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The 2022 academic year webinar series is underway. To receive email reminders for events, please fill in this webform.
Overview
St Catharine's College is collaborating with Brasenose College (University of Oxford) to deliver a series of free webinars in 2022 for Year 12 (England and Wales), Year 13 (Northern Ireland), or S5 (Scotland) students at state schools in the UK.
Liza Zhabina and Joe Organ (outreach staff at the two Colleges) will be delivering sessions with Oxbridge academics and students to:
- Introduce life and learning at Oxbridge
- Dispel common myths about the two universities and address prospective students' concerns
- Give in-depth guidance on the Oxbridge application process
- Give insights into studying subject(s) of interest at university
- Provide information on and opportunities for subject exploration outside of the curriculum
Registration
The registration links for webinars for which booking has opened can be found in the programme below. Students from our outreach 'Link Areas' will have priority, however, we anticipate most of the webinars will have plenty of spaces for students from across the UK. The St Catharine's and Brasenose Link Areas are:
- North Yorkshire (Catz and Brasenose)
- Suffolk (Catz)
- Rutland (Catz)
- East Berkshire (Brasenose)
Upcoming Webinars
Medicine Taster Session | 11th July 2022 15:30-17:00 | Sign-up here
Join the St Catharine's College staff and students for our Medicine Taster afternoon. We will be joined by Medicine Professor Stefan Marciniak and Science Admissions Tutor Dr David Bainbridge for a talk about Medicine admissions at Cambridge, followed by talks from current Medicine students about the clinical and pre-clinical studies at Cambridge. This will be followed by a Q+A session where all your medicine related questions will be answered. Join us to discuss medicine interview, talk about how to best prepare for the BMAT, and hear from students about what studying Medicine at Cambridge is really like.
Subject Q+A Sessions
As part of our hybrid Open Days, we will be hosting virtual subject specific sessions with our Directors of Studies, Admissions Tutor and Catz students studying the following subjects. Please follow the links below to sign-up for these sessions.
General Q+A | Wed 13th July 2022, 17:00-18:00 | Get the link here
Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic | Tue 12th July 2022, 19:00-20:00 | Sign-up here
Archaeology | Fri 15th July 2022, 16:00-17:00 | Sign-up here
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies | Tue 12th July 2022, 19:00-20:00 | Sign-up here
Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology | Thu 14th July 2022, 17:00-18:00 | Sign-up here
Classics | 12th July 2022, 16:00-17:00 | Sign-up here
Computer Science | Thu 14th July 2022, 17:00-18:00 | Sign-up here
Economics | Tue 12th July 2022, 17:00-18:00 | Sign-up here
Engineering | Mon 11th July 2022, 12:00-13:00 | Sign-up here
English | Tue 12th July 2022, 12:00-13:00 | Sign-up here
Geography | Fri 15th July 2022, 17:15-18:15 | Sign-up here
History | Fri 15th July 2022, 16:00-17:00 | Sign-up here
History and Modern Languages | Tue 12th July 2022, 19:00-20:00 | Sign-up here
History and Politics | Fri 15th July 2022, 16:00-17:00 | Sign-up here
Human, Social, and Political Sciences | Wed 13th July 2022, 12:00-13:00 | Sign-up here
Land Economy | Tue 12th July 2022, 17:00-18:00 | Sign-up here
Law | Fri 15th July 2022, 12:00-13:00 | Sign-up here
Mathematics| Mon 11th July 2022, 18:00-19:00 | Sign-up here
Medicine | Mon 11th July 2022, 15:30-17:00 | Sign-up here
Modern and Medieval Languages | Tue 12th July 2022, 19:00-20:00 | Sign-up here
Music | Wed 13th July 2022, 14:00-15:00 | Sign-up here
Natural Sciences (Biological) | Tue 12th July 2022, 15:00 - 16:00 | Sign-up here
Natural Sciences (Physical) | Thu 14th July 2022, 17:00-18:00 | Sign-up here
Philosophy | 12th July 2022, 16:00-17:00 | Sign-up here
Psychological and Behavioural Sciences | Tues 12th July 2022, 14:00-15:00 | Sign-up here
Theology, Religion, and Philosophy of Religion | 12th July 2022, 16:00-17:00 | Sign-up here
Veterinary Medicine | Thu 14th July 2022, 18:00-19:00 | Sign-up here
Wellbeing and Disability Support | Thu 14th July 2022, 12:00-13:00 | Sign-up here
Open Days | June - September 2022
Throughout this period, we encourage students applying to Oxbridge in October 2022 to take part in the huge variety of events offered by Oxford and Cambridge. These events and resources are an excellent way for applicants to engage with current students, tutors and staff from across the colleges and departments at both universities.
- University of Cambridge Open Days
- St Catharine's College Cambridge Open Days
- University of Oxford Open Days
- Brasenose College Oxford Open Days
Webinar logistics
The majority of our sessions will take place using Zoom's webinar function. You will receive an email from Zoom once your place on a webinar has been confirmed. This email will include the link for the session. Just before the session is due to take place, you will need to click the link in the email to join the webinar.
Your camera and audio will be disabled during the session but the Q&A feature will allow you to type any questions you have. These questions can be anonymous if you prefer. We will answer the majority of questions aloud but some answers will also be typed by the panel.
If you have concerns about having access to the internet, please be reassured that the majority of these sessions will be recorded. Links will be uploaded to this webpage in due course.
Automatic closed captioning will be enabled.
Contact
If you have any questions about this event, please email:
- Liza Zhabina, Schools Liaison Officer, Catz Cambridge: slo@caths.cam.ac.uk
- Joe Organ, Schools Liaison Officer, Brasenose Oxford: joe.organ@bnc.ox.ac.uk
Previous Webinars
These are recordings from the 2021-22 webinar series.
Introducing Oxbridge | Recording available here
Subject Exploration Webinar | Recording available here
Sciences Personal Statement Workshop | Recording available here
Humanities Taster Lecture (Philosophy: What Physics Cannot Do) | Recording available here
Managing Mental Wellbeing while preparing for University Applications | Recording available here
Student life session | Recording available here Access Passcode: N1wP!x#v
