I was unsure at first, because I didn't think I'd fit in or enjoy studying here. My interview at St Peter's put my mind at ease everyone was really friendly, and my background was just not an issue. Oxford offers many opportunities outside of your course. I'm taking part in the St Peter's production of the musical Godspell. I also write for the music section of an online Internet magazine.
Literary texts embrace many types of poetry, fiction, drama, and criticism.
Studying them at university involves setting them in their generic, cultural and historical contexts, as well as studying the history of the English language itself. The Oxford English Faculty is the largest English department in the country and includes major scholars in all areas of the subject. Most Oxford colleges have at least two Fellows in English, who are responsible for tutorial teaching in college and also give lectures in the English Faculty. English students thus have the opportunity to receive teaching from a range of tutors who are experts in their fields. The English Faculty has its own recently-expanded computer room and all colleges have computing facilities.