What are EtonX Summer School courses?
Summer 2020 will be like no other and international travel may not be on the agenda this year. But you don’t have to miss out on the opportunity to broaden your horizons. EtonX courses delivered in our Virtual Classroom allow teenagers to continue interacting online, in small groups, and collaborate on tasks together.
So why not use your summer constructively and gain an extra qualification? Stay connected, stay international and get the best of a British summer school online with EtonX.
EtonX, from Eton College, provides online future skills courses to students aged 14-20 and our courses enhance academic performance today and prepare students for a successful future in sixth form, at university and in the workplace.
Our courses are 100% online and take place in our virtual classroom led by an EtonX tutor.
Two weeks duration
7 live, online classes
EtonX certificate
1 hour of self-study per day
Groups of up to 8 students
Course features
All EtonX online courses are packed full of engaging learning materials, with a personal action plan and a knowledge test for each learner. Students learn from each other as well as from their tutor, participating in a range of role-play and discussion tasks in the virtual classroom and collaborating on peer learning tasks between classes.
Designed by Eton College experts
Personal action plan
Interactive tasks, videos & quizzes
Knowledge test
Critical Thinking Course
Boost your academic success with analytical and logical thinking skills with our Critical Thinking course. You will learn to question ideas and findings by identifying faulty reasoning and poor arguments and understand the world better.
Final course starts: Monday 17th August
Class time: 10am UK. Click here to find your time zone or contact us if your timezone is not displayed.
Applications for the final course close at 12pm on Friday 14th August.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Use logic to make and analyse an argument
- Identify bad arguments and faulty reasoning
- Evaluate the evidence, data or statistics used to support an argument
- Identify whether emotions, bias or prejudice have influenced reasoning
- Apply a range of critical thinking techniques to arguments in different contexts
Creative Problem Solving Course
Our Creative Problem Solving course will help you to come up with many innovative ideas, to craft those ideas and apply them in your own life. You will also develop your skills in creative expression, both verbally and visually and learn how to see problems from different perspectives.
Final course starts: Monday 17th August
Class time: 12pm UK. Click here to find your time zone or contact us if your timezone is not displayed.
Applications for the final course close at 12pm on Friday 14th August.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Develop curiosity for creative problem-solving
- Generate lots of ideas
- Be playful with your ideas
- Refine and develop your ideas
- Take risks and learn from mistakes
- Persist with creative ideas
- Develop your visual and verbal creativity
- Be brave enough to share your creative ideas
Entrepreneurship Course
Our Entrepreneurship course helps you to generate, develop and refine your business ideas and will give you the confidence to start pitching your vision to others. Maximise your chances of founding a successful business by learning how to identify opportunities and how to use agile business principles used in start-up businesses and large corporations.
Final course starts: Monday 17th August
Class time: 1pm UK. Click here to find your time zone or contact us if your timezone is not displayed.
Applications for the final course close at 12pm on Friday 14th August.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Think and act like a successful entrepreneur
- Identify problems and opportunities
- Generate ideas that solve problems and/or have an impact
- Test and validate your ideas and assumptions
- Refine and iterate on an idea or solution
- Pitch your idea to others
Making an Impact Course
Get your ideas and opinions heard and develop influencing skills to increase your leadership capabilities with our Making an Impact course. Become more assertive and learn how to influence others.
Final course starts: Monday 17th August
Class time: 9am UK. Click here to find your time zone or contact us if your timezone is not displayed.
Applications for the final course close at 12pm on Friday 14th August.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Communicate your opinions clearly and confidently
- Ask for what you want and say ‘no’ politely
- Moderate your body language and tone of voice to make the right impression
- Ask better questions and summarise what you hear
- Build trust and empathise with others
- Understand and implement different techniques to influence and persuade others
Public Speaking Course
This course will help you work on your delivery, for speeches and presentations. You will improve your ability to speak in all kinds of contexts, from formal speeches in front of an audience to informal presentations in class. We help you to make preparing and delivering a speech a smooth process with our techniques for planning and memorising your speech like a pro.
Next course starts: Final start date has passed
Class time: 12pm UK. Click here to find your time zone or contact us if your timezone is not displayed.
Applications for the final course have already closed.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Overcome your nerves and anxiety
- Deal with difficult questions and interruptions
- Engage your audience
- Moderate your volume, pitch and tone for maximum impact
- Highlight key points with pausing, pacing and signposting
- Deliver your talks without a script
Research Skills Course
This course develops your ability to conduct independent research that goes far beyond your textbooks or basic internet searches. You will learn research techniques to help you plan and organise your research for essays and other projects. This course will increase your academic confidence by tackling more complex tasks with new reading strategies and help you structure the research process. You will learn about tools and techniques to save you time and how to evaluate and reference your sources correctly.
Next course starts: Final start date has passed
Class time: 1pm UK. Click here to find your time zone or contact us if your timezone is not displayed.
Applications for the final course have already closed.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Manage your research time in the most efficient way
- Use tools and techniques to organise your research
- Search more deeply for a wide range of sources
- Evaluate sources for credibility
- Use reading strategies to tackle complex texts
- Draw your own conclusions based on research
- Share your findings in a clear and convincing way
Verbal Communication Course
Our Verbal Communication course will help you to minimise stress and misunderstanding when interacting with others and to approach different types of conversation with confidence. You’ll learn how to interact more effectively with the people around you and be comfortable handling difficult questions and situations.
Last course starts: Monday 17th August
Class time: 11am UK. Click here to find your time zone or contact us if your timezone is not displayed.
Applications for the final course close at 12pm on Friday 14th August.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Identify your communication strengths and weaknesses
- Interact confidently and build rapport
- Engage others by speaking clearly and expressively
- Structure your message concisely
- Handle difficult conversations
Writing Skills Course
Our Writing Skills course will teach you the techniques you need to help you to produce your best work no matter what the essay question. Break the question down and plan your line of argument with confidence and get off to a flying start. You will learn how to save time with techniques for efficient planning and for writing introductions and conclusions like a pro. Explore your academic writing voice and learn how to express your ideas elegantly and accurately.
Last course starts: Monday 17th August
Class time: 8am UK. Click here to find your time zone or contact us if your timezone is not displayed.
Applications for the final course close at 12pm on Friday 14th August.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Analyse the essay question and define your task
- Techniques for efficient planning
- Create a coherent structure
- Develop an argument and write purposeful introductions and conclusions
- Use appropriate language
- Avoid plagiarism and use reference material appropriately
- Check your essay for accuracy and consistency
Summer course catalogue
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What our students say about EtonX Summer School courses
“The course was so interesting, there was a wide variety of choices to cover many fields, and it is unlike anything available to my friends and I at our school”
Catrin Mackie, United Kingdom, Critical Thinking
“Being able to write a clear and persuasive essay is an ability that is surely useful: I will be able to express myself in a formal and correct way for example in a written part of a job interview!”
Fouad Al Khadra, Kuwait, Writing Skills
“EtonX has helped me become more confident and sure of myself, as a unique individual.”
Wim Ebersohn, Mozambique, Making an Impact