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  • Oxbridge Interview Questions: Modern Languages
    28th November 2011

    How do you ace an Oxbridge Interview? This week, our Real Oxbridge Interview Questions series looks at modern languages. We take a genuine modern languages interview question and explore ways to answer it successfully.

  • Willetts Defends Tuition Fees
    22nd November 2011

    As the tuition fees furore rages on and early figures indicate plunging numbers of university applicants, David Willetts has given an interview desperately attempting to defend his tuition fees policy. The results are far from convincing.

  • Real Oxbridge Interview Questions Answered: Medicine
    18th November 2011

    This week’s Real Oxbridge Interview Questions Answered blog takes on one of the most feared interviews of all: medicine. Discover what an Oxbridge medicine admissions tutor is really looking for and how to deliver it through the interview, with a genuine Oxford University interview question as an example.

  • Top Universities Ranked by Profession
    15th November 2011

    A new league table reveals the best UK universities for studying vocational subjects that lead to particular professions. The resulting rankings hold several surprises, considerably shaking up the ‘usual list’ of top UK universities.

  • Real Oxbridge Interview Questions Answered: History
    11th November 2011

    This week our Real Oxbridge Interview Questions blog turns to history, one of the most popularly studied subjects at university. The genuine interview question from Oxford University reveals some surprising truths about what the interviewer is really looking for…

  • Tuition Fees Protesters Face Rubber Bullets
    08th November 2011

    Police have revealed that the potential use of rubber bullets has been approved against those marching in the protest against rising tuition fees this Wednesday. The move, which could be said to implicitly criminalise the legitimate act of protest and suggest that students and young people are more likely to be violent than adult protesters, has outraged politicians and human rights groups.

  • Real Oxbridge Interview Questions Answered: Engineering
    04th November 2011

    Ever wanted to know how to approach a question in an Oxbridge interview? Nervous about the ‘scary’ Oxbridge interview process? Wish you could see some examples of actual past Oxbridge interview questions? You’ve come to the right place! This week: Engineering.

  • UCAS ‘Favours Rich Kids’
    01st November 2011

    UCAS, the university applications body, has published the results of a report into the whole university applications process, which suggests that the current system may allow unfair advantages to pupils from private schools and privileged backgrounds. It has recommended a comprehensive overhaul of the system, including a move for university places to be allocated after A-level grades have been awarded.