Students

This page brings together all the information related to students from pages on our website. Becoming a student for the first time can be quite daunting. We hope your stay will be happy and fruitful.

Staright to information for:

Students visiting Oxford for a short period

Student Safety Guide

Oxford City Council has designed a leaflet that gives guidance on personal safety and information about our Safe Haven scheme. The leaflet also gives information about travelling around Oxford. Translations fo the leaflet will be available in the near future.

Oxford Student Safety Guide - English (1.8MB PDF)
Oxford Student Safety Guide - Spanish (101kB PDF)
Oxford Students Safety Guide - French (84kB PDF)
Oxford Student Safety Guide - Italian (133kB PDF)
Oxford Student Safety Guide - German (123kB PDF)
Oxford Student Safety Guide - Portuguese (93kB PDF)

Accredited English Language Schools

Oxford has many English language schools.  Oxford City Council supports those schools that are accredited as they provide quality assurance for UK based English Language Training and all schools are inspected.

British Council accredited schools in Oxford are:

There are other language schools that are accredited by other organisations.  These schools are:

Students staying in Oxford for full academic year

Useful Links for Full Time Students

• Council Tax - student exemption from Council Tax 
• Housing benefit - student application
• Recycling and waste collections - find out when your collection day is and what to put in which recycling box
• Recycling for students - helping students recycle more
• Residents' parking permits
• Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools - information on council owned leisure centres in Oxford
• Slice Cards - discount on activities at our leisure centres
• Private renting tenants guide - tenants' rights, accommodation standards, renting in the private sector, harassment and illegal eviction
• Register to Vote - register to vote in local and national elections in Oxford 
• Education and Learning - includes information about universities
• Education and Employment Links page - useful links to external websites relating to universities
• Visit Oxfordshire - information about the city of Oxford from the official tourism website for Oxfordshire
• Visiting Oxford University - information about colleges, museums and tours of the world famous university
• Health - information on issues such as smoking, drinking and sexual health
• Your Local Councillors
• Licensing College Balls
• Oxford Town Hall - book a venue for your college ball
• Cycling
• Your Neighbourhood - local information about your street

Universities

• University of Oxford
• Oxford Brookes University

Further Information

• UCAS
• Student Loans
• Oxford Citizens Advice Bureau
• University of Oxford
• Oxford Brookes University
• Oxford Brookes Students Union Advice Centre
• About My Vote - Students

Page last updated 26 April 2013