Author: Russell Tillson
Publication Date June 2006
ISBN: 978-1-905504-04-6
Price £35 (Photocopiable)
In 2005, over 5,000 applicants to each of the two universities who were holding or predicted A Grades in all subjects, were rejected by Oxbridge colleges. That’s why you need to get a copy of “A Guide to Oxbridge Application in Economics and in the Social Sciences 5th Edition”.
This new book has been expanded to 160 pages and offers specific guidance on the kind of preparation which is necessary to shift the odds in your students’ favour. If you enter students for Oxbridge, or are considering it, you will find this new resource absolutely vital. It is full of insight and advice as to what students must be able to do to gain entry.
Chapters include:
• Why apply to Oxbridge? • Learning more about Sociology
• Applying to Oxford and Cambridge • Important aspects of preparation
• The Courses at Oxford and Cambridge • Introduction to rhetoric and argument
• How the admissions process works • Logic and critical thinking
• Recent statistical trends and their significance • Recognising fallacies in arguments
• Some recommended preparatory reading • The Thinking Skills Assessment Test
• An approach to Economics preparation • Other Oxbridge test preparation
• Learning more about Modern Politics • Oxbridge interviews
• Learning more about Philosophy • Subject interview strategy
• Learning more about Political Philosophy
The author, Russell Tillson is a freelance author, lecturer and educational consultant. He was formerly Head of Economics and Politics at Tonbridge School as well as Head of 6th Form with specific responsibility for university applications. He has served as Principal Examiner in Economics and in Politics, and as Chief Examiner in Economics, and in Economic and Political Studies.
