oxbridge Archives - Empoword Journalism https://www.empowordjournalism.com/tag/oxbridge/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Tue, 13 Sep 2022 03:21:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Rulebook of Oxbridge Written Work https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/the-rulebook-of-oxbridge-written-work/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/the-rulebook-of-oxbridge-written-work/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 03:21:29 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=30443 An almost unspoken stage of the Oxbridge process is the submission of written work. Too many students believe it to be of little relevance. With the interview, admissions test and interview, how will a school essay be the grain to tip the balance from rejection to acceptance?

The post The Rulebook of Oxbridge Written Work appeared first on Empoword Journalism.

]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/the-rulebook-of-oxbridge-written-work/feed/ 0 What even is “reading around your subject?” https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/what-even-is-reading-around-your-subject/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/what-even-is-reading-around-your-subject/#respond Mon, 22 Aug 2022 14:22:24 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=29678 The key advice to anyone applying to Oxbridge is to “read around your subject” and to “read into your interests”. Yet, what does this even mean? Where on Earth do you start? Unfortunately, there is no reading recipe that, if followed, will bake the cake of success.

The post What even is “reading around your subject?” appeared first on Empoword Journalism.

]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/what-even-is-reading-around-your-subject/feed/ 0 Acing Admissions Tests https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/acing-admissions-tests/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/acing-admissions-tests/#respond Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:17:42 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=29032 Once the personal statement has been tweaked until you can recite it by rote, it is time to finally submit that UCAS form. Yet unfortunately, this doesn’t signpost the end of the admissions process.

The post Acing Admissions Tests appeared first on Empoword Journalism.

]]> https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/acing-admissions-tests/feed/ 0