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22 Nov 2022 3 min read

The Oxbridge Interview: What To Expect

Any time now, applicants will be receiving an email from their chosen or allocated Oxbridge college, hopefully asking them to interview. To help you best prepare for the day itself, here are some tips from our Oxbridge Consultant, an Oxford University fellow herself.

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21 Nov 2022 3 min read

See You At The British Boarding Schools Show in Dubai

This weekend, residents of Dubai and families based around the Middle East and UAE will be attending the 10th British Boarding Schools Show at the Sheraton Hotel on Saturday November 26th 2022. Carfax Education will be there in-person to guide our families through the event, and meet with relevant schools that best fit their child's needs, interests and abilities.

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18 Nov 2022 5 min read

Carfax Education Attends The Independent Schools Show in London

Last week, Carfax Education participated in the annual Independent Schools Show, held in Battersea Evolution London. The education event draws together 200+ of the UK’s top independent schools, all under one roof - a valuable and unique opportunity for parents and prospective pupils, without travelling hundreds of miles.

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14 Nov 2022 3 min read

Carfax Education Presenting at GESS Dubai 2022

Join Carfax Education at the GESS Dubai Education Show, a 3 day educational event of learning, insights, and connections.

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08 Nov 2022 3 min read

Oxbridge Interview Preparation: Useful Advice & Top Tips from our Preparation Day

On the last Saturday in October, Carfax hosted our annual Oxbridge Interview Preparation Day. With participants from the UAE and across Europe, interviewers and interviewees moved between virtual rooms to attend general information sessions, peer-to-peer questions and individual interviews, both subject and general.

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03 Nov 2022 5 min read

How to write the perfect personal statement in 10 steps

Writing the personal statement is a key part of making a University application to the UK. This is the only opportunity a student has to communicate who they are as a person, why they are so excited about studying a particular course, and what makes them a stand-out student – and all of this in 4,000 characters including spaces!

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25 Oct 2022 3 min read

How to encourage a love of poetry in Children

Visionary power Attends upon the motions of the winds Embodied in the mystery of words ‘The Prelude’ by William Wordsworth

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17 Oct 2022 3 min read

Oxbridge Interview Preparation Day

The Oxbridge Interview Preparation Day is back by popular demand. This year, the live event takes place on Saturday 29th October 2023, and will be delivered to attendees online by our leading team of Education consultants and Oxbridge alumni tutors.

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05 Oct 2022 5 min read

Debunking the Oxbridge Myths

The keenly awaited 2023 Higher Education Good University Guide by The Times and The Sunday Times, was published last month and it was no surprise to find Oxford and Cambridge at the top of the list again. In the UK national guide, University of Oxford tops the league as number one University of the year, and Cambridge University ranked third overall, which leads in 21 of their subject rankings — more than any other university. As two of the most prestigious and highly sought after Universities, it is not surprising that they attract thousands of applications from all over the world each year, on average around 20,000 students apply to each of the two universities for just over 3,000 places on offer at each institution. But many perfectly capable and academically ambitious students are put off by the rumours of elitism and fear of not being good enough. So, we quizzed our Oxbridge consultant , Lucy Holland, to debunk the myths about applying to these two bastions of academia.

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