Day: June 21, 2023

Ellie Grant, a straight A* student, dreams of pursuing a maths degree at a prestigious university. To make this dream a reality, she has applied to Cambridge knowing that she would need to pass the traditionally used Sixth Term Examination Paper (Step). However, she was surprised when two other universities, Bath and Imperial College, made passing Step a requirement for their offer of a place in...

Julie Maxton, an unpretentious lawyer from New Zealand who talks about her role with modesty, has stepped into the eye of the storm that is convulsing Oxford University. She took on the role of registrar in April 2004, just as the anger caused by the new vice-chancellor, John Hood, was reaching a fever pitch. Hood's plans to streamline the 900-year-old university and install a managerial regime...