{"id":2141,"date":"2018-06-14T08:13:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T08:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2018-06-14T08:13:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T08:13:53","slug":"universities-of-oxford-and-cambridge-interview-seminars-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/2018\/06\/14\/universities-of-oxford-and-cambridge-interview-seminars-in-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Interview Seminars in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge\u00a0are delighted to be visiting Scotland from the 29th-31st August 2018\u00a0to deliver a series of interview seminars for students who may be considering applying to Oxford, Cambridge, or other competitive universities.<\/p>\n<p>The events are open to students in S6, and to their teachers and advisers.<\/p>\n<p>The Interview\u00a0Seminars will be helpful to students considering Oxford or Cambridge as well as for those applying for subjects which will involve academic interviews. They will be delivered by academic staff\u00a0and admissions officers from the\u00a0University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>The Interview Seminars each last approximately 3 hours and will be delivered in the following locations:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aberdeen<\/strong><br \/>\nAberdeen Grammar School, Wednesday 29 August, 14:00-17:00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glasgow<\/strong><br \/>\nVenue and Time TBC, Thursday 30 August, Morning<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edinburgh<\/strong><br \/>\nVenue and Time TBC, Friday 31 August, Morning<\/p>\n<p>Teachers are invited to attend with their students, although this is not compulsory.<\/p>\n<p>The seminars will cover a range of topics, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why Oxford and Cambridge<\/li>\n<li>Making an application: interviews<\/li>\n<li>Break out sessions: students will have a chance to find out more\u00a0about interviews in the subject they\u2019re interested in<\/li>\n<li>Q&amp;A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Schools are required to make a booking on behalf of their students. To do so please complete this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_a9UdaFk7fMxbSMR\">online application form\u00a0<\/a>by\u00a0<em>no later than\u00a0<strong>9am on Thursday 21st June.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you have any\u00a0queries, please contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:scotlandoutreach@admin.ox.ac.uk\">scotlandoutreach@admin.ox.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A poster for this event can be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pem.cam.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/InterviewSeminarsS6.pdf\">found here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge\u00a0are delighted to be visiting Scotland from the 29th-31st August 2018\u00a0to deliver a series of interview seminars for students who may be considering applying to Oxford, Cambridge, or other competitive universities. The events are open to students in S6, and to their teachers and advisers. The Interview\u00a0Seminars will be helpful to students considering Oxford or Cambridge as well as for those applying for subjects which will involve academic interviews. They will be delivered by academic staff\u00a0and admissions officers from the\u00a0University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. The Interview Seminars each last approximately 3 hours and will be delivered in the following locations: Aberdeen Aberdeen Grammar School, Wednesday 29 August, 14:00-17:00 Glasgow Venue and Time TBC, Thursday 30 August, Morning Edinburgh Venue and Time TBC, Friday 31 August, Morning Teachers are invited to attend with their students, although this is not compulsory. The seminars will cover a range of topics, including: Why Oxford and Cambridge Making an application: interviews Break out sessions: students will have a chance to find out more\u00a0about interviews in the subject they\u2019re interested in Q&amp;A Schools are required to make a booking on behalf of their students. To do so please complete this\u00a0online application form\u00a0by\u00a0no later than\u00a09am on Thursday 21st June. If you have any\u00a0queries, please contact:\u00a0scotlandoutreach@admin.ox.ac.uk A poster for this event can be found here.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6512,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11890],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-opportunities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6512"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2142,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions\/2142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/snhscareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}