Our Approach
We combine our exceptional experience as educationalists, with an outstanding learning environment, to create a uniquely engaging intellectual experience for our students. Any young person considering studying a humanities subject at university will benefit from our summer retreats.
Expertise
All of our summer retreat tutors are research-active subject experts, currently teaching in leading UK universities. They provide opportunities for students to engage deeply with texts in supportive, university-style seminars, on each of our summer retreats. Our tutors receive additional pedagogical training and support prior to each retreat, to ensure that they are fully equipped to provide an outstanding educational experience for our students. Our guest speakers are world-leading academics or thought-leaders in their subject areas.
Our founder has decades of experience teaching and as an educational leader in the state and independent sectors in the UK, in UK universities, and at prestigious summer schools. Logos Retreats exists to utilise this experience, and the expertise of our tutors, to help young people develop a passion and skillset for life-long learning.
Preparation
Choosing to study a humanities subject at university is a big step. The texts, ideas and concepts students will engage with in their undergraduate studies are both thrilling and intellectually challenging. Our summer retreats give students the opportunity to experience both the content and style of learning that they will experience at university, in an intellectually stimulating environment, with like-minded peers. The texts and ideas on each of our retreats are curated with university study in mind, and will give our students a great foundation for their undergraduate studies and beyond. Students will learn not only how to approach these texts and ideas, but how to communicate their own ideas effectively with their tutors, peers and the public.
Space
The world today is a busy and confusing place. Algorithms on social media are constantly competing for our attention. Political divisions are deepening. It is difficult to know which sources of information are trustworthy and impartial, and which are attempting to mislead us. Our summer retreats create the space and time for deep thought and critical engagement with big ideas, in a distraction-free academic environment. We provide a rare opportunity to unplug and give your attention fully to some of the texts, ideas and concepts that have shaped the world we find ourselves in today.
Our founder
Our founder and director, Adam Atkins, has launched Logos Retreats to share his passion and expertise for engaging with the big ideas that shape our world. His decades of experience leading in both education and the third sector, alongside his more recent academic work, have culminated in the creation of these unique experiences for young people.
Adam has taught and led in the state and independent sectors in the UK, from Years 5-13. He has postgraduate qualifications in education and education policy, an MA in Classics and Ancient History, and is currently completing a PhD, and teaching in the classics and politics departments at a leading UK university.
Over the coming months, we will be launching similar experiences for adults, alongside other products that complement our retreats. Our vision involves the creation of space, time and resources to facilitate deep and sustained engagement with these ‘big ideas’ at all levels of society.
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