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Interview with Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond

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Refugee Studies Centre
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Professor Roger Zetter, Director of the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford interviews Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond, the founder and former Director of the Centre.
In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) at Oxford (which hosts FMO), we are beginning this series of podcasts with a collection of conversations with prominent academics, in which they discuss the evolution the field of refugee and forced migration studies. The first of these is with the founder and former Director of the RSC, Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond.

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Refugee Studies Centre
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Roger Zetter
Barbara Harrell-Bond
Keywords
forced migration
refugee studies centre
egypt
journal
protection
middle east
oxford
asylum
refugee
Department: Oxford Department of International Development
Date Added: 08/08/2007
Duration: 00:31:26

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Making an application - tutors give tips

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Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)
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Three tutors bust some myths about making successful applications to Oxford. Why playing games with college or course choice are unlikely to help. What students can do to prepare for an Oxford application.

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Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)
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Mark Mulholland
Catherine Holmes
Helen Christian
Keywords
admissions
Department: University Administration and Services (UAS)
Date Added: 30/07/2007
Duration: 00:13:03

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Choosing a College

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Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)
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Applying to Oxford means applying to a college. So what do you do? Two current students tell their story and reveal what effect college choice actually has on your application.
You cannot apply to the University as a whole. You can either choose a college, or make an open application and one is chosen for you.

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Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)
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Mike Nicholson
Dawn Rennie
Gareth Duxbury
Keywords
admissions
Department: University Administration and Services (UAS)
Date Added: 11/07/2007
Duration: 00:15:08

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The personal statement on the UCAS form

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Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)
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Three Oxford tutors talk to Mike what they do and don't like to read in a personal statement, and what they actually do with the information which students provide.
Most applicants to university get a bit stuck when they fill in their UCAS form - what is the 'personal statement' they are supposed to write? How much and what style is required?

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Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)
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Mike Nicholson
Richard Earl
Steve Roberts
Lucinda Rumsey
Keywords
admissions
Department: University Administration and Services (UAS)
Date Added: 26/06/2007
Duration: 00:13:50

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Student life at Oxford

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Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)
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Current Oxford students describe their typical day as a student. They discuss the amount of work and how they get it done, and they give us a glimpse of their lives beyond lectures, books and essays.

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Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)
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Mike Nicholson
Dawn Rennie
Gareth Duxbury
Keywords
admissions
Department: University Administration and Services (UAS)
Date Added: 12/06/2007
Duration: 00:14:16

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Is Oxford for me?

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Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)
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In the first episode, Mike talks to Emma and Sinead, who work in the University's Access team. They talk about work, their experiences as students and how they chose their university.
Sinead has first-hand experience of Oxford, while Emma studied elsewhere.

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Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)
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Mike Nicholson
Emma Coulston
Sinead Gallagher
Keywords
admissions
Department: University Administration and Services (UAS)
Date Added: 11/05/2007
Duration: 00:25:50

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Anglo-Saxon Tour - British Museum

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Medieval English
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Enhanced Podcast Tour of the Anglo-Saxon exhibits on display at the British Museum by Dr S. D. Lee, Faculty of English, University of Oxford, 27th April 2007.
A step-by-step guide with slides to accompany you through the Anglo-Saxon exhibits on display in the British Museum's Early Medieval Room. This is designed to be used in the room itself.
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Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK (BY-NC-SA): England & Wales; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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Medieval English
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Stuart Lee
Keywords
england
medieval
old english
museum
english
anglo-saxon
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 26/04/2007
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Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)

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Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)
You've heard the rumours, you've heard the gossip. Now find out for yourself what the University of Oxford is all about. Be a fly on the wall when Mike Nicholson, Oxford's Director of Undergraduate Admissions, chats with students and staff from around the University about courses, colleges, what to put on the application form and how best to prepare for the Oxford interview.

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Beowulf reading, ll. 26-52

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Medieval English
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Reading from Beowulf ll. 26-52 by Stuart D Lee, University of Oxford. Recorded March 2007.
Old English Reading II: Beowulf, ll. 26-52. Read by Stuart D. Lee. Extract taken from 'The Keys of Middle-earth: discovering medieval literature through the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien' by Stuart D. Lee and Elizabeth Solopova (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2005).
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Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK (BY-NC-SA): England & Wales; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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Medieval English
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Stuart Lee
Keywords
literature
england
medieval
beowulf
old english
poetry
#greatwriters
english
anglo-saxon
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 29/03/2007
Duration: 00:08:43

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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reading

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Medieval English
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Reading from an entry in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Stuart D Lee, University of Oxford. Recorded March 2007.
Old English Reading I: 'Cynewulf and Cyneheard' in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Read by Stuart D. Lee. Extract taken from 'The Keys of Middle-earth: discovering medieval literature through the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien' by Stuart D. Lee and Elizabeth Solopova (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2005).
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Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK (BY-NC-SA): England & Wales; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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Medieval English
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Stuart Lee
Keywords
literature
england
medieval
old english
cyneheard
#greatwriters
cynewulf
english
anglo-saxon
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 28/03/2007
Duration: 00:11:30

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