Art History Link-Up
What: HPQ Introduction to Art History
Who: State School students in Y 9 and 10
When: Term-time Sundays: 27th April – 6th July 2025 (excluding 1st June) . 10.30am-1pm.
Delivery: AHLU courses will be based at The Courtauld Institute, Somerset House, The Strand, WC2R 0RN. Courses can also be taken by students from anywhere across the UK – hybrid options can be attended in person in a dedicated teaching space, or online.
Applications: Applications for this programme close at 5pm on Sunday 13th April 2025
Benefits of the Course:
- Learn about art from across history with a different theme each week, ranging from gender to ethnicity.
- Exciting and dynamic activities, including curating your own gallery.
- The opportunity to achieve either a Higher Project Qualification or a Foundation Project Qualification with Pearson Edexcel.
- Completely free of charge including exam entry.
- Taught at the renowned institution for art history – the Courtauld at Somerset House using their world-class and extensive art collection
- Snacks!
What: Free fast-track Art History Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) & A level courses.
Who: State sixth form/college students
When: Saturdays during term-time in the 2024-25 academic year. The term runs from the 28th of September 2024 to the 5th of July 2025. The courses are taught by a team of subject experts in 2.5 hour sessions (morning or afternoon slots).
Support: AHLU offers students weekly online homework clubs and individual EPQ and study support from AHLU’s Student Officer plus individually assigned specialist mentors from across the sector. We also offer our students support with university applications, access to work experience, information about careers in the arts, and membership of our alumni organisation.
Delivery: AHLU courses will be based at The Courtauld Institute, Somerset House, The Strand, WC2R 0RN. Courses can also be taken by students from anywhere across the UK – hybrid options can be attended in person in a dedicated teaching space, or online.
Applications: Applications for this programme are now closed.
We offer two separate Saturday sessions—morning and afternoon—based around The Courtauld Gallery’s famous collection, which you will be able to study first-hand.
The morning A level modules will cover “Nature in Art and Architecture” and “Power and Persuasion: the Baroque in Catholic Europe 1597-1685”; the separate afternoon course will explore “Identities in Art and Architecture” and “Rebellion and revival: the British and French Avant-Garde (1848–99)”. Both classes will explore visual analysis and wider issues around Art History.
The subject offers a unique perspective and approach to history, culture, critical thinking and more. All places are offered at no charge to state-maintained sector sixth form students, with priority given to candidates from a widening participation background, and to those with aptitude and ability for the course.
Please note the course is now run at The Courtauld Gallery
Student Feedback
“Art History and AHLU has benefitted me inside and outside the classroom. Not only has the subject reignited my passion and love for art, it has also illustrated to me the impact of art onour society. As for AHLU, they have provided me with opportunities and skills that have rounded me as a person and broadened my horizons: filling in that application form two years ago was hands down the best decision I have ever made in my life!”
“It is so refreshing that we are not taught with the sole purpose of doing well in an exam but because there is a shared interest and enthusiasm for Art History. It doesn’t feel like going to school on Saturdays: it is actually fun!”
“I don’t think I have enjoyed anything as much ever – it turned out to be a combination of all my passions and interest – art, ancient history and just learning!”
To learn more visit the AHLU’s website.
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