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Travel for free? This is something I wish I knew about a lot earlier. You can receive funding to go abroad – although taking a gap-year to travel might be difficult for those seeking to start their career ASAP, there are many options to seek funding for 3 month stints abroad. While Oxford is nice…

Tips for living outside college I loved living in college, because I was perpetually surrounded by a great community and it was so easy to meet friends at a whim. I wanted to get the experience of living out though, so I moved out for second year. Having gone through the whole process, I can…

I’ve been reflecting on my Oxford experience now that I’m entering my third year. Surprisingly though, I realised that I over-indexed on studying – coming from a country where academic achievement is viewed with great emphasis, it took me a lot to cut through the programming of my earlier years.  I had entered University dreaming…