ASA: Academic Study Associates 2009 Programs

Your Summer Home

Your summer home will be Lady Margaret Hall (LMH), one of the 39 colleges that make up Oxford University.

Housing: You will have a single room, fully outfitted with a bed, wardrobe, desk and chair - the same rooms used by Oxford undergraduates during the academic year. LMH "Scouts" will tidy your bedroom daily and supply and replace linens and towels weekly. Your Resident Advisor (RA) - a university student who has experience in residence life and studying abroad - will live on on your hall to create a community, provide support, plan activities and help you get the most out of your stay in Oxford

Security: A team of porters staff the lodge at the gated entrance to LMH 24-hours a day to monitor the entrance, sign in visitors, assist with lost keys, answer questions, and provide first-aid response

Facilities: You'll have full access to LMH's 12-acre site with gardens, fields for soccer, Frisbee and volleyball, tennis courts and a boathouse on the River Cherwell, which borders the college. LMH also has common rooms with couches, a TV and DVD player, a foosball table, arcade games, and a jukebox, as well as a computer lab for keeping in touch with friends and family.

Dining: Breakfast and dinner are served in LMH's traditional oak-paneled dining room. Lunch is not provided to encourage you to explore Oxford's restaurants, sandwich shops, and coffeehouses or enjoy a picnic by the river.

Oxford Highlights

All the entertainment and adventure of Oxford's city center is just a short walk away, and students are free to explore in small groups.
Covered Market: Explore this arcade of farmer’s stalls, small boutiques, flower shops and sandwich cafes
Christ Church: Visit the beautiful cathedral and grounds of the famous college conceived in the 1520’s
Ghost Tour: Be spooked on a night tour of Oxford’s ghoulish and haunted past
Carfax Tower: Climb to the top to see why Oxford deserves its unofficial title, “City of Dreaming Spires”
Radcliffe Camera: Perhaps the most spectacular building in Oxford, its dome is one of the largest in Britain
Eagle and Child: Have lunch at this famous public house where Tolkien first discussed the Lord of the Rings
The Randolph: Famous for its full afternoon tea
Pitt-Rivers museum: A must-see anthropology museum with everything from shrunken heads to Amerindian musical instruments
University Parks: The perfect place to lounge, play, or watch a cricket match
Bodlean Library: Holds a copy of every book published in the UK and is also an architectural gem
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology: Britain’s oldest public museum
Freud’s Café: Live-music haven in what used to be a church!
Cornmarket Street: People-watch on the promenade where the whole city comes to do their shopping and quirky acts perform in the summer sun