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Booking is Required
The Open Days in 2011 will be held on: Saturday 7 May (Maths only)
Monday 27 June (Arts subjects)
Tuesday 28 June (Maths, Sciences and Engineering)
On 7 May 2011, visitors will also attend the Maths Faculty Open Day in the afternoon. Please see the website below for further details.
The programme includes a talk by the Tutor for Admissions and an opportunity for you to meet members of the teaching staff in the subject or subjects that interest you. There is plenty of chance for you to ask all the questions you may have. You can also look around the College, have lunch here, and meet some of our students.
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Please note there is no particular dress code for the Open Days. You are encouraged to dress comfortably.
Open Days – 7 and 8 July 2011
In conjunction with the University-wide General Open Days, the College will be open on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 July for informal visits between 11.00 am and 4.30 pm. There is no need to book with the College but booking is required for the overall Open Days. For more information about the Open Days and to book a place, please visit the website below.
The teaching staff will not be available in College on these dates but you will be able to pick up a copy of the College Prospectus, speak to some of our undergraduates and have a look round.
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If I can’t come to an Open Day, can I visit the College at another time?
Yes, of course. If you tell the Porters at the Gate (the main College entrance) that you are a possible candidate for admission they will let you in without charging the usual tourist entry fee. They will also give you directions to the Admissions Office if you would like to pick up a prospectus or ask for information about admission to the College.
The Office is open most of the day (except at weekends), but if it is closed there is always a notice on the door on which you can leave your details. You are welcome to look around the College but we regret that we are unable to arrange conducted tours and the teaching staff are available on official Open Days only.
If I visit the College, will I be able to see a student room?
We try to arrange for a couple of rooms to be available for visitors to see at Open Days. Unfortunately we can’t arrange this at other times – students are living in them! But do take a look at the Undergraduate Accommodation page.
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Do I have to book a place at an official Open Day?
Yes. Places are limited. Booking is essential and begins in February each year. Booking forms can be obtained from the Admissions Office or you can use the online Booking Form.
Please note: We regret that we are unable to take bookings for accompanying parents because of the limit on places available, but they are welcome to look round the College.
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Questions 1 – 7
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text?
TRUE – if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE – if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN – if there is no information on this
1. There is an open day for all faculties on the 7th May.
2. During an open day you can meet students from your intended course.
3. You are expected to wear informal clothes for an open day.
4. It is not necessary to book a visit to the College on the 7th July.
5. Information about the College and its courses can be found at the Admissions Office.
6. You can see student accommodation if you book a visit in advance.
7. You should book early if you would like to be accompanied by a parent.
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Read the text and answer Questions 8 – 14.
Course details
Key facts
Length: 4 weeks
Dates: Sunday 11 July – Saturday 7 August 2011
Modes of teaching: Residential summer school in Oxford
Fees: £5585.00
Application deadline: 1 April 2011
Course aims
The aims of the programme are to develop participants’ advocacy and dissemination skills, as well as their formal knowledge of human rights law and the means for its enforcement. More broadly, the programme is intended to prepare students to contribute to the improvement of human rights conditions in their homelands and around the world.
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Level and demands
This course is an intensive programme of university-level study and potential applicants should therefore be confident that they are academically and linguistically prepared for such a programme. If your first language is not English, you must supply evidence of your proficiency before a place can be offered. The University recognises only certain English tests. The accepted tests and minimum scores for this course are listed below.
>> IELTS: minimum overall score of 7.0 plus a minimum of 6.5 in each component
>> TOEFL: minimum overall score of 600 plus a minimum of 4.5 in the Test of Written English
>> Internet-based TOEFL: minimum overall score of 100
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>> Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English: minimum overall score of C
Further information:
>> IELTS – International English Language Test – British Council
>> TOEFL – Test of English as a Foreign Language – ETS
Certificates and credit
All students who satisfactorily complete the programme will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance. To qualify for this, students are required to attend lectures and seminars to the satsifaction of the course tutors. The examinations at the end of the programme are optional but those students seeking credit from the programme will need to sit them. The programme qualifies for Continuing Professional Development with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (CPD SRA) in the
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United Kingdom (for those that have applied through Oxford only) and is also accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) for 5 semester credits (for those that have applied through George Washinton only). Oxford itself,
however, does not offer credit and therefore those wishing to obtain credit from their home institution for attending the programme must make appropriate arrangements with that institution in advance. Participants can request information to provide to the home institution which details contact hours (for lectures and seminars) and grades achieved in the examinations. The level of credit, if any, must be determined by the home institution.
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Course structure
The programme begins on Sunday 11 July. Programme orientation and library registration are held on Monday 12 July. Classes are held mornings and afternoons from Tuesday 13 – Friday 16 July; Monday 19 – Thursday 22 July; Monday 26 – Friday 30 July; and Monday 2 – Wednesday 4 August. Thursday 5 August is a reading day. Examinations will be held on Friday 6 August and the programme concludes at 09:00 on Saturday 7 August.
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Questions 8 – 14
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS and/or a NUMBER from the text for each answer.
8. The course is about ……………….. .
9. Applicants need to be sufficiently ……………….. both academically and linguistically.
10. Applicants need a minimum of 100 in the ……………….. test.
11. Students who require credits will have to take the end of course ……………….. .
12. The ABA have ……………….. this course.
13. Anyone wishing to receive credits from their home institution should organise this ……………….. .
14 A reading day has been scheduled on ……………….. .
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ANSWERS ARE BELOW
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ANSWERS
1. FALSE
2. NOT GIVEN
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE
6. FALSE
7. FALSE
8. HUMAN RIGHTS
9. PREPARED
10. INTERNET-BASED TOEFL
11. EXAMINATIONS
12. ACCREDITED
13. IN ADVANCE
14. THURSDAY 5 AUGUST
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