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Pharmacy is the study of medicine, looking at how drugs are created, their chemistry and interactions, and everything else a qualified pharmacist is required to…
February 9, 2020
There’s no question that Oxford, Cambridge and London have produced outstanding universities. In the QS World University Rankings, Cambridge sits at number 4 globally, Oxford…
February 9, 2020
Nursing is a subject that has changed a great deal in recent years. While once you could become a nurse as a school leaver, now…
February 2, 2020
The University of Oxford has a long and rich history of philanthropic donations. Last year, the university revealed it raised more than £2bn over the…
February 1, 2020
Between 2007/8 and 2010/11 the number of students applying to study music rose by almost half, to more than 5,000 – considerably higher than the…
January 26, 2020
The abstract concepts of educational psychology can be surprisingly useful for students. There have been many different attempts to classify students’ levels of understanding in…
January 26, 2020
Medicine is notoriously one of the toughest, most competitive and most prestigious degree courses available. Med students can have a workload that’s double that of…
January 19, 2020
Oxford is a world of its own. Its ‘dreaming spires’ and unique charm have inspired the work of authors, poets and artists for centuries. Oxford’s…
January 13, 2020
Mathematics students have a lot of reasons to feel pleased with themselves. Mathematics graduates are constantly in short supply, they have a plethora of well-paid…
January 12, 2020
When you’re applying for your very first job, your CV can feel a little bare. On the one hand, no one expects a teenager to…
January 11, 2020
About the author Philippa Logan read Natural Sciences (specialising in Chemistry) at Newnham College, Cambridge. ‘All science is either physics or stamp collecting.’ So said…
January 8, 2020
One of the most exciting and challenging parts of moving forward through your academic career is the increasing amount of freedom you get to decide…
January 4, 2020
About the author Philippa Logan read Natural Sciences (specialising in Chemistry) at Newnham College, Cambridge. A concept has a simple enough definition: ‘an abstract or…
December 18, 2019
You might have guessed that you are awarded a certain number of these points for each of your A-levels, with a higher number of points…
December 14, 2019
When you look at the number of homophones, it’s not difficult to see why so many students get caught out. But what is a homophone,…
December 14, 2019
Oxford is wonderful in winter. Baubles everywhere: Snowball fights in South Park: Oriel Street in the snow: And the Radcliffe Camera with a delicate layer…
December 12, 2019
Wherever you're studying with Oxford Royale Academy, you'll get to go on fantastic excursions and fascinating coach trips.
December 4, 2019
Knowing how to give a good speech is a skill that’s valuable in countless different circumstances – we asked a former Oxford Summer School student…
December 1, 2019
About the Author Samantha Love read Law at Merton College, Oxford, and is currently following the BCL course. Detail of Justice by Luca Giordano This…
November 26, 2019
Now in our second decade of operation, Oxford Royale Summer Schools has become one of Oxford’s best established and most prestigious providers of summer courses.…
November 24, 2019
