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Our Mothers Ourselves

Fri 26 Aug 2022

Six writers tell the extraordinary stories of ‘ordinary’ women.

Creative Writing: celebrating student and alumni achievements

Tue 09 Mar 2021

For your reading enjoyment: a selection of creative writing student and alumni successes: essays, short fiction, poetry, prizes, films and interviews – most are available to read or follow up online.

How a spell on a remote Pacific island led a creative writing graduate to create a beautiful new album

Wed 29 Apr 2020

A graduate of the MSt in Creative Writing and his partner composed an entire album last year during a nine-month stay on a remote Pacific island.

Adult Learning a ‘Permanent National Necessity’, Report Finds

Mon 18 Nov 2019

Centenary Commission on Adult Education finds that lifelong learning must be a permanent national necessity, an inseparable aspect of citizenship, vital to addressing the huge societal divisions and challenges to democracy we currently face

Revitalising Adult Education for the 21st Century

Wed 11 Sep 2019

In a world facing daunting challenges, adult education is more important than ever before

Award Ceremony 2019 Highlights Vital Importance of Adult Education

Fri 05 Apr 2019

Attendees were treated to a rousing evening that celebrated award recipients and called for increased opportunities for adult learners

From Twelfth Night to the Hubble Telescope: a Year in the Life of ‘Composers’ Workshop’

Mon 04 Feb 2019

Students from the ‘Composers’ Workshop’, a weekly class taught by Director of Studies in Music Jonathan Darnborough, record wide-ranging successes.

The Student Experience: BBC Radio Oxford

Thu 17 Jan 2019

Students speak to BBC Radio Oxford's David Prever about their experience of Continuing Education

Alumna Daisy Johnson Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2018

Mon 24 Sep 2018

Her novel 'Everything Under' is one of six under consideration. If she wins, she will be the youngest author ever to do so.

Students Take Part in Prestigious Post-War Project

Fri 06 Jul 2018

Four students awarded residencies on the 2017-18 Mellon-Sawyer Post-War: Commemoration, Reconstruction and Reconciliation series

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Our Mothers Ourselves

Creative Writing: celebrating student and alumni achievements

How a spell on a remote Pacific island led a creative writing graduate to create a beautiful new album

Adult Learning a ‘Permanent National Necessity’, Report Finds

Revitalising Adult Education for the 21st Century

Award Ceremony 2019 Highlights Vital Importance of Adult Education

From Twelfth Night to the Hubble Telescope: a Year in the Life of ‘Composers’ Workshop’

The Student Experience: BBC Radio Oxford

Alumna Daisy Johnson Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2018

Students Take Part in Prestigious Post-War Project

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