Has anyone started Oxford uni after age 25? How did you feel starting uni at that age, and did you enjoy your experience?

I have unfortunately had 3 recent incidents of harassment, one from a woman and another incident of stalking earlier in the year. Some examples:

1. A man used the jolting of the bus to put his crotch in my face and try to fall on top of me (I pushed him back into his seat). Before this, he spent most of the journey staring at me close af.

2. More recently, a man (seemingly normal, wedding ring 'n all) put his arm around me and then tried to gaslight me and say that I wasn't respecting his personal space. He became particularly upset when I asked him whether he'd like it if an old man did this to his daughter. Luckily for me, all my screaming attracted the attention of some high schoolers + OBU who promptly came to where I was sat/turned around and screamed at him until he moved his arm away from me. The bus was full of 40 y/o + adults and not a single one helped me...they pretended it wasn't happening. Shout out to Gen Z.

In the UK, we can't carry pepper spray. What am I meant to do? I am also trying to stay out of trouble myself but at this rate I'm going to end up in a station for defending myself and the bus drivers themselves do not care about anything.

Two days ago, a man appeared out of nowhere from pitch-black alleyways omw to college to compliment me. In any other circumstance, I would have found it amusing how he suddenly spawned from nowhere but it startled me instead. It's exhausting and I'm on edge every time I am outside. I have never ever experienced such a high incidence of fuckery like this...

Anyway, if you do happen to see a news clipping anytime soon about an unassuming OU female student fighting a member of the public, it'll probably be me.

how big is the gay(mlm) scene at st john’s?

Is it true that anyone who has graduated from Oxford University will at least become a multimillionaire? I have been told this by my cousin, but idk how true it is?

What are the best job fairs that happen in the michaelmas term to try and get connected with potential employers, and are there any other ways to secure a job? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated! Thank you all:)

Any boffins out there know about DEWs . I need some video reviewed by anyone who knows about direct energy who is qualified .

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Does anyone else feel like they're on the outside looking in socially? Like I'll be in societies and friend groups but still feel excluded since there's inner cliques and gossiping that I'm entirely ootl on. I feel desperate and lonely to the point of physical exhaustion, and ironically it just makes me want to keep avoiding social things when I know I'll be left out

Term is already half way over, people have gotten together and broken up, joined sports and societies, and I'm sitting here bedridden by FOMO. Also everyone probably hates me bc I'm so sour lol

A local wannabe politician in a small town outside of San Francisco, California, USA is running for public office and has lead the public to believe attended Oxford (Merton College?) around 2015. He has made many non substantiated self-aggrandizing claims and deflects often when asked for proof, has dozens of frivolous lawsuits, and has been know to mislead and abuse the law and regulations for his personal gain, so I and other citizens want to check this.

I have contacted Oxford but they gave a linked page which says I need his permission to verify.
Do you know of another way?

Better yet does anyone know of an alumni group or alumni where were about 19 years old in 2015?

I would love to connect to them.

I have a friend who wanna come to Oxford for a visit. Can I bring him into bodleian libraries using my BOD card? especially rad cam and old library

I haven't seen any computer science students on the sub reddit so far.

I'm in my second year as a biomed and have chosen behavioural neuroscience as one of my options. I don't understand the content at all. I'm so lost in lectures and the topics are quite niche so there's no good summaries/textbooks/videos or anything of the sort to help me. I've looked at past papers and the mean mark is so low compared to other options. I feel like I've shot myself in the foot by choosing it. I'm looking for any sort of advice so that I dont completely flunk it

It is my opinion that some ~75-85% of the commemorative plaques you'd see in the constituent bodies of Oxford are honouring those who served (and, in some cases, died in action) during WW1. It is much rarer to find the equivalent plaques for WW2, even though the scale of the latter even was much more prominent. I'm thinking about possible scenarios, none of which are particularly good, but I would still like to know which one(s) applies:

1. The losses in WW2 were so great that it would just be physically impossible to put commemorative plaques.
2. By the point WW2 was unfolding, armies were mostly professional and conscription wasn't a thing anymore (at least not compared to WW1). Those who were being taught here, quite simply, did not go to war.
3. Actually, 2.- doesn't apply, but in WW1, Oxford was mostly populated with aristocracy and the losses were deemed to be more impactful at the time. N.B.: Not that I agree with this take, just putting it forward.

