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3 Top Tips to Make Your Internship Application Stand Out
There's no two ways about it: internship applications are hard. All the refining and editing will be worth it when you...
Why You Should Be a Scientific Researcher
There is a teapot flying around the moon, too small to be seen by any modern telescope. Much closer to us, there are...
How to Use Apps to Stay Organised and Productive When Studying Online
Whether you’re considering attending our Oxford online summer school, or just wondering how to best manage your time and study productively, using apps can help boost motivation, direct focus and achieve academic success. It may seem contradictory to encourage you to...
Keeping Up With Campus: Why Student Newspapers Are Essential to University Life
Whether you’re a keen student journalist yourself, or just looking to learn more about student culture at the universities you’re planning to apply to, student newspapers are the place to go. We break down the benefits you’ll get if you become a student journalist at...
5 Benefits Exclusive to Online Learning
Since the start of the pandemic, schools, universities, and workplaces have increasingly moved online, learning to adapt to new ways of working and teaching. The loss of face-to-face interaction has brought some challenges and hurdles, but there is also much to be...
Why You Should Attend Conferences for the Subject You Want to Study at University
Making choices can be extremely tricky. Everything from picking your morning Starbucks order to deciding the subject(s) you want to study at university can cause stress and uncertainty. This is shown very clearly by the fact less than half of recent graduates believe...
How to Make Connections and Network Online as a Student
Whichever subject you want to study at university or career path you want to pursue, networking is one of the best ways you can increase the depth of your knowledge and prepare for your future success. With everything moved online, from regular classes to...
The Perks of Doing a Virtual Internship in the New Normal
Virtual internships were gaining in popularity even before many offices moved online during the pandemic. The array of options might seem daunting, but they are fantastic opportunities for any student looking for work experience. Oxford Scholastica currently runs...
Being an International Student in 2021
One of our Oxford Scholastica Content interns wrote this blog about her experience as a first year international student studying at Oxford in 2020/21. I’m Nayah, and I’m a first year international student from Norway studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at...
Dealing With Culture Shock As an International Student
One of our wonderful Oxford Scholastica content interns wrote this article about their experience with culture shock when they started at Oxford University as an international student. We hope you find it useful! All students starting university can sometimes feel...
Why We Need Sleep to Be Fully Awake: Wellbeing, Studying and Productivity
Studying for exams is always difficult, but it can seem even harder with complicated topics and long night shifts sitting at your desk ahead of the big day. Wouldn’t it be great to have a superpower that made studying easy? As it turns out, we might all have...
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