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Our 2024 Guide to the Best Science Co-Curricular Activities
Oxford Medical student, Rhea, discusses the benefits of exploring the advancing, fascinating world of science, alongside and beyond the science curricular syllabus through a range of scientific journals, books and magazines.
Why Expose Students to Current Affairs? What’s Going on in the World in 2024
As we enter into an increasingly compartmentalised approach to education, introducing children to current affairs has never been more vital. To engage with current affairs in our modern era allows a student to become well-informed and broadens their perspectives, developing their critical and analytical thinking skills as well as teaching them the value of free expression of opinion and the importance of debate.
Bridging the Gap: Moving on from Young Adult Fiction to Adult and Classical Novels: Our Guide to Reading
Many able kids continue to read young adult and teen fiction despite its simple level that doesn’t progress much despite the age range being 13-18. Rosie (Cambridge English student) gives book suggestions for teenagers that bridge the gap between YA and adult or classical novels. Check out her excellent recommendations categorised by genre, including fantastic dystopian, romance, coming-of-age and mystery novels.
The Oxford Humanity Graduate’s Guide to Super-Curriculum Learning: Our 2024 Guide
If you want to apply to Oxbridge or any other high ranking university, it’s incredibly important to read around your chosen subject. Oxford graduate, Ellen, guides you through the kind of research you should be doing to demonstrate a passion and commitment to learning, enhance your personal statement and allow you to dazzle at interview.
Oxbridge vs Ivy League: Can you Do Both? Our 2024 Guide to Success
In their penultimate school year, many students find themselves considering an application to Oxbridge as well as the Ivy League universities in America. With Oxford and Cambridge ranked No. 1 and 2 in the world by Times Higher Education and Ivy Leagues’ Stanford, MIT, CIT, Harvard, Princeton and Yale, directly behind, it’s not hard to see why it is a difficult choice for high performing students. But is it possible to do both?
A-Level Choices - Why You Should Choose a Mathematical Subject and How to Revise Effectively
Wondering whether to study a mathematic subject over a humanity for A Level or IB? Sanjay (1st Class BA physics graduate & Master's in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics with a Distinction, University of Oxford) gives his view on the pros of mathematical study & essential study skills including how to revise for exams in sciences and maths.
Top Tips for Preparing an Oxbridge Medicine Application in 2024
“At one of my interviews I was presented with an MRI scan and asked to describe what I saw. At the other, I was asked to describe a scientific experiment.” Read on to find out Síle’s top tips for preparing a medicine application to Oxbridge, including personal statement advice, work experience suggestions and interview questions!
Dahl Dependency & How to Avoid It: Reading Tips For Students
Roald Dahl is a well-loved children’s author whose books have excited children and captured their imaginations for decades. There is nothing wrong with teachers and parents endorsing and celebrating the authors, like Dahl, who they read and loved themselves as children. The problem arises when this cycle limits the repertoire of children’s literature that we are exposing our children to. There is a huge diversity of talented authors out there and we are doing a disservice to our children not to introduce them to a whole range of stories.
Learning English as a Foreign Language
Learning English as a foreign language can be a daunting task. Students from different nationalities often face difficulties caused by the disparity between their native language and English. Students looking to study in Britain face the IELTS or equivalent examinations, testing their ability to listen, read and speak English confidently and independently. Having the right teacher, a specialist in not just teaching English, but teaching English as a foreign language, can be crucial to a student's language development.
How to Dazzle at Your Top Russel Group or Oxbridge Interview
Interviews can seem scary and hard to prepare for as you never quite know what to expect. However, they are extremely important, with many selections for school and university applications made almost entirely on interview performance alone. Luckily, there are a number of things you can do during the interview and in preparation that can really help you stand out. Check out Poppy, Oxford Psychology graduate and DPhil researcher’s top sips for success.
To IB or Not To IB, That is the Question
Many students and their parents are faced with the question of whether or not to choose the International Baccalaureate, as opposed to A Levels or Pre-U exams. Yet many students and parents remain unsure about what exactly the programme entails, or how to prepare for it. As a graduate of the IB, Oxbridge English graduate and Godolphin & Latymer School alumnus, Emma, debunks some myths about the system.
Why the Next Generation Needs to Learn to Code, and How to Get Started
Many people think that coding is an impossible skill to learn, or that it’s something best left to geeky geniuses. This is just a myth. Anyone can learn to code, and indeed, more people should learn to code. Keep reading to find out the 5 top benefits of learning to code, and the 3 easiest ways to get started.
How Learning a New Language Can Boost Cognitive Intelligence
Despite a decline in language entries at UK schools, building research shows language learning is increasingly important and cognitively beneficial in today’s increasingly global society. Read on to discover some of the numerous cognitive benefits of languages to students’ creativity, confidence and communication.