IBDP Student Blogs (1024 total posts)

5 Hot Tips for the Maths Exams. With OSC Study and OSC Exams

March 28, 2022
My name is Tobi, and I work with Oxford Study Courses (OSC). A few years back, I was in the same position you’re in now: at the verge of sitting my IB Diploma Programme exams. I know exactly how you feel – a ‘sweet’ mix of being nervous and a little...

7 Tips to Consider When Doing Your Extended Essay

November 10, 2021
1. Explore your passion Your Extended Essay is an opportunity to spend around 40 hours researching and preparing an essay where you get to choose the question. It is a chance to go beyond the curriculum and delve into something that you are really passionate about....

OSC Study – How will the all-new exam content be presented?

September 29, 2021
All of us at OSC are proud to be working on the most significant addition to OSC Study thus far – IB exam practice. In a previous blog, Mitch Campbell (Head of OSC) outlined the pedagogical rationale for creating authentic IBDP practice exams, and described the maths...

OSC Study – the Pedagogy Behind our Upcoming Practice Exams

September 21, 2021
OSC Study keeps getting better. Since we launched in March, we have been adding new features that deliver more value to teachers and students. At present, OSC Study offers coverage of 12 IBDP subjects, including thousands of flashcards and videos in addition to OSC...

Top 10 tips before you begin your IB Diploma

August 23, 2021
Here are our top 10 tips which you can do in the last weeks of the summer holidays to help you prepare for the IB Diploma! Make sure you are happy with your subject choices You likely made your subject choices a few months ago so now is the time to look over them and...

OSC Study featuring exams this autumn

July 13, 2021
At Oxford Study Courses, our aim is to help support students in revising and preparing for IB DP examinations. With that in mind, we are currently developing exam questions that will be featured in the OSC Study app. First released in March 2021, the OSC Study app...