Wolsey Hall, Oxford
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| Established | 1894 |
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| Type | Distance Education |
| Principal | Lee Wilcock BA (Hons) |
| Founder | Joseph William Knipe |
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Midland House, West Way Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 0PH England |
| Website | www |
Founded in 1894, Wolsey Hall Oxford is one of the longest established homeschooling colleges in the world . Based in Oxford, England, Wolsey Hall Oxford provides home study courses in a range of academic subjects to students in more than 60 countries.
The College accepts children being schooled at home and mature students of all ages. These students access the course curricula via a web-based learning system and are supported by online tutors.
Wolsey Hall Oxford courses include Primary (Key Stage 2), Secondary Pre-IGCSE (Key Stage 3), IGCSE and A Level across a broad range of subjects. The IGCSE and A Level courses predominantly prepare students for the Cambridge International exam syllabi. The CIE qualifications are recognised for admission by top Universities around the world including Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Stanford.
The IGCSE subjects offered number 18, including English, Maths, single subject and combined sciences, modern foreign languages, Latin, as well as the Humanities, Business Studies, and Accounting.
A level subjects covered include English, Maths, Biology, Physics, Economics, History, and Law.
Wolsey Hall Oxford is a virtual college with no walls. Instead, a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is the repository for all course resources including assignments and assignment submissions. The VLE is also used as a means for students to communicate between themselves via the use of discussion forums and conferencing.
The VLE is supplemented with regular one-to-one tutor contact via skype and email and support from Student Support Managers.
Wolsey Hall Oxford was founded in 1894 by Joseph William Knipe. At his teachers' college, he took such excellent lecture notes that the other students asked him to make copies for them. After graduating from college he decided that there might be some interesting teaching possibilities by combining first class lecture notes with an emerging nineteenth century new technology - "The Penny Post". In its first year Wolsey Hall Oxford had just 6 students.
In 1942, Wolsey Hall Oxford was appointed by the War Office to provide Courses for the forces and as such during the remaining war years was a key supplier of courses to members of the British Armed Services. A typical month in the Army would alternate between serious action and long stretches with little going on. Many servicemen and women used these quiet times to educate themselves for life back in "civvies" after the war ended.
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