
Oxford for East England
At the University of Oxford, we have a long history of working with schools and students from across the East of England. Oxford for East England is a new collaborative approach to improve how the University collaborates with these schools and to encourage more students from the East of England to make successful applications to Oxford and other top UK universities.
Oxford for East England brings together three Oxford colleges with established links in the region: Balliol, Hertford and Wadham. Together, we work with pupils, teachers and families to provide bespoke support where it’s needed - from helping raise attainment to offering professional advice about applying to university - as well as innovative online resources.
The local authorities supported by Oxford for East England are: Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea, Suffolk and Thurrock.
Insight Talks
Although aimed primarily at year 12 and above, passionate KS4 pupils may also find these talks interesting.
All Insight Talks run between 16:30 and 17:30 on the following dates:
Monday 8 January | Insight into: Psychology and the Executive Functions of the Brain |
Wednesday 10 January | Insight Into: Animal sleep and Hibernation |
Wednesday 17 January | Insight Into: Gerontology - Studying Aging and Older Adults, What is it all about and why does it Matter? |
Monday 22nd January | Insight Into Animal Mimicry |
Tuesday 23 January | Insight Into Gender Bias in Science and Medicine |
Wednesday 24 January | Insight Into: Obesity - Causes and Treatment |
Monday 29 January | Insight Into: Flow Cytometry - Applications in Healthcare and other Fields |
Wednesday 31 January | Insight Into: Infectious Diseases - Causes and Treatment |
Wednesday February | Insight into: the Neuroscience of Food and the Sensory Experience |
Wednesday 14 Feb | Insight Into: Traumatic Brain Injury - Causes and Treatment |
Thursday 14 March | Insight Into: Imaging Analysis in Neuroscience |
To sign up for one or more of these talks, please complete this form.
Access Programmes for Year 12 Students
Applications are now open for Balliol College's sustained contact programmes. These are for Year 12 students from UK state schools. The Floreat programme is designed for students who aspire to study a Humanities degree. Frontier is for those interested in Life Sciences. Fibonacci focuses on Mathematics and related fields. All of these programmes are designed to academically challenge those interested in applying to competitive universities.
On Wednesday 18 October 2023, we held an online information evening about these three programmes, starting in 2024. We recorded this and if you are interested in learning more about these programmes, you can find the recording here.
Additional information can be found on the Balliol College website.
The application forms for 2024 are below:
Floreat, application deadline is Sunday 26 November at 5pm.
Frontier, application deadline is Sunday 26 November at 5pm.
Fibonacci, application deadline is Sunday 19 November at 5pm.