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There are around 7,000 languages spoken throughout the world. About 500 of these are seriously endangered; a language dies out, on average, every two weeks. At the same time, new languages are born – Nicaraguan Sign Language, for instance, can be traced back to its origins in 1977, where the first school for deaf children...

You might know that the first women’s colleges at Oxford and Cambridge were founded in the 1860s and 70s, and conclude that there weren’t many educational opportunities for women available before then. It’s certainly the case that the quality of education available for women in the UK has generally been worse than the education available...

The good student strives constantly to achieve a better essay each time they write one. It can be a challenge to find ways to keep improving, but one way of making your essays instantly better is effective editing. Editing your essay before you submit it could mean the difference between a good grade and a ...

While most universities are just academic institutions, some have a secret life moonlighting as movie stars. It’s common to see university architecture, lecture halls or yards as filming locations for some of the most famous movies ever. We wanted to find the most filmed universities in the world. So, hyped up on popcorn and pick...

Tell someone that you love great Victorian novels, and they’re likely to nod in approval. Tell them that you’re a big fan of poetry and they’ll think you’re sophisticated and cultural. Tell them that you adore modern theatre and you’ll sound like an intellectual. But tell them that you love short stories, and you’re in...

Few things express the key role that the University of Oxford has played in the history of the world as well as the sheer number of rulers of countries who have studied there over the centuries. From kings to prime ministers to presidents, the notable and powerful from every continent on Earth (four continents are...

“There are people who embrace the Oxford comma, and people who don’t, and I’ll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken.” So says Lynne Truss, author of the hugely successful punctuation bible “Eats Shoots & Leaves”, in reference to the surprising strength of opinion surrounding the use of the...

There’s clearly something special about the University of Oxford. Let’s take a look at Oxford in the 20th century. 9 of the 19 Prime Ministers Britain had in the 20th century studied at Oxford; the second most popular higher education option with British Prime Ministers was not Cambridge, but ‘none’. It’s seventh in the world ...

Many of us learn English primarily for work purposes, and yet business English doesn’t often feature in school curricula. You’ll probably have studied English poetry, novels, and perhaps even a play or two (Shakespeare is likely to feature).