Useful Student Resources

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http://www.ousu.org/main/campaigns/targe...interviews

As part of OUSU (Oxford University Students' Union) campaigns, this little set of pages has been put together to give prospective students an idea of how interviews might go. There's a section on most of the subjects offered by Oxford each containing at least one report of a current student's interview experience. Some of the articles are not all that interesting, though it's good to see some info on the web about how students feel after the interview.

Admittedly this probably won't be all that useful if you're not applying to Oxford, but you might find some of the information useful for apply to other universities for the same subjects.

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http://www.uniapps.co.uk

Though the visual design of this website leaves a lot to be desired there's lots of useful content on the subject of applying to university. The site covers the main topics such as choosing a course, choosing a university, the personal statement and university interviews and also a few other areas such as gap years, tuition fees and a few fresher issues.

The site generally covers similar material to Studential but in less detail, but there's lots extra stuff as well so it's well worth a visit. If you're already at uni there's not really much to help you out, just a couple of fresher guides.

Apart from the slightly poor design, the site is easy to navigate, and the content is simple to understand. It doesn't look like there's going to be much future development though, as the site seems to be designed to promote a book, and the content shown is just extracts, though what's online isn't bad for free.

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http://www.studentguidebook.co.uk/

Studentguidebook.co.uk i a small site created to promote the book, called unsurprisingly enough, The Student Book, by Klaus Boehm and Jenny Lees-Spalding. But unlike may promotional sites, there is a lot of freely available useful content. There's sections on choosing a university and course, advice on the applications process, information about finances and a comprehensive A to Z of student life.

The site design is bare and boring, and the navigation is difficult to use, though there is a lot of information on there, and if you look hard enough you can find everything from university drop out rates to budgeting advice.

Obviously there isn't quite as much information as you would find if you bought the book, though the site provides a pretty good introduction, and points to the resources and organizations you need to find more.

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http://www.target-10000.org

T10k is an organisation designed to help people apply to university by running events at universities across the UK - The aim is to help 10000 students by running 10 different events at 10 different universities for 1000 students each.

There's no need to worry if you're not one of the lucky 10,000 though, they've also got quite a bit of advice on their website - including 8 freely available personal statements. There's also advice on the application process, how to perform well during interviews and a small bank of interview questions which may well be useful.

I imagine the workshops they run are pretty useful too - if anyone's been on one let us know how it went and whether you found it useful.

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/section/0,,2005300000,00.html

The Sun Online have just put this student finance guide up. It's pretty useful, and a bit more entertaining than the average student money sections...