Is this your first term in Oxford or have you been here for years? Are you visiting? Or perhaps planning on applying for our Medieval Studies programme?
Philip Flacke completed an internship in Oxford in Trinity 2024, and he’s prepared an important list of 10 rules for Oxford you’d regret not knowing:
- Read (oh and watch TV)
- Pack lightly
- Don’t be afraid
- Learn to tie a bow tie – or don’t
- Embrace performance
- Remain sceptical
- Go to church
- Work with objects
- Don’t forget when it’s time for ice cream
- The library is not for talking
Learn more about these rules from Philip’s original post at https://historyofthebook.mml.ox.ac.uk/10-rules-for-an-oxford-internship-youd-regret-not-knowing/…
…or just watch him act them out for you below!
This video was filmed by Henrike Lähnemann in the courtyard of the old university library in Göttingen, next to the statue of the philosopher and scientist and aphorist Lichtenberg and adjacent to the repurposed Paulinerkirche. Fun fact: Göttingen had close links to Oxford as founded by one of the King Georges of England and Hanover!