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Beyond Shakespeare - small group workshops for A Level Students | Book now

Workshop DetailsBright Young Things presents ‘Beyond Shakespeare’: a series of small group seminars for A Level students. Led by one of our leading Shakespeare tutors, these classes will cover not only the key texts, but their historical, social a...

Classics Undergradiate Interview Questions at Balliol College (Oxford University)

Oxford Classics Balliol College - Interviewers were Oliver Lyne, Osmind Murray, Rosalind Thomas, Kinch HoekstraInterview QuestionsI was not given anything to read or prepare before my interviews. My first interview focused on literature and p...

Natural Sciences Undergraduate Interview Questions (Cambridge University)

Cambridge Natural Sciences Undergraduate InterviewTrinity Hall, Interviewed by Florian Hollfelder and Nick Bampos The admissions tutor (Richard Miles) and Senior Tutor (Nick Bampos) both made it clear that they were looking at HOW you thought and...

English & Drama Undergraduate Interview Questions (Cambridge University)

A sample of an interview for the Education Tripos with English and Drama Undergraduate course at Cambridge University.Given by a former pupil of the course.Education Tripos with English and Drama Undergraduate, Cambridge UniversityQuestions in the...

Cambridge Archaeology and Anthropology Trinity College - Interview Questions....

We interviewed our Oxford and Cambridge tutors over a two year period with a view to understanding their experience in the Oxbridge interview process. In this blog series we’ll be posting our findings.The case study below is from a student studied...

The BYT Guide to... Essay Writing for English A-Level

I find that a lot of teachers , to their students’ serious detriment, have an aversion to teaching English as a rigorous discipline; opting rather to see the subject as something for the anointed ones; those who have been given a certain verbal fa...

Preparing Students for Oxford and Cambridge Admissions & Entrance | Bright Young Things

Senior BYT Tutor James Walker talks us through his experience as an Oxbridge entrance specialist.Oxford and Cambridge Entrance Prep with BYTSummer is here! Sunshine, study leave! For many people the long days mean strawberries and sunbathing, but ...

What is the ELAT?The English Literature Admissions Test (ELAT) is a pre-interview admissions test for applicants to English undergraduate courses at the University of Oxford and English at the University of Cambridge.ELAT is a paper-based test las...

On September 1st, Oxford and Cambridge universities, widely recognised as the elite of the British education system, open their doors for 2016 applications. However, to say that competition is tough would be an understatement, with only around 19%...