Any thoughts? Cheers.

I got the opportunity to arrange a guest lecture with a couple of my musical heroes, so wanted to let you know about it! Justin Adams and Mauro Durante will be talking about their music, careers and how they approach collaborating across cultural divides. It's free and open to the public, just pop along to the Faculty of Music at 5:15pm today (ends with a wine reception!)

https://www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/24-10-29-graduate-research-colloquia

Hello, Are there any college-level or uni-general Halloween themed events happening this week?

I’m not a cat owner so I don’t really know much about cats. I see college cats roam around a lot and they all seem very well kept. Idk if it’s just me but they seem very shy and scared and often run off so how do they manage to eat and look clean? I couldn’t see any trays of food anywhere at my college 🤷‍♂️

Also the ones at my college seem pretty fond of the scouts so maybe they’re the ones feeding them??

I ask this on an institutional level rather than petty student disputes and dislikes. Do they genuinely want each other gone? Or are they supportive of one another? I also wonder how the universities feel about being 'married' by the name 'Oxbridge'.

hii, im an international student with an offer to study ppe at oxford in 2026. im currently on two gap years to serve in my nation's military and want to spend the time studying for the degree in advance. it would help to have the prelim papers so I can do mocks, does anyone know if I can get my hands on them in any way? Is it possible for an international to send a FOI request for it? Thank you so much in advance!

Just curious, what papers in economics are the most difficult? Which are the easiest? Is finance easier than international economics? Is quantitative economics more difficult than macro? What is the most interesting course? Would love to hear what everyone else thinks.

Hi everyone,

I've just started as a student here and I'm struggling to find seminar rooms with large whiteboards in for revising and going over lecture material. My old uni (Birmingham) had a lot of purpose-built buildings with empty seminar rooms to practice physics/maths content with friends; the few rooms I have found here have to be booked very far in advance.

Does anyone have any suggestions/secret study rooms? My division is Medical Sciences if that helps.

Thanks!

If you leave a review of the uni on this website, student crowd, you can win an Apple watch SE. Just thought some people would be interested in this!

The link is for it is here!

Hi, I am looking to buy a used bicycle from any of the ongoing or upcoming sales of abandoned bicycles! Please let me know if your college is organizing one which you'd be able to help me with!

Willing to pay for your time and effort as well!

Thank you!

I have noticed that a quite a number of people have their colleges attached to their usernames. How do I get that added to mine as well?

I don't get why Brits love wearing suits.

I have some social events upcoming that require business formal or even black tie attire, and honestly I feel kind of shitty because I don't know if I can find these kinds of clothes (as a American I wouldn't want to buy stuff I couldn't take home, and I doubt I could take a custom tailored suit with me)

At best I can do business casual with what I have but I'd really like to fit in and not look odd but to also not have to break the bank to do so. Are there any suit borrowing places here youve been to, or should I buy things? Im really unsure of what to do

Alumna here and I used to buy things like my college polo shirt, car decals and other official university paraphernalia online.

Did the official store on the High Street shutter too?

Anybody knows what happened?

My Cambridge friends were always so jealous they didn’t have an official store. Now they do ans we don’t?

My friend is visiting me next week and needs a space to work taking calls, using internet, etc. Where are some good spots in and around the uni where they can work with me during the day? Thanks

Could a mod PLEASE fix the bot? It is constantly removing posts for violating rule 4, which is not true

Hey y'all! I've just started here, and title is pretty self-explanatory --- are there any groups of undergrad pipe smokers, and are there places Oxford student smoke? Cheers.

Or is this highly dependent on college?