Surgical Sciences with Merve Bilici

Take a look at our follow up worksheet, with discussion points and further reading: Surgical Sciences Worksheet