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Monday, December 10, 2007

Setting the tone for Law interviews

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One of the aspects of the interview that many applicants comment on after the event is how quickly the time passes. With usually between 20 ...
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Friday, December 07, 2007

(Harris) Manchester United? Meeting the student runners at a special college

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Standing in the Junior Common Room at Harris Manchester College waiting for the student runners I was scheduled to interview, I was struck b...
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Thursday, December 06, 2007

A literary conundrum - making 5 out of 27

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How do you decide between twenty seven interview candidates who, on paper, all appear to have the same level of academic attainment and pote...
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

The Opium of the Masses? Theology at Oxford

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In 1193, Alexander Neckham from St Albans gave a series of biblical and moral lectures in Oxford. It only took until 1423 to begin construct...
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Return of the Oxblogster (for two weeks)

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After a year of inactivity on the blog, and with the interview period upon us again at Oxford, it seemed appropriate to reactivate the Oxblo...
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Friday, February 09, 2007

Oxford's Tardis

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Walking around Oxford, it is difficult to get a sense of the scale of the collegiate university. This was brought home to me a couple of wee...
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Friday, December 15, 2006

Making a list, and checking it twice.

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So - two weeks in and several thousand interviews later, where are we at with admissions to Oxford for October 2007 entry? To answer this qu...
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Mike Nicholson
I started as the Director of Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Oxford in October 2006. I am a graduate in English and History (University of Sheffield 1990) and also attended Allegheny College in Pennsylvania as an exchange student. Prior to working at Oxford I spent fourteen years working in admissions and student recruitment at the University of Essex, and have also worked for Newcastle University.
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