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Image description: Cardboard mortar board made from a box for Corona beer on a desk in a bedroom TL;DR: Sitting Finals at home wasn’t great, but that’s mainly because it felt like an empty, uneventful anti-climax, rather than it being unusually stressful or difficult academically. There are reasons to be grateful for finishing in 2020, […]
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Image description: students in academic dress Students can now apply for DDH up to two weeks after the final assessment according to updated University guidelines. This allows students to sit their exams before making the application. ‘Declared to have Deserved Masters’ (DDM) option for postgraduate finalists who find themselves unable to complete their Trinity Term […]
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An open letter calling for changes to Oxford University’s plans to have students graduate without attending an official ceremony has attracted over 2000 signatures. The open letter calls for graduation ceremonies to be postponed or conducted in smaller groups, rather than cancelled outright. Graduation ceremonies meant to be taking place on the 2nd and 9th […]
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“What are your plans for after you graduate?” – I am asked, again and again. “I’m not too sure yet,” I answer, “I’m keeping my options open”. But the truth is I’m still looking for options, and the existential anxiety is getting harder to ignore with each step closer to the end of my degree. […]
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“So, what are you doing after you graduate?” – the question that brings a tear to the eye and vomit to the mouth of every finalist. I don’t know about you, but every relative I speak to seems incredibly keen to ask me this at least 3 times per social occasion, sending me into a […]
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Hundreds of undergraduates will soon be finishing their degrees and waving goodbye to the stress of finals, with coursework, revision and essay deadlines becoming eclipsed by summer sunshine. But as the pressure of course deadlines evaporates, so too can the sense of security which the structure of a degree provides as the world beyond university […]
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Ever wonder if the stress of Oxford will be worth it? New research reveals that Oxbridge graduates have a starting salary £3,300 higher than students from other elite UK universities. However, data also shows that female Oxford graduates are 6% less likely to get a “professional job” and state-schooled Oxford graduates earn an average of […]
Continue ReadingIsaac Delestre and Rachael McLellan look at how employment levels vary across different degree disciplines
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