Oxford University does not give credits for time spent at the Programme, however it is possible to give grades for a student's work which the host institution can award credit for. It is important that this is arranged in advance, in principle, with the home institution and the relevant accreditation agency, if any. For example, a law student from McGill University in Montreal received credit from her law school for a semester at Oxford under the aegis and supervision of the Programme and the Centre. She audited several courses, participated in Centre seminars and did research on comparative approaches to advertising under the Television Without Frontiers Directive. The Programme, together with an advisory board of American professors of media law, is establishing a forum for one semester visits to the Programme for which law students receive credit from their home institutions.
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Graduate students can be in law, anthropology, economics, political science, literature or other disciplines, but the thesis subject on which they are working must be related to media issues, and, if possible, questions that cross national boundaries. Successful candidates will be expected to participate in seminars and to work on research at the Centre for Socio Legal Studies. We encourage our students to participate fully in the intellectual and social life of the Centre and the University. All students are entitled to make full use of the University's research facilities and libraries, in addition to attending seminars, lectures and other academic gatherings ordinarily closed to the general public. Moreover, we encourage our visiting students to make contact with scholars in their field, both in Oxford, as well as in the wider academic community.