Student news

Learning how to listen

Lion: "Peer Support training is an extensive course provided by the Student Welfare and Support Services, teaching you a lot of invaluable interpersonal skills, most importantly active listening and offering a safe space for your conversation partner to talk about anything that concerns them.

We can now confirm that if your exam is on this list and your course has already been given permission to return for in-person teaching, your exam will take place in-person (unless there are any changes to the Government’s plans for easing restrictions). 

You may find it helpful to learn to adapt your approach, thinking and behaviours in ways that can reduce the impact of uncertainty and make you feel more positive about the future.

Togetherall has a range of self-help courses (login required) to help you feel more in control of your emotional health, and the managing stress and worry course guides you through your lifestyle, sleep, schedules and forward planning.

This includes the telephone booking helpline. If you are in Oxford during this period of closure and develop symptoms, you should book a free NHS test.

Whether you're at home or in Oxford over the vacation, there's help, welfare and wellbeing support available to you throughout this time. Our guide of support lists everything in one place to help you choose which support service might work best for you. Everything in our guide is free to access and available to all students. If you're in Oxford, your college welfare team may be offering additional services. You can read the latest advice on the student coronavirus homepage.  

Undergraduate students

Why should I join?

Jari Morganti, a second year Experimental Psychology student at Corpus Christi College, says: "OUAS is the perfect society for anyone interested in flying, adventure or leadership. We offer a range of activities that will suit anyone. In recent years we have organised scuba diving, climbing, canoeing, gliding, and we teach members to fly year-round. Although I do want to join the RAF, there is absolutely no commitment to do so, and the majority of students don’t. My highlight has to be flying.

Celebrating Oxford's LGBT+ alumni

Oscar Wilde, Magdalen College 1874-1878

Irish Playwright and Poet Oscar Wilde studied at Magdalen College, Oxford from 1874 until 1878 where he read Classics. With long hair and flamboyant dress he later became known for his role within the aesthetic and decadent movements. Upon graduating he wrote to a friend “The dons are 'astonied' beyond words – the Bad Boy doing so well in the end!”.

The journey so far

Anne-Marie Imafidon’s inspiring story started in London; both her parents migrated to the UK from Nigeria - neither of them are mathematicians.

From Oxford to Seoul

"I left Oxford back in March 2020, when things were looking much worse for England than Seoul. I’d already decided to take a year off before the term ended, so my scheduled return to Oxford was January 4th, 2021; the start of Hilary term with extra time for quarantine.