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The action potential is the change in electrical voltage across a neuron's cell surface membrane, as an impulse is passed along the neuron. This is the way signals are transmitted in the nervous system. I...

My top tip for impressing Oxbridge tutors is to consider yourself an academic and treat the interview and your preparation for it like writing an academic paper- after all, by becoming a student, you are ...

Both Cambridge and Oxford are made up of a number of distinct colleges. A simple comparison would be to think of the fictional houses of Hogwarts.Functionally, most students live within college accommodat...

Read through the whole piece, underlining anything that is immediately striking / a bit interesting, even if you don't quite know why at first. Depending on whether you've been given a prompt (i.e. discus...

Making a good impression in your philosophy interview at Oxford will be necessary to earn a place to study PPE. Oxford philosophy tutors will not expect you to have studied philosophy before, and they wi...