University Services and Facilities

10.1 Student Self-Service
10.2 University Language Centre
10.3 University Careers Service
10.4 Sport at Oxford University
10.5 Learning and IT

10.1 Student Self Service

A huge number of useful University guides and weblinks can be found on the ‘Student Self Service’: http://www.ox.ac.uk/students/.  

Including: 

• Up-to-date advice for students related to the coronavirus pandemic: here 
• University Student handbook 
• Glossary of Oxford terminology 

10.2 University Language Centre

Graduates wishing to learn or improve a foreign language, or seeking to improve their English, are advised to contact the Oxford University Language Centre, which runs classes throughout the academic year. (For College support towards these classes see above). 

10.3 University Careers Service

The Careers Service is open to all matriculated Oxford University students, for use during your time at Oxford and for as long as you need after graduation. It offers a wealth of tailored support to help you really develop your skills and put yourself in the best possible position for entering the jobs market. Whatever career you're interested in, and whichever degree you're taking, you will be offered expert advice and resources.  

• Advice appointments are available year-round for students, researchers and alumni with the Careers Service's expert career advisers: https://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/advice-appointments/ 
• Hundreds of internships are made available exclusively to Oxford students through the Careers Service's internship programmes: https://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/internships 
• The Careers Service's skill development programmes can help you prepare for the workplace and build commercial awareness and experience: http://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/our-skills-programmes 
• Oxford University runs around ten careers fairs each year so you can explore your options and meet employers: http://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/careers-fairs/ 
• Benefit from a variety of careers events each year, run by careers advisers and visiting recruiters. https://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/term-planner 
• Access to thousands of vacancies on the Careers Service website. https://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/using-careerconnect 

For more information, please visit the Careers Service website. 

The college’s link career advisor is Karen Walker, karen.walker@careers.ox.ac.uk. 

10.4 Sport at Oxford University

For details of the huge variety of clubs and facilities available through the University, see here. 

10.5 Learning and IT

IT services for the university are found in several places.  

• https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/it-training  (Offers short courses for learning IT) 
• https://register.it.ox.ac.uk/self/index  (Software while card is valid, email & account options) 
• https://oxford.saasiteu.com/ (Self-service for IT requests, account changes, etc)