Somerville College, Oxford offers an annual series of four virtual Study Days for Year 12 students attending a UK state school.
These days feature taster lectures or workshops run by Oxford University academics, which will offer a challenging and entertaining introduction to university-level study of the subject.
There will also be opportunities to hear advice from admissions and outreach staff about applying to Oxford and Cambridge, and to ask the college tutors and current undergraduates questions about their subject of interest.
The virtual Modern Languages Study Day will take place on Wednesday 18th February and the daily timetable for the day is as follows:
15:00-15:50: Admissions talk with Q&A
16:00-17:00: Academic taster session (attendees have a choice between 2 different subjects per day)
17:00-17:30: Subject Q&A with Academic and Student Ambassadors
The sessions are open to all Year 12 students at a UK state school who are considering a degree involving modern languages of any kind, whether that be French or another language.
For those still deciding what to apply for, we encourage you to attend in order to learn more about Modern Languages and what it might be like to study them at Oxford.
These sessions would also count as great examples of supercurricular activities, and might give you ideas about topics or further reading to include in the personal statement.
You can sign up for the Study Day here. The deadline for sign-ups is Monday 9th February at 9am.
Please email access@some.ox.ac.uk with any questions.