Podcasts about key stage 5

This episode considers how we can work with key stage 4 students, both academically and pastorally, to prepare them for the step-up to post-16 study. Our experts discuss why this transition point is so vital and the key challenges post-16 students often face. We consider: How we can help students to handle the increased independence of post-16 study, including study and research skills, time-management, self-organisation, and the increased difficulty of the curriculum? When should this preparatory work begin? What is role of FE/sixth form colleges in supporting schools? What does good careers guidance look like?

Professor Tiffany Stern of University College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes why we should still study Elizabethan Theatre.

Dr Nicholas Perkins of St Hugh's College, Oxford, discusses his current research and proposes why we should still study medieval romance.

Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst of Magdalen College, Oxford, discusses his current research and proposes why we should still study Dickens.

Dr Emma Smith of Hertford College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes why we should still study Shakespeare.

Dr Laura Ashe of Worcester College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes why we should still study Chaucer.

Professor Elleke Boehmer of Wolfson College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes why we should study Postcolonial writers such as Achebe.

Professor Ros Ballaster of Mansfield College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes we should still study Samuel Johnson.

Dr Sally Bayley presents an illuminating reading of Emily Dickinson's 'I started early, took my dog'. In her reading, she seeks out allusions to Shakespearean plays including Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice. She then answers questions about the poem.