| Welcome to the first teachers' e-newsletter of the new academic year. It will continue to be published each month and we hope you and your students find it useful. We hope you have a successful year! | | | Moritz-Heyman Scholarships to be awarded 100 undergraduates joining Oxford this October will soon receive letters inviting them to become the first recipients of this exciting new support package. Thanks to the biggest philanthropic gift dedicated to undergraduate financial support in European history, the effect of the government's increase in tuition fees will be erased for these 100 students. | |  | Also, a large bursary – in addition to the government’s non-repayable student grant – will mean that all living costs are covered. More details can be found on our website. | | | | Mark weighting changed in the History Aptitude Test Following a review of recent candidate performance, the History Faculty has decided to make a small change to the weighting of marks allocated to questions in the History Aptitude Test. | In order to reward the creative engagement of candidates with Question 2, the Faculty has ruled that this year’s paper will allocate only 30 marks for Question 1c (instead of 40), and will increase the marks available for Question 2 to 40 marks (up from 30 in previous years). The form of the questions will not change, but candidates will be advised to spend a little extra time on Question 2. A new specimen paper has been placed on the Faculty website to illustrate this small amendment. For details about all our admissions tests, and how to register your students, please see www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/tests. | | | | National Student Finance Day The second National Student Finance Day, organized by the Independent Taskforce on Student Finance Information headed by Martin Lewis of moneysavingexpert.com, is taking place on 20 September. | |  | Events taking place nationwide are aimed at dispelling some of the myths about student finance for students planning to start University in 2013. Visit their website for further information, plus a downloadable toolkit and presentations complete with speaker’s notes for use within your school. | | | | Student views on life at Oxford Your students can find out about life at Oxford from an student's perspective with the Oxford University Alternative Prospectus. | |  | Published by the Student Union, it is a useful guide to courses, colleges, the application process, funding, clubs and societies, student welfare and life in Oxford. OUSU Alternative prospectus | | | | Physics and Materials Science Day | |  | This event for students in Years 11 and 12 will be a great hands-on introduction to University-level physics and materials science, with an opportunity to talk to current staff and students. Taking place on 4 December, the event will be rounded off with a fun quiz and brief overview of applying to Oxford. Places will be limited to a maximum of eight per school. For further information and to book places contact Jayne.shaw@materials.ox.ac.uk. | | | | Oxford college/Local Authority link | |  | It is not intended to replace any existing contact a school may have with a particular college or department. | | | | Interview Workshops for Year 13 students St Anne's College will be running a series of workshops between 17-20 September for Year 13 students from its regional link area in the North East. | Delivered by tutors and current students, the workshops will give applicants an insight into the Oxford interview process and include subject-based discussions. The programme includes multi-school events in Newcastle, Sunderland, Tynemouth, Gateshead, Morpeth and Hexham. Similar workshops are planned for October in the college’s London link areas of Hillingdon and Southwark. If you are a teacher working in one of these areas and would like further information, please contact Dr Eleanor Parker, Schools Liaison & Outreach Officer on schools.liaison@st-annes.ox.ac.uk. | | | | English study afternoon for Year 13 students On 26 September St Peter's College will be holding an English study afternoon for Year 13 students who are considering making an application to begin study in October 2013. | The afternoon will include seminars with English tutors, sessions about admissions, and a chance to chat to current students. For full details and an application form please see the college’s website. | | | | Mathematics workshops for Years 9-11 In November Dr Mason Porter, Tutor in Applied Mathematics at Somerville College, will be running a repeat of his successful workshops about Networking Mathematics for school students in Years 9-11. | People now live their lives amidst a complex web of interwoven networks: we navigate transportation networks to go to work or school, we use social media, and our economic institutions are tightly linked together in complicated ways. These half-day workshops demonstrate a new and exciting area of mathematics which has direct application to students’ lives.
For more information please visit the college’s website. | | | | Gain inspiration from our 'Great Writers' online resources The Great Writers Inspire website from the University of Oxford provides collections of literature resources which are free for reuse. | |  | Thousands of resources including inspirational lectures, talks, ebooks, contextual essays and pictures can be downloaded and shared for teaching and learning. The content will be of use to teachers and students in higher education and also the pre-university sector. Visit www.writersinspire.org to see how great writers can inspire you. | | | | Chemistry-inspired animation brings science to life A new animation has been released by 'Oxford Sparks', an online resource for science teachers and students. | |  | | | | | | Social Entrepreneurship – an online course This course is designed for those who want to gain valuable tools to make an impact on the lives of others; to develop knowledge, and appreciate of the role of social entrepreneurs in creating social change; to inspire you to use your skills and knowledge to (as Gandhi said) 'be the change you wish to see in the world'. | |  | | | | |  Open Day for undergraduate applicants: 14 September Oxford admissions tests  Is there an "Oxford type"? Find out for yourself with 100 short filmed interviews with current students
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