Oxford from the Inside

Quickfire Questions: Today, Ellis is joined by David to hear about what he gets up to as a final year Biochemistry student. 

In today’s episode Siam talks with Arthur about what it’s like studying Ancient and Modern History at Oxford. How is AMH different to straight History? How has historiography changed from the ancient times to the present day? What different modules do Oxford offer in AMH? Stay tuned to find out!!

On today's episode Siam talks with President Clare all about Oxford Uni's Tea Appreciation Society. How much is there to tea? Can you appreciate tea in a similar culture to wine tasting? What are the socials like besides drinking various types of tea? How many types of tea did you say? We have it all here!!

In our latest episode Siam talks with Abbie discussing all the different ways you can go and find your interests in English. We not only talk about the many novels, poetry, plays and literary theory you can look into to find your interests but we also discuss the what particular historical periods, particular texts and particular ideas one can look into on their search for what intrigues them. Along the way, Abbie constantly gives us her opinion on what she finds interesting whilst pointing the viewers to plenty of other directions of interesting topics. What more can you want!

In our latest episode Siam talks with Sophia and Maddie about their experiences of studying Environmental Change and Management. How is the degree structured? What topics/discourses are there available to study in the course? How much flexibility is there? Stay tuned to find out!!

Check out our latest episode where Abbie talks to Jade (2nd year, History) about what she did to find and develop her interest in History. Should you have a unique interest? What can a student do to prepare for history interviews? What opportunities are there to delve deeper into your topic of choice in Oxford's history degree? Find your answers here!

In our latest episode, Megan is joined by Adam to talk about Oxford Jewish Society (Oxford JSoc). How does Oxford JSoc support Jewish students in Oxford? What is Jewbilation? How can you join in with Friday Night Dinner? Tune in for all this and much, much more! 

Oxford JSoc Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OxfordJsoc

You can contact the Chaplains by emailing [email protected]

Contact the JSoc president by emailing [email protected]

JSoc also has a meals officer, who supports students and colleges in catering kosher meals!

Timestamps:

0:37 - What is JSoc and what is your role?

4:32 - Are events run outside of term?

5:45 - Who can come to the events?

7:00 - How have you been supporting people who can't celebrate holidays with their families?

9:45 - What other pastoral support does the society provide?

11:00 - What do the committee do?

14:00 - What other socials do JSoc run?

17:26 - What is your favourite part of JSoc?

18:26 - Do you advocate for change in the wider university?

20:33 - How can people get involved?

Check our latest episode where Abbie interviews Ama and Khush (Oxford) and Akshar and András (Cambridge) about the amazing charity Insight Outreach! Are you passionate about Oxbridge outreach? Would you like to mentor prospective students? Would you like a mentor during your Oxbridge application?.... Then this is the episode for you!🌟

In our latest episode Laurel talks to Laura about the University's access programme and residential scheme, targeting students from state school & lower income backgrounds to help them gain the confidence to apply to Oxbridge. How do I apply? What support is available to me? What is the 'UNIQ feeling'? All this and more, tune in!

Find more information about UNIQ here: https://www.uniq.ox.ac.uk/

Timestamps:

01.48 Laura's Oxford Journey 

03.18 What exactly is UNIQ? 

04.34 How did UNIQ shape your university/life experiences? 

06.04 What does a UNIQ week look like? (Residential and Digital)

10.30 Favourite thing about UNIQ? (and Emma Smith's Favourite Shakespeare??)

12.23 The Application Process for UNIQ

15.08 Other Summer Schools for various Universities

17.04 'The UNIQ Feeling'

17.21 Top Tips for making the most of Summer Schools 

19.13 Best piece of advice for Oxbridge Applicants

In this episode, Junaid is joined by fellow 3rd year medic Ayman, as they chat all about what studying pre-clinical Medicine is like at Oxford! Oxford's traditional Medicine course is split into three years of pre-clinical studies followed by three years of clinical studies, and in this episode we cover those first three years, from how the course is taught, to exams and everything in between - as well as featuring answers to questions sent in by our listeners!

We hope this episode will be useful for anyone thinking of studying Medicine at Oxford, and looking for a balanced insight into the course - what works, what might not work as well and our opinions on what makes the course unique. As always, we're here with the good, the bad, but always the truth.