Tutorial Program--Student Stories
One of the best ways to learn about the value of these programs is to listen to what the students themselves have to say. Each link carries you to a snapshot of a student experience in the Oxford Tutorial Program. Some are long and detailed. Some cut right to the chase. All give testimony to the transforming power of a semester or two as a visiting student at the University of Oxford.
"...The traditional tutorial-based format, in which students meet with their tutors once a week to discuss an essay that the student has written on a prescribed topic, gave me tremendous autonomy to study on my own initiative and without constant supervision—a skill invaluable in graduate school."
--History/Philosophy/English Student, Hilary/Trinity 2001"...Before I departed for the United Kingdom a good friend told me ‘this year abroad will change you…you will come back a different person.’ Recounting my year now, I know she was right."
--English/History/Anthropology Student, Michaelmas/Hilary/Trinity 2003-4"...Being the only Georgetown student studying in Regent's at the time, I was very grateful that the other students were so welcoming. The social atmosphere at Regent's was very communal, and I was happy to get involved whenever I got the chance."
--Mathematics Student, Michaelmas 2002"...The time I spent wrestling with ideas in the lecture halls, libraries and tutorials at one of the world’s greatest universities helped me to discern my vocation with greater clarity and sense of purpose."
--Theology/History Student, Hilary/Trinity 2002