Ruskin College Oxford can offer you a second chance in education. We provide the opportunity to learn with other adults. You will receive plenty of support from our tutors and have the chance to study alongside our diverse student body that is committed to equality.

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Ruskin tutor publishes new book.

Mon 14th, May 12

Writing for Performance tutor Steve Attridge's book The Harrowing of Ben Hartley will be available from Friday 4th May.

 

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Ewan MacColl archive

Thu 26th, April 12

News on Ruskin's Ewan MaColl and Peggy Seeger archive.

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For all courses, students can download an application form from this website or request a hard copy of the application form to be sent to them. 
 For all full time undergraduate higher education courses students may also apply through UCAS. To do this you need to visit www.ucas.com

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We are now recruiting for university- level courses starting in October 2012. We are offering Higher Education programmes in: English Studies: Creative Writing and Critical Practice; History; Social Sciences; Social Work; Trade Union Studies and Youth & Community Work.
We offer one year courses in: Activism & Campaigning or Law and postgraduate study in Women's Studies.  We also offer Short Courses to: Prepare for return to learn to study or work; Improve your literacy and numeracy and also the Ransacker Learning Programme for those aged 55+ who want to return to learn. It is now possible to apply for courses at Ruskin online. Click here to see our online form.

 

 

Short courses

Interested in returning to learning? Want to explore adult education in a supportive environment? Looking for a course that is affordable or offers fee remission for those on benefits?  

We offer short courses open to anyone without formal qualifications. If you want to find a way back to college education as an adult then please look at our website. We have a proven track record of giving people a chance to pursue that new beginning.  

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Long courses

Long courses at Ruskin offer university-level study, up to and including degrees, often with funding support. You probably will not need to take a student loan to do a year of Law, History, Social Sciences, English Studies and International Labour and Trade Union Studies. All of these have routes to BA degrees, either at Ruskin or elsewhere. You can also train to be a social worker, a youth worker or a writer at Ruskin. There are MA courses in International Labour and Trade Union Studies and Women’s Studies. All courses have part-time routes available.  

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Grand Opening

The grand opening of our new state of the art facility located at our Headington site is on the 27th of October 2012.

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Latest events

ILTUS Guest Speaker Series

Tue May 29th 2012

New book - Emblems of Hope: Essays in the Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem (1850-1925) dicussion with the authors.

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