Oxford University students drop out of English and Law

BY GABRIEL PRINCEWILL

Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request by the Guardian newspaper
11 per cent of registered students have dropped out of the university over the last four academic years, with 7 students registered as dropping out in the academic year, 2014/15. Stress and sickness have been the official reasons for the drop out, according to records.Vice-president for Welfare and Equal Opportunities at Oxford University Student Union,  Alasdair Lennon told The eye of media.com  ”it is difficult to conclude whether it the drop out rates provide evidence that those are the subjects students found the hardest. “I think everyone at the university would say that their subject is the hardest and it’s a difficult to think about how you would measure that.“I took law, so of course I would say that it’s the hardest, however a lot of students take English and law so that might be a reason behind the figures.”.

ELITIST AND VASTLaw is an elitist course taught in any University and fundamentally requires a flair for effective analysis of  the statute and a high retention of case law in addition to the associated application of legal principles like the essence of judicial precedence and the rule of law. It is composed of six modules for each academic year, each requiring the broad referencing and evaluation of  several academic journals and various academic text books to substantiate the basis of their reasoning and the premise for their conclusions

English is similarly vast, requiring a thorough grasp of language and the semantics underlying various text. It includes reading  and evaluating a lot of literature, so a high retention of memory and evaluative skills lie at the core of both English and law. Both subjects  avowedly call for high dedication and passion, atop a reasonably high level of natural intelligence.
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LOWEST DROP OUT RATES

Oxford University has one of the lowest drop-out rates in the county overall according the Higher Education Statistics Agency, with just 1.6 per cent of Oxford students dropping out-  a sharp contrast with  the national average at about seven per cent. A second year undergrad student, who didn’t want to be named told The eye of media.com,

”it is a lot of hard work in this University. We are tested regularly and probably given a lot more assignments in the form of coursework than many other good Universities. You have to be bright and very hardworking to survive Oxford University. This institution is not for the feeble minded, it is for confident, hardworking, and bright students. The work ethic here is very high, and the students are assumed to be really intelligent from the get go. I guess not everyone can handle the academic demand”.

MEDICAL WITHDRAWAL

The prestigious Oxford  University takes in over 3,200 undergraduates each academic year.
A spokesperson for Oxford University said: “The decision to withdraw from studying for medical reasons is never taken lightly, and students may experience a wide variety of circumstances that lead to a medical withdrawal.
“Oxford’s high student retention rate reflects the personalized support students receive.”BRIGHTESTHome to the brightest students in the country, the prestigious University takes in over 3,200 students every year. Most applicants  are  ‘A’ grade students right from their G.C.S.E’s all the way to their A levels, a reflection of their high intellectual competence allied to a high work ethic cultivated over their academic years. Oxford students are given more work to do than many other Universities and generally have a higher marking criteria than many other Universities, although many of the redbrick Universities place high standards on their students in an attempt to bridge any existing gap in standards.Despite the high standards at Britain’s premiere University, many students have a highly disposition to the interesting social life in the University and the common feel good factor engendered from their overall perception of belonging to the bracket of the ‘best brains’ of the nation.

last year, five students out of 655 who started dropped out of their PGSE course, whilst three dropped out of Law out of 192 that started the course.
Nearly 655 people per year take on the 12-month PGSE course whilst 192 students started a law degree at Oxford last year..

Beth McAllister, spokesperson for mental health charity Oxfordshire Mind told The eye of media.com: “There are lots of cause of stress for different people; for students this can be their exams, deadlines, or the pressures of living away from home.
“Students can often talk to a university counseling service or get some peer support through their university.”