St Edmund Hall Roadshow 2023

Our Student Recruitment Manager and Access and Outreach Coordinator led our week-long St Edmund Hall Roadshow visiting schools across the College’s link regions earlier this term.

Travelling from Glossop to Leicester, the Outreach Team were able to reach 654 students across 12 schools. Accompanying them were four Student Ambassadors: Rathi Ramakrishnan (2022, Geography), Rachel Chia (2022, History), Alex Berresford (2022, Engineering Science) and Finn Galway (2022, Medicine) who delivered interactive workshops to KS5 covering the Oxford application process. Luke and Rebecca delivered talks to KS4 and KS5 students demystifying Oxford and providing information, advice and guidance on how to make a competitive application in future.

“It’s a real highlight of the Outreach calendar”, said Luke Maw, Student Recruitment Manager. “The Student Ambassadors are able to bring a little bit of Oxford to these schools in the further reaches of our link regions where a day trip to Oxford is less practical. They are also able to impart valuable subject-specific application guidance to KS5 students looking to apply to Oxford.”

One of the ambassadors, Rathi, reflected on the roadshow: “the opportunities and exposure we get at Oxford is something I’ve always been grateful for, and the roadshow was a great chance to in some way, give back. The fact that we were enabling so many students to gain the confidence to apply, particularly those who do not get the best support with these applications was thoroughly rewarding and enjoyable! The journey we undertook to meet such enthusiastic and ambitious students from across the country and to represent St Edmund Hall over that week was unforgettable!”