Lifelong Learning Programme Outline

Lifelong Learning Summer Programme

Sunday 17 August – Saturday 30 August 2025

This residential summer school gives lifelong learners the extraordinary opportunity to experience something of Cambridge student life in the context of a programme specifically designed for adult learners from around the world.

Girton College is one of the larger constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge, and its beautiful buildings, excellent facilities, including a gym and indoor swimming pool, and spacious grounds are located just outside the city centre. Ultimately, Girton is a wonderful place in which to meet other lifelong learners in comfortable surroundings and as part of a friendly community.

Choose to attend the full two-week programme, or opt to attend for just one week (Sunday 17 August – Saturday 23 August 2025, or Sunday 24 August – Saturday 30 August 2025).

Participants take two academic courses per week.

Week 1 - Courses offered in the first week

Week 2 - Courses offered in the second week

Evening Talks

In addition to the academic courses on offer, a series of evening lectures are also provided to help participants learn more about Cambridge and the research that is going on in the University.

In past summers, these lectures included:

Dr Caroline Shenton on a Thousand Years of the British Parliament
Dr Ben Outhwaite on the University of Cambridge’s Genizah Collection
Dr Hazel Mills on the History of Girton College
Dr Ewan St John Smith on the Peculiarities of the Naked Mole-Rat and What We Can Learn From Them
Dr Amy Donovan on Extreme Volcanoes