Every student writes one extended paper in their major subject, supervised by their tutor.
Each student writes one extended paper in their major subject, on a question they set themselves and narrow down with their tutor. The tutor supervises it as a piece of research: setting the reading, reviewing the drafts, and returning written feedback on the argument.
The aim is academic depth in a single subject and the skill of writing an academic paper.
The weight Oxford English gives written work when shortlisting.
Words, typically, written in the major subject.
Drafts read by the supervising academic before submission.
I explored whether AI should replace human judges. Before I started writing I was certain of my answer. By the end I had argued myself somewhere more interesting.
Set by the student, narrowed with the tutor.
The reading list, worked through properly.
One sentence, written before anything else.
The first full version of the argument.
The tutor’s written feedback on the draft.
Rewrite it once, properly. The second draft is the paper.
Most students work through the sequence twice before submitting.
Write the claim as one sentence before anything else, and keep it visible. Expect to rewrite the whole paper once: the second version is the one worth submitting.
