If you’re interested in economics or business, chances are that you’ve seen the phrase Financial Services floating around a lot. But what actually are they? We’ve put together a...
Brexit: The Student Guide
If you’ve ever found yourself wondering what on earth a Brexit is, or been left frustrated by news articles that assume an existing level of knowledge on the subject, then this...
Preparing Students for Future Jobs
A few generations ago, going with the flow was enough. Most people in modernised society lived in nuclear families where a single income sufficed to buy a home, educate the...
[Archive] Christmas Break In Oxford: Top 5 Things To Do
Home to Harry Potter and J. R. R. Tolkien, Oxford is a truly magical place to live, study and visit. And when the undergraduates from Oxford University's 39 colleges go home for...
Productive Summer Activities for High School Students
Your final summer of high school is the perfect time to boost your CV and to cram your college and university applications with evidence of your commitment to extracurricular...
An Introduction to Punting
While a summer school in Oxford offers no shortage of academic opportunities, it’s also a time for students to experience the city through a variety of engaging extracurricular...
Mooting & Advocacy Skills: A Complete Guide
Advocacy is the skill of persuading other people to agree with your point of view. If you want to become a lawyer, you need to become a skilled advocate. Not only is advocacy...
Creative Writing Tips
Some people will tell you that creative writing can’t be taught and that there are no hard and fast rules for success, and to an extent this is true: you need a little bit of...
Alumni Blog: The Bridge Between Dinosaurs and Birds
What happens when you go to the National History Museum as a Creative Writing student? You take the surrounding fossils and make them come alive on the page. Sometimes through...
Alumni Blog: What Is Science Journalism?
The ‘hows’ and the ‘whys’ of life and the universe are things that fascinate me to my core. They are the questions that leave me lost in thought, hunting for answers. A career in...
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