If you're drawn to questions about how power works, why economies behave the way they do, or what makes societies tick, there's a good chance you've found yourself weighing up Oxford's PPE (Politics, Philosophy and Economics) and Cambridge's HSPS (Human, Social, and Political Sciences). Both are intellectually broad, both are extremely competitive, and both have a reputation for producing people who go on to do rather remarkable things. So how do you choose between them? What

The Test of Academic Reasoning for Admissions (TARA) is a relatively new university admissions test, replacing a considerable amount of tests previously used by the University of Oxford and UCL, and likely to be adopted by more. Even students with excellent predicted grades can find the test challenging, because unlike most school exams you've done before, the TARA isn’t designed to test what you’ve memorised from a syllabus. Instead, it evaluates how you think : your abilit

Economics is arguably the most competitive course at both Oxford and Cambridge, which are themselves, of course, among the most competitive universities in the UK (if not the world). But it's for good reason: Oxbridge Economics is unmatched when it comes to opening doors to finance, consulting, policy, academia, accounting – all prestigious, high-paying careers. At Avalon Education, we’ve seen again and again that applicants who stand out are the ones who read widely and then