Wednesday started with the now usual mixture of tutorials and quiet study. Sarah, Maxim and Mariana (some of our medicine students) were set the task of preparing presentations about various genetic mutations to be delivered on Friday to their tutor - no easy task!
In the afternoon, we were once again divided into two groups: sciences and arts. The scientists were given a problem solving session by Tom, who challenged them to devise a method of keeping an egg from cracking when thrown off the roof of a building. One might say that was an egg-citing afternoon for the scientists...Meanwhile, the arts students were given an essay writing technique session with Alex Rhodes, a doctoral candidate in mediaeval poetry at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. We looked at how to choose a question, how to plan an essay and how to write an effective introduction. Despite Costas and Izzet’s well-argued protestations, we eventually decided that it might perhaps be better to plan an essay before starting rather than waiting for some divine inspiration mid-way through!
In the evening, we went for a traditional British meal of “bangers and mash” (sausages and mashed potato) at Oxford’s Big Bang restaurant, before heading back to enjoy a quiz prepared by Tom. A particular hit was the music round, where it became very apparent how depressingly ancient the staff are when none of the students were able to recognise a song by 90’s Brit-Pop band, Blur.
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