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See a selection of our sample undergraduate interview questions
Credit: Hu Chen on Unsplash

Is someone who risks their own life in extreme sports a hero or a fool?
Find more sample questions in our guidance for undergraduate interviews (this question is from Theology and Religion)
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Explore the Academic Futures series of scholarship programmes for students from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds
Credit: Phil Brooks

Academic Futures postgraduate scholarships for 2023-24
Explore the Academic Futures series of scholarship programmes for students from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds
Five interviewees on the cancer podcast
The Maths + Cancer podcast will feature (from left) Dr Vicky Neale, Professor Philip Maini, Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, Dr Tom Whyntie and Professor Hannah Fry

Maths + Cancer Podcast
Explore how maths and stats help with cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment in our new podcast series

News

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Professor Bonsall leads the Mathematical Ecology Group in Oxford’s Department of Biology and could easily appear in a recruitment video – for Biology

It's Biology's time now
The enthusiastically scary Professor Mike Bonsall talks aliens, bio-threats and cool science

Events

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02Dec

Mansfieldmas: An Evening of Words and Music

Mansfield College
06Dec

On Hobbits and Hominins

Museum of Natural History

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Three graduate students

Empowered by scholarship
Meet the Oxford students shaping the future of humanities
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Oxford receives funding to develop innovative VR treatment for needle phobia
Thanks to generous support from the Beryl Alexander Charity
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Christmas Crafternoon
11 Dec, Weston Library, a free event to celebrate ‘Crease-mas’
Indian woman in market

Oxford Department of International Development Blog
What’s holding young women in India back?
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How can a simulation help treat kidney stones?
We ask applied mathematician Sophie Abrahams about mathematical modelling
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Make a Star - Save the Planet
10 Dec, History of Science Museum, free from 1 pm
Two skulls

Oxford in The Conversation
Cyborgs v 'holdout humans': what the world might be like if our species survives for a million years
Madeleines on a napkin

The OUP blog
Big, wonderful, difficult questions (and answers) about life in Proust
pile of books

Off the shelf: Nov 2022
This month, a classic spy yarn, a chilling thriller, some sparkling travel writing and a magisterial analysis of the Pope and the Jews in World War Two
podcast Middle East book talk

Featured podcast
The making of the modern Middle East
clay modelling

Aardman Family Workshop at the Ashmolean
Book now for this amazing workshop on 11 Dec
Oxplore gender

Oxplore: the Home of Big Questions
Explore the University’s innovative website for 11-18 year olds
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University response to the invasion of Ukraine
Information, advice and support for staff and students impacted
Applying for a master's degree

Applying for a master's at Oxford

Find out more about the experience of applying for and starting a master’s at Oxford, direct from our students

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