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In an ideal situation, you’d have all the time in the world to write a great essay, but sadly it doesn’t always work out that way. There will always be times when you’re required to write an essay uncomfortably quickly, whether because of a tight deadline imposed by a teacher, or because you’ve been so...

Combining a job with further study can have a lot of advantages. The most obvious is that if your funding, loan or grant doesn’t stretch as far as you’d like, a job – even if it’s only a handful of hours a week – helps to pay the bills and might even give you some...

English is often cited as one of the hardest languages to learn, and one of the aspects that gives it this reputation for being tricky is its spellings. English spellings are full of contradictions and exceptions, meaning that it’s sometimes difficult to apply logic when you’re unsure how a word should be spelled. For example...

There are no end of myths circulating about British law. Some myths are actively harmful – for instance, the idea that there is such a thing as ‘common-law marriage’ in British law has left some unmarried but cohabiting couples in financial difficulties. Others are just a bit silly, such as the notion that it’s illegal...

Here at Oxford Royale Summer Schools, we’re immensely proud of the fact that students come from all over the world to study with us. This year, we’re expecting the number of different student nationalities to top 100, with students coming to us from as far afield as Angola, Azerbaijan, Nepal and even the British Indian...

Being a student at the University of Oxford is the launchpad for an incredible range of careers. Oxford alumni seem to find success in almost every walk of life. No fewer than 12 Christian saints attended Oxford (how many universities can make that boast?), as did one antipope. 5 of the British Museum’s Principal Libraries...

Writing a personal statement is never an easy thing to do, but some students fall so spectacularly short of the mark that their efforts can be a lesson to us all. Sometimes the easiest way to figure out how to write a personal statement is to look at someone else’s efforts and see how not...

Britain’s ancient history is written all over the landscape. The ancient history of Britain comes in two parts. The first part is prehistoric Britain, between the arrival of the first humans on what is now Britain (about 42,000 years ago) and the start of recorded history with the arrival of the Romans in 43 AD...

As if you didn’t already have enough to think about when you’re at school, it’s the time when bright, forward-thinking students start to lay the foundations for a successful career. There are many ways of doing this, but the one we’re going to concentrate on today is the internship, or work placement. There are many ...