Festive learning
2023 Festive Countdown Calendar
Our gift to you: each day during the month of December, explore free, educational online resources. Thirty-one days of free learning, to take you right up to the new year!
The resources have been compiled by staff and academics at Oxford Continuing Education, and with help from ‘GLAM’ – the University's Gardens, Libraries and Museums.
View the 2023 Festive Calendar
Explore previous calendars
The doors on our previous calendars are all still open for you to enjoy!
- Festive Calendar 2022
- Festive Calendar 2021
- Festive Calendar 2020
- Festive Calendar 2019
- Festive Calendar 2018
- Festive Calendar 2017
New Year's resolutions?
If learning is on your list for the year ahead, now is the time to sign up for a course in Oxford or online. Day schools, weekly learning programmes, summer schools, professional development – there are more than 500 short courses to choose from. You might even take your learning to the next level by applying for a part-time undergraduate or postgraduate qualification.
Open events and information sessions
Oxford Continuing Education hosts day events, open evenings and afternoons and lectures aimed at new students.Free learning resources
Explore a wide range of free online learning resources, recorded lectures and podcasts.Courses
We offer a wide range of adult education courses: from day events, weekly classes and summer schools to part-time undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.The history of continuing education at Oxford
The story of how adult education evolved as successive generations of students, from 1878 to the present day.