THE COURSE

Catalyst is designed to get students thinking on their feet. It is fast-paced, engaging and fun.  

The morning curriculum is a classroom-based, academic programme, delivered in cohorts of up to 12 students over three-and-a-half hours (including two short breaks), and alternating between the practical and cerebral. Each day’s lessons are based around a specific theme, such as ‘Migration’ or ‘Law and Order’, that might draw in a number of different subjects – geography, politics, engineering, technology, media – but in a context that is useful to all disciplines. The theme is explored from a variety of angles in interactive ways, through games, debates, writing, reading and speaking, to build communications and critical thinking skills, and always include an element of practical or personal application.