As we begin to approach the ‘Oh my gosh, I actually have to grow up a bit’ time of life aka UCAS applications, the head of my sixth form decided it was high time we had our aspirations raised. Hence it occurred that, on one of the coldest days of the year, twenty intelligentish, though half asleep, 17 year olds were bundled onto a coach bound for the ‘big’ world of Oxford. The school had been invited by New College, Oxford University, to bring some prospective students to get a taste of Oxford life; the college is closely linked to our school, having helped found it over 400 years ago. I had been on a similar trip last year and thanks to encouraging and witty talks by a first year law student, Matt (part of which
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