Bucksmore Summer Programmes

Sixty years ago today the “secret of life” was discovered in Cambridge.   In 1953 James D. Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA, one of the most important scientific discoveries of the 20th century.   The two … Continue reading →

This year on Bucksmore Choice all of the elective options will run for all 4 weeks, giving students more choice than before! Film Production: Run by a freelance film production company. Their recent projects include working with Clinique, the BBC and MTV. … Continue reading →

Last month, the ex-Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Rowan Williams was admitted as the new Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge University. Lord Williams was the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 until 2012, which is the highest ranking post in the … Continue reading →

The multi-award winning film Les Misérables has been sweeping the globe but did you know some of it was filmed in Greenwich, only a stones throw from Bucksmore Head Office?  Some of the scenes were shot at the Royal Naval College in … Continue reading →

If you’ve travelled, our friends at BETA want to know about your experiences!  Complete their short survey and you could win yourself an iPad mini.  You can find the survey here Good luck!      

Bucksmore has strong ties to Magdalene College in Cambridge – it’s one of our 2 new centres for 2013 and it’s also Matt’s old college. So therefore we are delighted to report that the ex-Master and Honorary Fellow* of Magdalene, … Continue reading →

Until very recently, the dictionary was regarded as one of the most important language-learning resources for students of English.  The Macmillan Dictionary definition of ‘dictionary’ is “a book that gives a list of words in alphabetical order and explains what they mean,” but who actually owns this book of words any more?  It has … Continue reading →

Our official Bucksmore videos are now available. We have our very own Youtube channel where we upload all of our official and unofficial summer videos. We have 3 official Bucksmore videos: general, Oxbridge & our classic summer programmes. We hope … Continue reading →

Hundreds of people followed our summer blog with live updates from all of our Bucksmore programmes.The blog is still regularly updated with news about Bucksmore and other interesting articles about education and the wider world Jess’s regular Academic Corner will … Continue reading →

Our Bucksmore Centre Managers have all written an end of summer message about their summer experiences. CMs are some of the most important people in Bucksmore and without them, we couldn’t run such successful and memorable summer schools. Mr Paul, … Continue reading →